HIGHER NATIONALS

BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS (RQF)

Unit Code, Number and Title T/508/0528 - Unit 16: Operations and Project Management

Semester and Academic Year Semester 2, Academic year 2021-2022

Unit Assessor(s) Bui Cam Van/ Le Phan Hoa/ Pham Thanh Van/ Tran Nhat Minh

Assessment Number and Title OPM A2.1: Operations and Project Management (Assessment 2 of 2)

Issue Date 4th May, 2022

Submission Date 10.00 am on Monday, 30th May, 2022

IV Name Le Thi Huong Lan

IV Date 5th May, 2022

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This assignment (Assessment 2 of 2) covers Learning Outcome 3 & 4 (LO3, LO4).
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Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO3: Apply the Project Life Cycle (PLC) to a given context

LO4: Review and critique the application of the PLC used in a given project

Assessment Brief and Guidance:

SCENARIO
You are required to come up with a project and:

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 - apply the project life cycle to present a management plan for your project;
- execute and deliver at least one deliverable which is defined in your Project Charter;
- review and critique the application of the PLC used in your project; and
- write a report for your project.
Your project should fall in the following theme and the project budget is under 100 million Vietnam
dongs.
Project theme: Sharing is caring
Community service is work done by a person or group of people that benefits others. It is often done
near the area where you live, so your own community reaps the benefits of your work. Community
service can help many different groups of people: children, senior citizens, people with disabilities,
even animals and the environment. You are to start your own community service project for helping
others and improving your community.
The project report should start with an introduction and it should address the specific tasks as follows:
1. Introduce your project (e.g What is your project? What are its objectives? Why do you choose the
idea? When will the project happen? For how long? What is the task of each team member? How
can you complete the project?)
2. Apply the Project Life Cycle (PLC) to your project
 Describe the PLC and each stage of the PLC
 Analyze how each stage of the PLC can be applied in your project
 Produce necessary supporting documentation for completing the project (eg: project charter,
WBS, OBS, project matrix priority, WBS Coding, responsibility matrix, activity list, critical path,
project schedule, cost management plan, risk register, work performance measurement, final
report)
 Analyse the rationale for the project methodologies, tools and leadership within the PLC for
your project
3. Review and critique the application of the PLC in your project
 Review and critique the effectiveness of the PLC in application to the chosen project using
appropriate theories, concepts and models.
 Critically analyse how the use of appropriate theories, concepts and models in the PLC will
differentiate between large and small-scale projects.
 Critically evaluate the PLC through a practical and theoretical exploration of its effectiveness to
draw valid conclusions and recommendations for improvement.
Hints: You should use a project management software, such as MS project, to help you in preparing
project documents. You may find project document samples in the file attached with this assignment
brief.
Explanation of the command verbs:
- Apply: Put into operation or use
Use relevant skills/knowledge/understanding appropriate to context
- Analyse:

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 o Present the outcome of methodical and detailed examination either: Breaking down a theme, topic
or situation in order to interpret and study the interrelationships between the parts and/or of
information or data to interpret and study key trends and interrelationships.
o Analysis can be through activity, practice, written or verbal presentation.
- Critical analysis: Separate information into components and identify characteristics with depth to the
justification.
- Critically evaluate: Make a judgement taking into account different factors and using available
knowledge/experience/evidence where the judgement is supported in depth.
- Describe: Provide an extended range of detailed factual information about the topic or item in a logical way.
- Produce: To make, create or form something. Put together, assemble. leads to an outcome/ result.
- Review: Make a formal assessment of work produced
The assessment allows Students to:
o appraise existing information or prior events
o reconsider information with the intention of making changes, if necessary

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Learning Achieved Achieved Achieved
Pass Merit Distinction
Outcome (ticked) (ticked) (ticked)
P3 Apply each
M3 Analyse the
stage of the PLC
rationale for the
to a given project,
LO3 Apply the project
producing
Project Life Cycle methodologies,
necessary
(PLC) to a given tools and LO3 & 4
supporting
context leadership within D2 Critically
documentation for
the PLC for the evaluate the PLC
completing the
given project. through a practical
project.
and theoretical
exploration of its
M4 Critically
P4 Review and effectiveness to
analyse how the
critique the draw valid
use of appropriate
LO4 Review effectiveness of conclusions and
theories, concepts
and critique the the PLC in recommendations
and models in the
application of application to the for improvement.
PLC will
the PLC used in chosen project
differentiate
a given project using appropriate
between large
theories, concepts
and small-scale
and models.
projects.

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