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Planning Proposal and Resume Peer Response: March 5, 2012.

Due Date: March 7, 2012


Write a project-planning proposal to conduct a feasibility study. Address the proposal to the decisionmaker who has the responsibility, authority, and resources to accept or reject your ultimate recommendations. Note: Before completing this assignment, you must have turned in your Feasibility Study Project Questionnaire (FSPQ) and received approval from your instructor to proceed to the Planning Proposal. The proposal should include these elements (see Chapter 21, Figure 21.1, p. 592 for more information): 1. Front matter. Front matter includes any information preceding the actual proposal, such as a cover and title page, table of contents, or list of figures. In this case, you only need a cover and title page. Introduction. Emphasize in this section that your approach to the problem you describe is to conduct research and write a report that recommends a solution. 2. Current Situation. Include a problem statement that describes the problem and its consequences for the decision maker. Explain why research is needed to address the problem. 3. Project Plan. Provide an overview of the steps you plan to take to conduct research, as well as a timeline. Remember that you must conduct three interviews plus one other form of research such as library or internet research for this project. Describe those interviews and other research in this section. As you describe your steps, include target dates for each step (see sample proposal on p. 593 of our text). 4. Qualifications. Explain how you are the appropriate person to conduct this study. Highlight any relevant experience or your familiarity with the problem or issue at hand. 5. Costs and Benefits. Typically this section addresses the monetary cost of conducting a study, which will not be a factor for your study. You might highlight the fact that this study will not cost money. You can also highlight the benefits of the study, such as having current information about the situation, and saving time by having you address a problem for them. This section is your opportunity to be persuasive and inform them that there are more benefits than costs. 6. Conclusion. Briefly summarize your plan and ask for a response from the decision maker for approval to begin the study. 7. Back matter. Back matter includes any references or appendix materials that are necessary to the report. Examples include (1) References Cited, for any sources that you cite or quote in your proposal; (2) a copy of existing documents or web site that you refer to regarding the project. Back matter is entirely optional for this assignment; if you need to include references or sample documents, be sure to include back matter. 8. Resume. Include on separate pages your personal resume. It should be full and complete, wellformatted and thorough. The textbook shows different types of resumes starting at page 378. Suggestions:

These sections of a proposal are generic, as described in Chapter 21 of our text. You might slightly adapt the heading titles, or you could keep them consistent with what is listed here. In any case, these sections need to be individualized to your specific proposal. Remember that your recommendations are not part of the proposal. You need to do the research to decide the recommendations. The proposal is asking for the time to do the research.

Attach and submit a draft of you proposal (please use Word) to the instructor for comments.

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