INDUSTRY CAPSTONE
Build an AI Proposal &RFP Response Assistant
Build a grounded assistant that retrieves approved company credentials, past project evidence, and service descriptions to draft first-pass proposal sections with traceable sources and a compliance checklist.
Portfolio Project
Decision Making
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Duration2 Weeks
DeliverySelf Paced + Mentor Review
LevelIntermediate (Applied GenAI)
ResourcesSample company library, RFP pack, compliance matrix template
Professional Capability Objective
Build a grounded assistant that retrieves approved company credentials, past project evidence, and service descriptions to draft first-pass proposal sections with traceable sources and a compliance checklist. The capstone is designed around a build-and-validate workflow so the learner produces working evidence, not only conceptual recommendations
Industry Challenge
Small firms lose substantial founder and expert time to repetitive proposals. Generative AI can accelerate drafting, but ungrounded systems may invent credentials, references, or compliance claims.
Your analysis must consider:
- ▶Extract requirements, deliverables, dates, and mandatory evidence from an RFP.
- ▶Create a searchable library of approved credentials and project facts.
- ▶Draft responses only when supporting evidence is retrieved.
- ▶Mark missing evidence instead of hallucinating content.
- ▶Generate a compliance matrix that maps requirements to response sections.
- ▶Design mandatory expert and commercial review checkpoints before submission.
Why Employers Value This
Demonstrates your ability to:
- ▶Turn unstructured RFPs into structured requirements.
- ▶Build grounded drafting with source traceability.
- ▶Detect unsupported claims and missing evidence.
- ▶Design approval workflow for high-stakes business content.
- ▶Generate a compliance matrix that maps requirements to response sections.
- ▶Design mandatory expert and commercial review checkpoints before submission.
Skills You'll Develop
RFP parsing
Turn unstructured requirements into a structured compliance view that can be traced to evidence and response content.
Requirement extraction
Turn unstructured requirements into a structured compliance view that can be traced to evidence and response content.
Grounded generation
Design prompts and context controls that keep AI outputs tied to approved evidence and task boundaries.
Reusable knowledge library
Organize approved source material for reliable reuse across AI-assisted drafting or decision workflows.
Compliance matrix
Compliance matrix
Professional Portfolio Deliverables
RFP Requirement Extractor
A workflow that converts an RFP into a structured compliance/response matrix.
Grounded Proposal Drafting Assistant
A prototype that drafts selected sections only from approved company evidence.
Bid Review Pack
Compliance gaps, unsupported claims, human-review checklist, and final handoff process.
Industry-Recognized Certificate
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What You Will Learn
- Turn unstructured RFPs into structured requirements.
- Build grounded drafting with source traceability.
- Detect unsupported claims and missing evidence.
- Design approval workflow for high-stakes business content.
Program Delivery & Engagement: 4 Stages
STAGE 1
Capstone Kick-off
Select a sample RFP and evidence library.
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STAGE 2
Build & Analysis
Build parsing, retrieval, and drafting workflow.
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STAGE 3
Practitioner Review
Test against unsupported and ambiguous requirements.
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STAGE 4
Final Submission & Demo
Present the proposal assistant plus compliance and governance pack.
Completion standard: submit the working artifact, evaluation evidence, limitations, and a short final presentation. The certificate should reflect demonstrated capability rather than content consumption alone.
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