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Lesson 3: Developing Project Proposals
Lesson 3 Summary
This lesson discussed important considerations when deciding to bid on RFPs and how organizations assess their proposal submission success, as well as best practices for project proposal development. The lesson also reviewed four of the project management processes within the Procurement Management Knowledge Area. Be sure to review these processes before taking the lesson quiz, as most of the questions on the quiz tie to these procurement processes in a format similar to the CAPM®/PMP® exam. Your project proposal will not be due until the end of the next lesson, but you should start working on the proposal now. The upcoming lesson will also include your first exam and an introduction to project management information systems.
Before you move on to the next lesson, please make sure you have completed all of the readings and activities listed for this lesson within the Course Schedule of the Full Syllabus.
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