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However, all were based upon previously-established conceptual agreement, and all provide a single fee for the project (or for each choice of yeses) .  \nThe normal framework for the value pricing proposal should encompass this basic sequence:  \nSituation Appraisal: Summarize and reconfirm the conceptual agreement concerning the condition to be improved and the desired state.  \nObjectives: The outcomes expected, both tangible and intangible, quantifiable and non-quantifiable. These should be expressed in terms of impact on the client’s business, and sometimes are expressed again in the “values” category, if used.  \nValue: Either clearly stated or implied through buyer conversations, what is the value of achieving the objectives. This sometimes appears in the “objectives”category.  \nMetrics: How will the client evaluate success? What are the indicators that the objectives have been met? Simply stated: How would clients know it if they fell over it?  \nTiming: Projects are finite. When do we begin, when do we end, and are there progress measures in between?  \nAccountabilities: What is the client expected to provide (documents, access, administrative support) and what do we provide (focus group facilitation, product, reports)? What is the nature of the collaboration?  \nCredentials (optional): Why is Zenger Miller (and you) the best alternative for this client? This is usually already covered during the relationship-building. Sometimes this area includes the credentials of the individuals who will work on the project.  \nTerms and Conditions: What is the fee (including the options) for the project, how is it to be paid and under what conditions? How are expenses to be reimbursed, and what is included and excluded?  \nAcceptance: The sign-off by the economic buyer.  \nThe following samples don’t rigidly adhere to this format, but all of the elements have been agreed upon either implicitly or explicitly. They range from the short-term and relatively low-priced, to the extended, relatively high-priced. Some are pure consulting interventions, other include deliverables. None is meant to be  \n“perfect.” Use them as templates to guide you in creating value-rich, high fee proposals for your clients.  \nNote that tasks are rarely specified in detail. The “what” and the outcome are important. The “how” and the input are up to the experts—the consultants. If the project is value-priced correctly, the margins will more than support unanticipated client requests.  \nSample Proposal \\#1  \nProposal to Assist in Reorganization at XXXXXX  \nSituation Summary  \nYou must “jump start” people so that a new manner of working cross-functionally—in a matrix organization—is not merely accepted, but is exploited as a high-productivity way of life. Although reorganization has not been the norm, there is likely tobe resistance, both from those inside and from those outside the new organization. A key factor—perhaps the key factor in success—is the ownership and appropriate behaviors of all key managers and exemplars, so that people have the proper leadership, and accountabilities will be accepted.  \nThe primary transition is from a project-oriented, transient approach, to a program-oriented permanent approach in managing the business. Standards, measurement, tracking, feedback loops and ultimate ownership must be created and embraced. The process of ownership is central to success. Collaboration in a matrix structure with accountability thrust downward are important goals.  \nObjectives  \nAmong the results to be achieved are these key objectives:  \n• Managers’ skills are developed and behaviors are directed toward achieving and exploiting results that the new organization affords.  \n• Accountabilities are clear at the individual job (micro) level.  \n• Communications flow is rationalized so tha","cbCaipAnkUzvMVP1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipAnkUzvMVP1","pdf",193135,36,"English","# Sample Proposals\n## Typical Approach\n## Sample Proposal #1\n## Situation Summary\n## Objectives\n## Methodology/Interventions\n## Measures of Success","[{\"question\":\"What elements should a value pricing proposal include?\",\"answer\":\"A typical framework covers situation appraisal, objectives, value, metrics for evaluating success, timing, accountabilities, optional credentials, terms and conditions, and acceptance by the economic buyer.\"},{\"question\":\"How should objectives and value be expressed in a proposal?\",\"answer\":\"Objectives should describe expected outcomes, tangible and intangible, quantifiable and non-quantifiable, often framed as impact on the client’s business. 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