Prepare a detailed outline of a proposal focusing on the specifics for each of the sections below. This structure leads to a “quality control” mindset, ensuring that all important areas that need to be included in a technical document have been.
The final document will include an abstract or executive summary that mirrors a workplace approach to quality called “Six Sigma.” In that approach, often used to identify projects that will streamline processes and create efficiency in an organization, a one-page document is used to briefly summarize the need/scope of a new six sigma project. In it, the big goal of the project is identified, along with objectives and what stakeholders will be involved in the project. In this way, a senior executive can quickly scan the “one page” slide (as the document is often a PowerPoint slide) before reading on to see detailed information about elements of the proposed project. The examples below provide an idea of what you are working towards in the final proposal.
Please follow these guidelines for Proposal draft.
Attached below is a Literature Review for my subject Investing In the Future: The Case for Innovative
Agricultural Technologies. , sources(use google scholar for any additional sources), and a example of the proposal.
Note: Remember to include the name of the intended target reader (Farmers)(decision maker/their organization) in the Cover page, and throughout the paper as appropriate. You won’t, of course, send the proposal to this person, but it’s important to keep their context/environment in mind as you write the paper and try to show that you are “contexualizing” the proposal for them.
Introduction – Provide a very brief outline of the problem (or opportunity) to establish the context (include decision maker’s name/organization within the document to provide this linkage/context).
Problem & Scope – Articulate the current situation highlighting inefficiencies, gaps in knowledge, ineffective processes, etc.
Objective (Specific Aims) – Give briefly and concisely the features an effective solution will have. This may also be considered the “plan” of the proposal.
Qualifications: This may be a short section that identifies who will manage the project. This might be you, the author, but usually it is an experienced person inside the company in an appropriate role (i.e., manager of x).
Solution – Provide the specific proposed resolution to the problem or research to be conducted along with supporting rationale.
Implementation/Methodology – Give details on how the research will be conducted or how the solution will be implemented (be thorough and detailed). Be sure to include metrics to monitor to determine if you solution is successful. This will include a budget/cost section and a task (timeline) section.
Conclusion – Summarize the problem and solution. Using a professional style, specifically state you are seeking approval for the resources to initiate the project.
