
60 Project Identication
same time. This is, however, your rst attempt at creating a StaffPlan that
will mature once your project is approved and again while it isunderway.
This segment of your proposal boils down to one thing . . . courtesy.
Instead of surprising these groups with an emergency call for assistance,
you are giving them advance warning about your proposal and inviting
them to work with you. You are engaging them as partners in your idea.
Your efforts here will pay dividends. In the next chapter, I suggest you
create a skeleton plan for your proposal’s implementation. By speaking
with these people, you will have a far more robust ...