Sample Proposal

Proposal Guidelines & Format

The goal behind the proposal is to analyse how proficient your understanding is regarding the project, along with your past work experiences and understanding of open-source development. We also wish you to understand your motivation for taking up C4GT.

Please note that at least one proposal submission is necessary for the application to be considered. You can submit 3 different proposals for 3 different projects if you wish to maximise your chances of selection.

Points to be keep in mind while making your proposal

• The proposal will be a key determinant for selection so account for time before the deadline for creation of the proposal. It should take anywhere between 4-7 days to write a proposal.
• Please ensure you go through the proposal guidelines
• If you have queries about projects, proposal creation or selection process please join our discord channel or write to at admin@codeforgovtech.in and ask away!
• If you have solved any issues then do mention that, it wil help add to your candidature!

Proposal Guidelines

Name, Contact Information & Skills

• Share your name, email address & links to your GitHub Profile/Portfolio
• Please share your skills/languages known here

Title - A good title should be concise, straightforward, and captivating to entice the reader to read your summary. Avoid including your name in the title.

Summary - Start the proposal with a short summary describing your approach towards the project briefly.

Project Details* - To plan your project effectively, create a clear work breakdown structure that includes milestones and deadlines. Label each deliverable as either required or optional. You may choose to start the project with a white paper or follow traditional software engineering methods. Don't forget to include time for investigation in your schedule. Deliverables should cover investigation, coding, and documentation.

Availability - How many hours per week can you dedicate to this project?

Personal Information & Motivation

Use this section to share information about yourself, previous experience in open-source development or any other key projects you have undertaken. Please also share your motivation to apply to this project & C4GT.

Proposal Format

Name
Contact Information (Email & Phone Number)
Current occupation	Student / working professional
Technical skills with level (Novice/Intermediate/Expert)

TITLE:

Summary

Project Detail

1. Project Overview:

Please list out your understanding of the project, any possible problems and solutions for the project

1. Understanding of the project
2. Problems (if any)
3. Solutions

1. Implementation Details with timelines: Share the milestones you will achieve along with timelines (in terms of weeks) for doing this project.

1. Milestone 1
2. Milestone 2
3. Milestone 3

Availability

Number of hours available to dedicate to this project	xx hours

Personal Information

About Me: Add 2-3 lines about yourself

What is your motivation in apply to this project? Answer briefly in 3-4 lines.

Please mention if you have solved any issues for this or other C4GT projects: (Optional)

Link to t Issue	Resolution description in short	Link to pull request

Previous experience/open source projects (Optional):

Project Name	Project Description	Links (if any)