The RFP Experts - Home of the Q12C methodology: ensuring the best choice, most cost effective solutions and winning projects.

Q12C Brings a methodology, Roadmap, consistent criteria and framework, from start (RFP) to finish (implementation) allowing a comparative approach to proposals and a clear execution tracking toolkit that can be integrated in to the Project Management Process.

The troubling questions that many organizations have before they embark on a major IT project often are:

• Why do many major projects fail? 
• Why are many organizations unhappy with their partners or solutions?
• Why is it that lowest price never ends up as lowest cost?
• How can I prevent these things from happening to my project?

Two things are at the heart of every project - the solution decision and the overall plan.  The solution decision, when sourced externally is known as a Request for Proposal (RFP - also known as a Request for Information, RFI or Request for Quote, RFQ) or when managed internally often uses a business plan proposal approach.  Whether internal or external, companies traditionally do a very poor job executing their RFP; even a well written RFP can fail to ensure success because the fundamental approach is flawed.  Most project teams use a linear method (waterfall) in planning their project and while this is absolutely vital to the management and analysis of the project it is difficult to use this method to bring high level control and schema to the project.  RFP Experts have developed Q12C a simple to understand, basic methodology that will ensure the RFP and basic project planning process are aligned to bring success to complex IT projects.