Project Proposal
Project Proposal
This is a highly persuasive and
informative document that aims
to address a particular problem
or issue.
It is a bid or offer to initiate a
project for an individual or a
group.
It usually ranges from 1,000 to 2,
A good project proposal
specifies the following:
Goals and objectives that the project
wants to accomplish
Project plan that details how the set
goals and objectives will be accomplished
Financial, human (e.g. experts,
consultants), and technical (e.g.
equipment and facilities) resources
useful in implementing the project and
Budget that specifies how much money is
Types of Project Proposal
1. Solicited internal – the target reader
is within the organization and responds
to a specific request within the
organization. The problem has been
identified and the decision to solve it
has been made.
2. Unsolicited internal – the target
reader is within the organization but is a
self-initiated proposal that no one asked
for. The problem has not been identified
Parts of Project Proposal
1. Project Background – gives an
overview of what the project is about.
This part should convince the funding
agency that your project is worth
pursuing and funding it is not a waste of
money.
2. Project Objectives/Outcomes – needs
to state explicitly what the project aims
to achieve. The objectives should be
specific, measurable, attainable and time
Parts of Project Proposal
3. Project Methodology – indicates in detail how you will
go about the project.
A. The Project Approach Summary indicates how the
project team will be organized, what development and
collaboration tools will be used, and how the plan will
be updated along the way.
B. Work breakdown and task time estimates – makes a
list of tasks that will be performed for this project. You
may want to include a milestone chart in this section.
C. Project deliverables- makes a list of project
deliverables (products, information, reports, etc.) that
will be delivered to the client at the end and
throughout the duration of the project.
Parts of Project Proposal
4. Budgetary requirements – is
where you will indicate the
financial requirement of the
project.
Other parts are: cover letter, title
page, abstract, context of the
proposal, personnel involved,
monitoring and evaluation,
Guidelines in Writing a Project Proposal
1. The title page must be unnumbered, but it is
considered as page i. The abstract, which
follows after the title page, is considered page
and must already be numbered.
2. Do not use abbreviations on the title page.
3. Attach the curriculum vitae of the personnel
who were part of the team.
4. In the project implementation section, use a
Gantt chart for presenting the timeframe.
Guidelines in Writing a Project Proposal
5. Write the abstract only after you have
completed the report.
6. Study other successful proposals that
are similar to yours.
7. Be factual but use technical terms
sparingly.
8. Choose a reader-friendly format.
9. Use action words to make your
proposal more dynamic.
