Individual Reflective Report (100%, 3,500 words) Complete a report of 3,500 words which needs to cover all the following aspects.
- Reflections on how/why the business idea was defined and how the business process (especially the supply chain) was managed. (20%)
- Reflections on how the Scope Statement, WBS, and Network Diagram were developed. This will include the discussion of what theories, concepts, models, tools, and/or techniques were used and how they were applied; whether you found them to be useful or not and why). (20%)
- Reflections on how the MS software was used in managing your project: whether or not it was useful in your project experience and why. (20%)
- Reflections on how the risks were identified, analysed and responded during your project; and if applicable, how the project changes were made and implemented. (20%)
- Review of your business outcomes based on the Finance Appraisal and reflections on both group and individual performance. (20%)
Templates of Project Scope Statement and Finance Appraisal can be downloaded on Moodle.
Please ensure that your report has a strong academic foundation including theory, empirical evidence and references. If you use material from case studies or company websites remember that they need to be properly quoted and referenced just like all other materials.
Although additional guidance relevant to this assignment may be given in classes, please feel free to begin your report now or at least start to write a diary of your project which will help you to complete your report!
The general marking rubrics can be found in your Course Handbook and the detailed marking rubrics for this assignment can be found in Moodle.
Rules for anonymous submission and marking:
The University has adopted anonymous marking on most courses, as research shows that this is the fairest and most equitable approach for all students.
Therefore, unless instructed by the course leader to use a non-anonymous approach for a particular reason, you are required to ensure you do not include your name anywhere on your work, i.e. it must not appear on the front of the document, in the text, in headers and footers etc. In addition, you must ensure that the file that you upload is only identified by ID number and does not have a name that can identify you.
When you upload in Turnitin you will be asked to give your submission a title – again DO NOT use your own name in this title.
The Business Faculty has made allowances that some assignment topics will not be submitted anonymously; this includes some portfolios and all final year dissertations/projects. If in doubt, please talk to your course leader.