Build detailed project proposals with phase-based costs, deliverables, timeline, payment milestones, and terms.
The numbers in a proposal are easy; the structure is the work. This tool takes the phases, costs, deliverables, durations, and payment terms you enter and assembles them into one document: line items grouped per phase, a timeline, payment milestones, and a terms section. The common mistake is entering dollar amounts and stopping, because clients dispute scope, not arithmetic. The tool organizes and sums what you provide; it does not price the work for you, and its output is only as complete as the deliverables and terms you actually write down.
A concrete input and expected output from the current implementation.
Input
Phases: Discovery $2,500 / 2 weeks; Design $7,500 / 3 weeks; Build $15,000 / 6 weeks. Payments: 30% at signing, 40% at design approval, 30% at delivery.
Expected output
Proposal total: $25,000 across 3 phases over 11 weeks. Phase subtotals: Discovery $2,500, Design $7,500, Build $15,000. Payment milestones: $7,500 at signing, $10,000 at design approval, $7,500 at delivery; milestones sum to $25,000.
The total is the sum of the phases (2,500 + 7,500 + 15,000 = 25,000), and 30/40/30 percent of 25,000 is 7,500/10,000/7,500, which sums back to the same figure, so the payment schedule and the quoted total reconcile.
Each phase carries its own line items, deliverable descriptions, and duration, and phase subtotals roll up into the project total. The total is computed from your entries rather than typed once, so the number at the top always equals the sum of the phases, which is where most arithmetic mistakes get caught.
Payments attach to events, such as signing, design approval, or delivery, and the proposal states when each amount falls due. Because milestones are defined against the project total, the payment schedule and the delivery timeline are one artifact, and the sum of milestone amounts is expected to reconcile to the total.
No. It organizes and sums the figures you enter; pricing judgment, market rates, and margin are yours. What it does give you is a document whose phase subtotals, project total, and milestone payments reconcile, so the number you quote holds together under scrutiny. If you need pricing help, look at comparable past work or industry rate data.
Often, yes, if it is signed and contains acceptance language, but enforceability depends on the law where you and the client operate, and a proposal written for one engagement will not fit every deal. Treat the document as the commercial starting point: confirm the terms with the client before work begins and get legal review for large or unusual projects.
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