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It outlines the information typically included (organization, project title, donor, concise context, rationale, goals, strategy, results, innovation, background, budget, and contacts) and then breaks down key elements such as vision, scope, quantitative targets, timeline milestones, and project management roles and responsibilities.","WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A CONCEPT PAPER?\nReference Guide\nThe Basics\nImportant:\nA Concept Paper when developed is not a vague exploration of an idea. It is assumed that you have already thought through your proposed project – including a budget – and are just presenting an abbreviated description.\nWhile there is no standard format for a Concept Paper, generally the following information is given:\nName of the Organization\nTitle of the Proposed Project\nPotential Donor\nContext (not more than 300 words)\nRationale for the Proposed Project\nProject Goals and Objectives\nProject Strategy/ Listing of Project Activities\nExpected Results\nInnovation: How different it is for other or earlier projects?\nOrganizational Background, including the expertise and experience.\nBudget Estimate\nComplete Contact Information of your organization along with the name of the Contact Person.\nThe Key Elements of The Concept Paper\nThe fundamental elements of a Concept Paper are project vision, project scope, project targets, timeline and milestones and project management. Let’s look at them individually.\nProject Vision\nThe first section of the Paper articulates the purpose and objectives of the project and defines the specific problem to be solved. It should define the strategic business issues involved and explain how the project will contribute to solving them (that’s why the project sponsor is often a senior manager).\nIt is the job of the project leader to listen not only to the sponsor, but to all stakeholders, fully understanding and clarifying the purpose, making the business requirements explicit, gathering data, comparing, debating, evaluating internal capabilities and knowledge base, identifying critical gaps, assessing disruptive factors and obstacles etc.\nThe project vision could begin with some background information and a brief history of the topic at hand, its relevance to the company, and the main reasons behind the new project based on current needs. It should contain the information necessary to get started.\nUnderstanding the project relevance to the customer and the business can be done by multiple ways, but here are some specific questions that can help: what is the background and historical data on this topic? What is current situation? What is the business need? Who are the potential areas/people involved? What interests and frustrates them? What problem are we trying to solve? Can we define the processes involved? Do we have performance indicators for this topic? What are emerging as possible disruptive factors?\nA good way to deeply understand the problem is, of course, direct observation and engagement. This implies going to the areas involved, often drawing a process map to grasp the current state and the main problems and to see what the potential improvements are.\nA vision statement for the project – a simple, short phrase – can make the vision easily understood by all those involved, capturing their imagination.\nProject Scope\nThe Concept Paper should next define the project scope, the specific flow of activities involved, the organizational boundaries as well as the end-to-end processes. Framing the project properly is the responsibility of the sponsor but the project leader can typically improve and refine this section. The areas and functions that must be directly involved and the ones that could bring some assistance and support will also be agreed upon at this stage.\nClarifying once again what the project is (and what it is not) helps to focus the team’s effort, avoiding possible reshuffling, rework, or other problems during execution. 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