Lecture 10 Proposals Proposal Proposal is the act

Lecture 10 Proposals

Proposal • Proposal is the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption or performance. • Proposal is also a plan or scheme. • Proposals may be written to departments within your own company or to outside requesters.

Purposes of Proposals • To sell property. • To construct infrastructure. • To survey. • Improving engineering performance within a company. • Communicating strategies issues throughout the company. • Planning and basic research and many more …

Kinds of Proposals • Research Proposals – Professors and school or university departments often submit requests for research proposals. • Business Proposals • In length proposals may be similar to short or long formal reports.

Parts of Proposals • Title Page – Similar to reports. • Executive Summary, Abstract, Synopsis • Draft Contract – A draft contract allows the receiver to offer a counter offer. – Such an early presentation gives an immediate overview, including financial information if the reader is non-hostile. • Table of Contents

Parts of Proposals (cont’d …) • Introduction – Purpose – Problem – Scope • Define the boundaries of your project. – – – – Project Team Background Procedures Equipments and Facilities Personnel Budget Appendixes

A General Formal Proposal 1. Prefatory Parts – Title Page – Letter of Transmittal – Table of Contents – List of Tables/Figures – Executive Summary or Abstract

A General Formal Proposal (cont’d …) 2. Body – • • • • Introduction Problem Need Background Objectives Procedures Methods and sources Plan Sequence of activities Equipments and facilities Personnel qualifications Evaluation and benefits or project Budget (cost, prices)

A General Formal Proposal (cont’d …) 3. Supplementary Parts – Agency forms • • Budget justification References – Tables, maps or graphs