[Music Intro]>>Hi. I’m Devon Dean, content director here
at ProjectManager.com. Today I’m going to teach you how to help sell your project using
a project proposal. A key thing to remember is that people buy from people. Don’t expect
the project proposal document that you put together to be taken up by the decision makers
in an organization in isolation of any communication you’ve had with them and award funding and
resources and mindshare to that project. It’s important to remember this because you can
write the best project proposal document but without that people interaction you have a
slim to no chance of getting your project funded. While you’re preparing the project proposal
document it’s really important for you, your project sponsors and the champions of
your project to go out there and actively lobby the decision makers of your organization
about your project. Use those lobbying sessions and those one on one meetings to actually
refine and hone your understanding of what the problems are in your organization and
the benefits that your project can actually realize, that strike a chord with those decision
makers. In developing your project proposal document I highly recommend in tandem going
out there and actively seeking the feedback of those decision makers so that feedback
help you refine and forge the sales pitch you put together in your proposal document. Your decision makers are going to make the
decision whether to thrill or kill that project within the first five minutes of picking up
your project proposal document so it’s really, really critical that you make a big impact
right at the start of that project proposal document. The way you do that is in stating
that problem statement. You really need to paint a bleak picture of your organization
that shows or depicts the problems that you’re having in the organization which could be
overcome had your project been in production when those problems occurred. Highlight some
specific examples of where opportunities were missed or where risk or costs were incurred
that your project could have prevented or could have gained access to in terms of opportunities
if your project had delivered by the time of that event. Efficiency gains or general skills uplift
are not the messages you want to communicate in terms of looking for those problem benefits.
By saying that Sally works 50 hours a week and your project is going to solve that problem
is really not going to strike a chord for those decision makers. Look for those specific
examples of where your company missed an opportunity or incurred costs because your project wasn’t
in place. Put those in your problem statement. Now the vision statement is a section that
needs to tie your project to the company’s long range strategy and vision and long range
goals. Without tying your project in to your organizational strategy and vision you run
the risk of having your project being looked upon as a rogue project: it’s out there
in the distance, it really doesn’t fit with what we’re doing so you run a risk of not
having your project being funded because of that reason. You need to tie your project
into your company’s organizational strategies and vision. Benefits further expand upon the vision that
your project will have, that you paint the picture of that vision. You’re going into
a bit more specific details on what are the things your project will deliver, what new
capabilities or what costs you’re going to avoid by having the project deliverables
in place. Be very specific about the benefits and make sure they’re things that are measurable. The deliverables section further goes into
another level of decomposition about what your project is going to deliver. It talks
about the artefacts which your projects will deliver and how those will be delivered in
terms of what the users can expect. A deliverable might be, for example, for a call center project
you’re delivering new computer telephony integration. That would be a deliverable when
that call center has that equipment. Success criteria are very important to outline
in that project proposal. You need to be able to have smart success criteria which mean
it’s specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound. These success criteria, once
they’re met, give the project owners, the decision makers and the stakeholders 100%
confidence that your project has achieved success. It’s important that you list out
those criteria which everyone is looking at your project to deliver. The next section is talking about how your
project is going to achieve the deliverables and success criteria and benefits. In here
is where your deadlines are listed, where the project plan comes together and what the
approach to delivery might be for your project. Are you going to use external vendors? Are
you going to use internal staff? Are you going to use an agile approach to delivering that
project or are you going to use a more traditional waterfall method to enable your project to
deliver on its deliverables? Lastly, of course, the cost and the budget.
Here’s where you pull it together and you show the funding plan for that project and
how it’s going to achieve its deadlines against those deliverables and for the dollar
value. Now if you find in the first section that
you’re getting into quite a lot of detail that runs past, let’s say, two pages I think
it’s really important to take the time and consolidate all the high points from these
into an executive summary for that document. Put the high level problem, visions and benefits
in that exec summary. As I mentioned before, decision makers will take about five minutes
looking at your proposal to make sure that it’s something they’re going to fund or
decide that they’re not going to fund it in this year. Ensuring those messages are
concise is really critical and by putting these elements into executive summary if you
find them going long is a really important way for you to quickly communicate those ideas. It’s important to remember the flow of the
document in the proposal. You need it to flow like a fiction book. You need to tell a story
and paint a picture and leave no stone unturned for your decision makers to ponder. Everything
needs to flow from the start of the problem down to the cost and benefits in terms of
the key themes of your project need to be expounded upon, need to be mentioned at the
start and then further drilled down upon throughout the rest of your project proposal. If you
have items that you’re introducing in your deliverables, for example, that don’t fit
in with solving the problems you’ve identified up here or fit in with the benefits that you’re
going to realize your decision makers will look at that and it will cause them to think
a little bit more about your proposal in terms of does this proposal really communicate in
a tight way the objectives that it’s going to achieve for the organization. It needs
to flow. All the items here need to mesh with one another and not introduce any new topics
or any new items as you go along in the project document. Your project proposal is one key way for you
to communicate your project’s vision and benefits to the organization but a project
proposal in itself is not going to sell your project and get it funded and resourced. Only
you can do that. Only your champions and your sponsor can do that. Like I said in the start,
the proposal will help you sell your project and get it funded and resourced but really
you need to be there actively lobbying for that project and getting it off the ground. For more project management tips and tricks
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Wow, that was some really sensible advice that I was overlooking and shouldn't have. Thanks
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Thanks man! I know how to get the ball rolling now!
Very to the point and concise presentation. Thank you for making it very useful for the persons like me who do not have enough knowledge about the project proposals.
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This video greatly helped me in the completion of my Engineering Project Design. From the bottom of my abnormal beating heart, THANK YOU!
is very good ideas and best project proposal.
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Great clip thank you very much.
Nice., Thanks!
Where can I get some example of project proposal, written according this plan?
Nice one..
THANK YOU SO MUCH! This hepls me a lot
Can I have a model of proposal …….
very informative video
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Wow this helped me out tremendously!
This is a great ,Thank you!
Should I include an introduction or just open with the problem?
Great! Thanks.
I would like to know if this could also be applicable to investors to fund a startup?
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Do you really think you need to start with a bleak view of the company? I think that may put a lot of people off. Also, cool accent! What is that, American Australian?
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i am neel and writing a proposal a normal guy who is starting a company can u please give me a sample proposal [email protected]
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Thank you so much for the speech. It is simply brilliant. One of the BEST I have seen.
I am a PMI member and Project Management Masters Degree holder, I like this
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Very nice explanation ,but my question is can a dream be realised into a Project?????
Congratulations! You have a good talent explaining how to write a project proposal. Certainly, sometimes we don't have any idea from what point we must start.
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Nice lecture! Thanks a lot for this piece. I have a NGO and we are thinking of applying for a small grant. This has help me to put some piece together. >>>>>>
Excellent video!
it's nice and helpful.
Great , thanks
Tell me what to write in procession part
Precession part
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This Proposal writing would help only if you want to ask your own organization to start/fund some project but how about proposal we being contractor would prepare. an get the similar video but on the subject mentioned later??
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I like it, quite short but keys are said
Love the way you make it so understandable. You broke it down and went straight to root and source of it all. Thank you. This is also perfect for a refresher.
Is it same as business proposal plan?
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this is great – by far the best breakdown I've seen online, thank you so much very greatful
Great video
Damn I had no idea a proposal was so in depth lol. I thought it was just.. yeah here's what it's gonna cost and here's what you get. make a lot of sense though.
I learnt a lot. thank you very much. not a second wasted.
Nice job. One comment on SMART objective: Achievable and Realistic basically mean the same. Good alternatives for the "A" in the acronym can be: Agreed-upon (by top management) or Aligned (with company stategy).
Thank you this really helps.
Is this Jake Gyllenhaal?
fantastic!
Quick question. Is it ok to start with 'problem'? won't it sound like a negative start? Would it not be better to start with vision and then come to the topic which talks about what's stopping it from happening?
Great, do you have a video on how to write a statement of work (SOW) ?
thanks a lot, this i believe will incredibly improve on my skills and opportunity
Will this work for real estate development
Can I use this to send a science project's idea?
Thank you so much ,easy to follow.
I couldn't understand 4,5,6 sections
it coulb be used this like a kick off?
quite informative
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This bloke is about as exciting as a circumcision
Thanks
Another alogrithim fail, I already written business proposal. Ppl want to see myself poor while they siphon my ip. Im so angry.
It's useful, help me a lot
Thanks
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Fine old school video. Would someone tell me more about lobbying and what it exactly means in an example?
Such a great video, Im learning how to do a wellness project proposal for first nations.
Very educative , thanks for the lesson
Lutherangrants/org helped me out .They sent me a grant of $55,000 to finance my project.
Swapped to this because the first woman's voice was annoying as fuck
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I am so happy .I just got a check of $46,000 from lutherangrants org for the grant i applied for .
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With the help of lutherangrants 'org i received a grant of $45,000 to finance my project.
It is not good starting a proposal with ' problems '
Honestly you spent most of your time explaining the importance of a good proposal instead of explaining in detail how to write it. The video is misleading and should be called the importance of a business proposal.