Funding Proposal
An Alternative to the Project Brief
If you are already familiar with the ubiquitous Project Brief and would like to try something new, here's an idea. Why not try writing a Funding Proposal.
The main difference is the focus on the goals and objectives of the project, feeding into a set of measures for evaluation of project success. The proposal features a full breakdown of project resources and costs in more detail than usually found in a Project Brief.
The focus on objectives and measures adds some rigour, making the project manager think carefully about specific activities to be done. In all cases these must be measurable so that project success can be gauged by whether these objectives have been achieved.
In the required resource section the document covers personnel, facilities, equipment, suppliers and budget. Funding covers much more than just people and it is important to include office space, furniture, computer equipment, consumables, third party supplier costs etc.
Finally include a detailed project plan, which shows your time-line and detailed task level information.
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 Cost Benefit AnalysisGeneral guidelines and example for the preparation of cost benefit analysis for capital expenditure projects. |