Online Proposal Management

Please Contribute to OPM Documentation Via Wiki

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:11:13 +0000

Please go to http://www.leapfrogindex.com:8080/wiki and contribute to OPM documentation.

Create Your Proposal Details Online

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:38:49 +0000

Formerly, proposals have to be created offline and the uploaded to the system during proposal submission. This facility is still available.

Now, a WYSIWYG editor that brings to the web much of the power of desktop editors like MS Word has been integrated into OPM.

You can now type in your entire proposal online.

Subsequently, you can save the proposal as an RTF file to your desktop or laptop. You can then edit it in MS Word, for example; and import it back to your proposal form in OPM.

Uploading of Supporting Documents, in whatever format, is still supported.

Pre-Registration Now Supported

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:43:51 +0000

Formerly, any person or organization could submit a resume or proposal without registration. Now, any user or organization that intends to submit a proposal or resume must pre-register. Registration involves some demograhpic data – name, address, etc – as well as login username, login password and email address. An email message containing the usaername and passward is sent to each registrant.

If a registrant forgets the password, a facility exists on the login page to enter the registered email address and have the system send the username and password to the registrant.

“Help” Subsystem Complete

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:10:38 +0000

The coding, unit-testing and integration testing of the “Help” subsystem was completed yesterday.

The New “Help” Subsystem

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:36:25 +0000

I think I will code the last piece of the new “help” subsystem today.

The subsystem works as follows:

The Program Manager, also referred to a “Coordinator”, has the ability to use an RTE (editor) to create help text on any topic that would be of assistance to users of the system. Once a text is created, it is saved as an HTM(L) file in a designated folder within the application main folder. Then, the help file is designated as helpful to Public users, Reviewers, Coordinators, or to ALL users.

When a user clicks on the “Help” link, a set of help files, actually hyperlinks, is dynamically generated based on the role the user is playing at the time. When the user selects a help link, a popup window is displayed.

This dynamic generation of hyperlinks piece is the one I will work on today. The other components have been coded and unit-tested.

Obi Anizor

Welcome to OPM Blog

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:57:55 +0000

Welcome to the blog for OPM – Online Pproposal management – Software.

My name is Obi Anizor. I am the moderator/chief contributor to this blog.

What is OPM?

OPM (Online Proposal Management) is a full-featured, web-based, multi-lingual proposal management system suitable for the end-to-end administration of any proposal request, submission, appraisal, selection and budgeting process, through to reporting, report review, approval, dissemination, and discussion.

It can be used for:

Grants & loans programs
Screening of applicants
Project Approval processes
Policy proposal consultation
Calls for conference papers or journal articles
Any initiative with similar workflow processes

The public side of OPM provides a complete online worksite module for a project’s home location, the associated calls for proposals, and public discussion. The secure administration side of OPM offers full-featured online appraisal workflow and communication for the end-to-end management of proposals and reports.

Coordinators use the OPM administration Website to set up and manage all online aspects of a program on behalf of a Program Committee
Proponents submit proposals to the OPM Public Website, and may participate in online discussions through OPM
Reviewers use the ranking and commenting facilities of OPM to assess proposals against criteria set by the Coordinators

Optionally, OPM can offer public access to accepted proposals and reports, as well as facilitate public dialogue around the issues being addressed in the proposals and/or project reports. It also supports a web interface to external email lists for targeted communication involving the Program Committee, Coordinators, Reviewers, and the public.

In general, OPM allows organizations to do these online:

Set Up Programs and Calls For Proposal
Receive and Review Proposals
Summarize Proposal Reviews for Decision
Select Successful Proposals
Schedule Disbursements and Track Budget
Notify Proponents
Accept and Review Reports