Unit 6 Managing a Successful Business Project (D/618/5039) Assignment Brief 2026

Unit 6 Managing a Successful Business Project (Pearson Set) Assignment Brief

Submission Format

The submission should be in the form of an individual written report. This should be written in a concise, formal business style using single spacing and font size 12. You are required to make use of headings, paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and referenced using Harvard referencing system (in-text and end-text referencing).

Section A: The recommended word count is 1,500–2,000 words for the report

Section B: Research Report of approximately 7000 words in report format

However, exceeding the total word limit may affect your grade.

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Explain the key stages of the project lifecycle that should be considered when project managing

LO2 Produce a Project Management Plan (PMP) for a business project using primary and secondary research methods

LO3 Implement the Project Management Plan (PMP) to communicate results from the research and make conclusions from the evidence of findings

LO4 Reflect on value gained from implementing the project and the project management process.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Assignment Brief and Guidance

Guidance for Students

You should read this information before starting your project. You should refer to these instructions as your complete work for this unit.

• Read the brief carefully and understand what the project is required to do.
• Research the problem. How can you approach the problem, opportunity, hypothesis and requirements being posed?
• Apply a range of secondary research sources to plan/scope and support the project and its findings. Secondary research sources may include textbooks, journal articles, newspapers and magazine articles (not factual accounts).
• Develop your project plan based on the deliverables of the project, the constraints of the project and the assumptions made.
• Conduct your project according to your stated project plan and meet with your tutor to receive a sign-off at each stage of the project process.
• Primary research sources may include original first-hand accounts, legal and historical documents, results of experiments and market research data collection. Apply both qualitative and quantitative research methods to evaluate data collected from primary research.
• Keep notes of your progress throughout the project in your logbook. This is an important record of your work and must be used to record the development of your ideas and your progress through the project. The logbook should include:
• A record of what you did, when and what you were thinking.
• A record of where things went wrong and what you did to overcome any unexpected results.
• You will be asked to reflect on the success of your project and your own performance in a personal performance review at the end of the project. This is a written reflection of around 500 words.
• Set out below, is an example of a project brief. Your center will set the topic for the brief based on a theme released by Pearson in the first week of June of every year.
• You must complete the project in order to complete your work for this unit.

Performance Review Format:

• What was the project supposed to accomplish?
• Did the project succeed in its aims? How do you know? Specifically, please outline any evaluation and assessment undertaken.
• What things do you think worked well and why? Evaluate all aspects of the project (e.g. initial inception, project activities and project outcomes) from a range of perspectives.
• What problems emerged during the project and how were they tackled? Was there timely identification of issues and resolution during the project process?
• What did you learn from undertaking the project?
• How would you rate your performance as a Project Manager?
• What strengths and weaknesses of your performance did you identify?
• How will this inform and support your continuous professional development?

Scenario

Talent Management (TM)

Talent management (TM) is the process by which businesses and organisations recognise and develop talented people who can have a positive impact on their organisations and their productivity. It not only has become a key component of human resource management but also the responsibility of leaders and managers at all levels to manage talent within the business, with TM strategies being developed in line with the particular needs and structure of the business and industry.   Staff retention, training and morale is key in any industry where talented motivated employees can help differentiate one organisation from another and influence business success. An increasing number of businesses are rethinking ways to get the most from their staff. Rising costs, recruitment difficulties and changing employee attitudes mean that, for many employers, the traditional approaches to recruiting, training and retaining staff are being revisited to harness and develop talent and ultimately drive competitive advantage.

Section A

Select a Sri Lankan based organization of your choice and identify and examine the key stages of the project lifecycle in managing a project based the chosen topic. The answer should be strengthened by including critical evaluation of project management process, PMP and research methods for gathering information and data collection. Section A should be covering following areas.

• Project lifecycle (PLC) and their importance to the success of a project
• Factors to be considered when compiling a project management plan Outlining of the objectives and timeframe (Scope, deliverables, quality, risk, communication, and resources)
• Range of research methods and strategies and their importance to project management

Section B

You are now required to produce a project management plan for a business project using primary and secondary research methods, implement the prepared project plan and communicate the results from the research. You are further required to provide a clear conclusion based on the evidence of findings and provide evidence of reflection and evaluation of the project management process and individual performance.

During your project management plan and execution, you must ensure the valid justification provided for the choices made in the design of the PMP for achieving the project aims and objectives. You must critically reflect on the findings from the research and the project management process in supporting stated objectives and own learning.

The report should be covered following areas

• Develop an appropriate topic based on the given scenario
• Devise project aim, objectives, deliverables, quality, risk, communication resources and research methods
• Outlining of the objectives and timeframe
• Produce a work breakdown structure and Gantt chart as the schedule for monitoring and completing the aims and objectives of the project
• Justification on the provided valid and meaningful conclusions and recommendations from data analysis
• Personal reflection should be covered by stating the evaluation of project management process to meet stated objectives and support own learning and performance

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