|INTRODUCTION |
|The Guideline and Template Content Starts on the Following Page |
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|THIS DOCUMENT IS LIMITED TO 4 PAGES IN LENGTH |
|What This Is |
|Templates for creating a brief description of a new project idea, typically used as input to a project portfolio planning process. The goal |
|is to not only capture good ideas for new projects, but also to provide a crisp and consistent format that allows new project ideas to be |
|rapidly and systematically compared with projects already in the start queue or in operation. |
|Several examples are included to show how a proposal form can be used in the early days of a new project idea. Some proposals are used to get |
|new ideas into consideration as potential projects, even when only the idea and sketchy idea of its potential return is known. Other more |
|detailed proposals go further to include detailed business justification information and first estimates of costs and benefits, so that |
|Executive Management can make decisions about whether to fund the project and when. Examples of both are included. |
|Why It’s Useful |