Background
Your employer wants to improve their profile as being more socially responsible and has decided to allocate up to $50,000, spent over the next 12 months to achieve this goal. You and several colleagues have been asked to individually design a proposal for a project that meets the criteria stated below.
To receive the funding, the project must meet the following criteria:
• It is to benefit a community.
• It is to be a unique endeavour
• It is to be completed within one (1) year
• It is to be limited to a budget between $25,000 and $50,000
• It can create income; however, proceeds are to be donated the cause
• It is not to include additional sponsorship, grants, donations beyond the $50,000. If the organization’s staff are required to volunteer in the project during normal work hours the opportunity costs to the organizations normal work must be included as an expense.
• All statements must have legitimate references. (APA style)
Project Proposal
1. Title page
• Project title
• Name and student number
2. Table of Contents
3. Executive Summary
4. Overview
a. Purpose or objectives of this proposal
i. Identify the problem to be solved or need to be filled.
ii. What will be in scope and what is not going to be included.
iii. Explain how the project will be conducted. You should explain the methodology in detail.
b. Describe how you believe is the best way to measure the success of the project and explain why your suggested measures are appropriate over alternative measures.
5. Expected Benefits and Dis-benefits
a. Context and analysis
i. To provide context, briefly explain corporate social responsibility, why your organization might want to raise its profile and how the proposed project will align
ii. Provide a SWOT analysis to improve a reader of your proposal a balanced understanding.
iii. Provide further analysis using a scoring model.
1. You are to determine the criteria. The criteria should consider the way you would expect the success of the project will be measured
iv. Include more context by explain how / why you developed the idea
b. Identify the expected benefits and dis-benefits, ensuring they are informed by the strategic context (social responsibility context you have explained above).
i. This paragraph is an opportunity to sell the value of your project to decision makers.
6. Project requirements
a. List and describe the requirements needed to carry out this project.
i. Include human resources
b. List and describe the possible assumptions for this project.
c. List and describe the constraints for this project.
7. Costs
a. Estimate how much it will cost.
i. Breakdown to major milestones
b. Explain how you estimated costs.
i. explain the methodology and show a couple of examples of how you did your calculations
8. Major Risks
a. Identify five (5) risks and quantify their potential likelihood and severity.
b. Indicate how each of the above-mentioned risks will be managed
9. Timescale
a. How long is the estimated time to complete the project?
b. List and describe the major milestones.
10. Conclusion
11. References