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The Project Proposal from the Ground Up
Six P’s Exercise
Use the following form in a class exercise as directed by your instructor to analyze your project idea or the idea of someone else in your class.
Patron
Who would be willing to fund this project? Why would they want to fund it?
Population
Who does the problem affect? That is, who has a stake in seeing that there is a solution to the problem? Does your population have the same interests as the patron?
Problem
What are the main problems that need to be addressed? How could research shed light on these problems to emphasize their scale, scope, and significance? What sources of information about the problem would the patron find most persuasive?
Paradigm
What disciplines (e.g., computer science, marketing, education, psychology, etc.) might be useful in developing a disciplinary matrix for providing a rationale for action? Where might models of success be found to help shape the plan? What specific types of research would help?
Plan
What possible plans of action can you already imagine at this point? What plans are politically feasible? What would you need to know in order to develop a logical plan?
Price
How might your budget be limited? How much do you think the project might cost? How can that spending be justified?