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Proposal Development and Documentation Questions

Covers the end to end creation of persuasive proposals, plans, and supporting technical and programmatic documentation that translate complex concepts into actionable, decision ready artifacts. Candidates should demonstrate the ability to gather and synthesize requirements, describe the current state and business problem, and craft a clear solution narrative with architecture and component diagrams. Expected deliverables include an executive summary highlighting business value and return on investment, detailed solution specifications, integration and deployment guides, an implementation roadmap with phases, timelines, milestones, resource and cost estimates, and acceptance criteria. Candidates should perform risk and dependency analysis with mitigation strategies, document assumptions and traceability, apply version control and review processes, and produce handover artifacts that enable implementation and auditability. Emphasis is on audience tailoring for executives, technical teams, and procurement, evidence based recommendations supported by diagrams and data, clarity and persuasiveness of writing, stakeholder alignment and sign off, and the ability to justify trade offs, schedules, and resource plans.

MediumTechnical
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Create a template and explain a method to estimate staffing (roles, FTEs, skills) for a six-month implementation. Show how you'd include ramp-up schedules, training time, and contingency buffer in the proposal's resource plan.
HardTechnical
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Design a governance and change-control process for a proposal during a six-month procurement cycle when multiple vendors and client teams will contribute to the SOW. Define the Change Control Board composition, approval thresholds, emergency change paths, and how all changes are recorded and signed-off.
HardTechnical
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Design the handover acceptance checklist and audit-trail items you will provide to compliance and external auditors after project completion. Include evidence types (test results, signed approvals), versioning strategy for artifacts, decision logs, and how you'll demonstrate traceability from requirements to delivered features.
EasyTechnical
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Explain a minimal version control and review process for proposal artifacts (architecture diagrams, SOW, cost spreadsheets) during a sales cycle. Describe branching, review gates, naming conventions, and how you would capture approvals for auditability.
HardTechnical
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A stakeholder board asks you to choose between a cheaper, faster-to-market architecture that risks scale and a more expensive architecture that meets scale but delays release by three months. Prepare a concise one-page decision memo for the CEO that summarizes options, costs, benefits, risks, operational impact, and a recommended option with fallback.

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