Needs Analyses

Proposals are a common deliverable for a needs analysis

Proposals:

• Aggregate information from the NA
• Analyse information from the NA
• GIve a path forward from the NA
• Provide the goals, objectives, scope and resource load of the path forward

Three Kinds of Proposals

• General Proposal and Solution Set
• A Phased Proposal and Solution Set
• An Exploratory Proposal and Solution Set

General Proposal

• Smaller Project
• Smaller Scope
• Singular Solution Set
• Range of Resource Needs
• Range of Timeframes and Deliverables

Phased Proposal

• Complex set of Connected Projects
• Long Range Planning and Budgeting
• Big Scope In Small Chunks

Exploratory Proposal

• Discovery Focused
• Deliverable Includes More Analysis and Another Proposal
• Either Proposal Type Can Be Delivered Next
• Typically Short Timeframe and Low Resource Load