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Individual Reflection

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Individual Reflection

It was our desire and purpose to give the best in everything we were doing. Upon the

review from our peers, several things came into play pointing on the weak areas that call for our

correction for the presentation to emerge the best. The success of the catering project to

international students located in Melbourne presentation starts with the problem or opportunity

identification (Bell, E., Bryman, A. and Harley, B., 2018, 36). Based on the reviews, the project

proposal needs to be framed in a way that ensures every project element vital for the audience or

examiner to understand is captured. I realized that there were missing elements in our project

documentation which made its presentation to flop.

Focusing on our team project review, there are evident pitfalls that need to be adjusted to

make the project presentation more effective. There is need for effective research which brings in

the different stages of documentation which are introduction of the project, literature review,

methodology, and discussion of the findings (Perdue, P., 2018, 1). The introduction of the project

idea should be detailed to bring the audience or reader on the same page with the inventor or

developer of the project idea. A detailed literature review will furnish us with the developer of

the project with ideas on what has not been done. By so doing, the pitfalls or drawbacks in the

path of the project implementation will be minimized. We need to revisit the criteria we used to

choose our methodology. A content analysis which is a subset of Qualitative analysis method if

used effectively in this project can bring in better results (Perdue, P., 2018, 2) Analyzing several

sources of information will load us with more insights on what we can do to strengthen our

project idea and present it more effectively.

Our peers’ comment on the evaluation of the Melbourne Catering project objectives

indicates that there is some missing information on SMART objectives. The objectives need not
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only to be specific but also achievable, realistic and timely (Bjerke, M.B. and Renger, R., 2017,

126). The idea that we aim to get Receive at least minimum of 200 orders a day is quite skeptical

mainly on its achievement and it is not time bound. The project does not talk of the expected

profits and the breakeven period. It is such an underestimated pitfall. The presentations were

keenly and proficiently prepared to capture the key points concerning Melbroune Catering

service (Lawlor, K.B., 2012). In case of any explanation needed, we explained efficiently from

our basic knowledge on the project idea. We provided a rich reference list which substantiated

our research. I suggest that we rereading the project documentation to help us fix the areas

highlighted by the peers. To achieve better scores, I recommend that we do a thorough SWOT

analysis for the project. We need to revisit the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats

to the project. Considering all these areas sums up into excellent project documentation and

hence a good presentation which points into the important areas of the project (Gürel, E., & Tat,

M. 2017, 51).

It was a great learning experience in evaluating the work of my peers on their proposed

Dogs’ café. I realized how rich business ideas are across different markets. I was able to relate

the importance of teamwork in a project since at the end of the day, the results reflected what

they have been doing (Plunkett, S., 2016, 180). I could identify some common pitfalls which

need to be avoided in presentation such as lack of teamwork, inadequate research and too

detailed slides which puts off the reader. It was a great learning opportunity. Generally, the

review was helpful to my group since we will utilize it in making the necessary changes.
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References

Bell, E., Bryman, A. and Harley, B., 2018. Business research methods. Oxford university press,

pp.34-40.

Bjerke, M.B. and Renger, R., 2017. Being smart about writing SMART objectives. Evaluation

and program planning, 61, pp.125-127.

Gürel, E., & Tat, M. (2017). SWOT analysis: a theoretical review. Journal of International Social

Research, 10(51).

Lawlor, K.B., 2012. Smart goals: How the application of smart goals can contribute to

achievement of student learning outcomes. In Developments in business simulation and

experiential learning: Proceedings of the annual ABSEL conference (Vol. 39).

Perdue, P., 2018. Tips for project-based learning. Science Scope, 41(6), pp.1-3.

Plunkett, S.W., 2016. Tips on poster presentations at professional conference. In Workshop–

Scholars present their work in a group setting. The whole session is devoted to the

workshop (Vol. 90, p. 180).