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Create from my documents: Build a 48-Hour Proposal M&E Workflow

Create from my documents: Build a 48-Hour Proposal M&E Workflow: Your prompt

You are a senior MEAL specialist. Your task is to build a realistic hour-by-hour workflow for drafting the M&E components of a proposal under severe time pressure.

RFP Document: the attached or pasted document

Hours Available: "hours available" (from the material, if given)

Team Available: "team available" (from the material, if given)

Prior Materials: "prior materials" (from the material, if given)

Requirements:

  1. Hour Blocks: Design 4-6 sequential hour blocks that fit within the available time. Each block must have a named deliverable (e.g., 'RFP extraction + compliance matrix', 'ToC draft v1', 'logframe draft v1', 'MEL plan narrative + indicator table', 'staffing plan + M&E budget narrative', 'compliance review + final polish'). Include start/end hour markers so the team can track against the deadline.
  2. AI-Assisted vs Human-Led Routing: For each deliverable, specify which sub-tasks are AI-assisted (initial drafts, indicator suggestions, narrative expansion, compliance cross-check) and which require human judgment (donor fit, prior-work claims, staffing decisions, final numerical targets, risk flagging). Be specific about the handoff between AI draft and human review for each block.
  3. Reuse of Prior Materials: Explicitly identify where "prior materials" (from the material, if given) can be adapted rather than drafted from scratch. For each reusable artifact, note the adaptation step required (context swap, indicator refresh, budget rescale).
  4. Critical Compliance Checks: Embed donor compliance checks into specific blocks, not as an afterthought. Check at minimum: required donor indicators cited, M&E budget percentage meets donor threshold, page and format limits respected, disaggregation variables specified per donor rules, any required templates (PIRS, results framework template) followed.
  5. Contingency: For each block, state what gets cut first if the block runs over time (e.g., 'drop qualitative evaluation design, keep quantitative only' or 'use 3 indicators per outcome instead of 5'). Make the contingency explicit so the team does not freeze when time slips.
  6. Final-Review Checklist: Reserve the last 2-4 hours for a final-review pass. Provide a checklist covering: vertical logic consistency, indicator SMARTness, MoV specificity, budget alignment with narrative, donor indicator requirements met, page limits, formatting, cross-section consistency (ToC -> logframe -> MEL plan -> budget).

Output Format:

  1. Hour-by-Hour Schedule: A table with columns for Hour Block, Deliverable, AI-Assisted Tasks, Human-Led Tasks, Prior Materials Reused, Compliance Checks, and Contingency (what to cut).
  2. Critical-Path Flags: A short list of 3-5 risks that could derail the timeline (e.g., 'RFP compliance matrix reveals missing donor indicator late', 'logframe baselines unavailable', 'budget reviewer unavailable in final block') with mitigation notes.
  3. Final-Review Checklist: A bullet checklist suitable for the last block, ordered by priority.

Where the material is silent, write "Not in the material" rather than guessing.

Source material: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.

Prompt · Create a Document · about 460 words

Turn a proposal or notes into something new

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Your documents

You Get Back

A first draft built from your documents

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