Professional Development Experience Workbook for BUSN08033

This workbook provides a comprehensive guide to project management for BUSN08033. It covers topics such as project proposal, planning, Gantt chart, project stakeholders, and personal development.

Professional
Development
Experience (1)
Workbook
BUSN08033
1 | P a g e

Contents
Session 1: Introduction to Module:.......................................................................................................3
Session 2: Defining Your Project............................................................................................................4
Project Proposal:...............................................................................................................................5
Session 3: Planning Your Project:..........................................................................................................6
Gantt Chart of Project Timeline:........................................................................................................7
Session 4: Project Proposal Submission Week.......................................................................................9
Session 5: Project Background: Context and Stakeholders..................................................................10
5.1: Project Research:......................................................................................................................10
Session 6: The Iron Triangle – Part 1....................................................................................................12
Session 7: The Iron Triangle – Part 2....................................................................................................13
Week 8: Monitoring Your Project........................................................................................................14
Week 9: Skills Development................................................................................................................15
Week 10: Monitoring Your Project......................................................................................................17
Week 11: Final Review of Your Project................................................................................................18
Week 12: Project Workbook Submission.............................................................................................19
2 | P a g e

Session 1: Introduction to Module:
Think about the kind of project you would like to work on for this module. Make some notes in the
box below:
The project is based on business plan formulation which is based on opening of restaurant
and is chosen with increased demands among customers in international market, and
further placing towards increasing sector goals. Project is based on extended vision to
improvise further extensive investment, for developing competent engagement based on
expertise strengthened determinants.
Personal Research:
Find a resource that discusses project management; put a link to it in the box below.
Human resource that discusses project management.
What is the main point made in this resource?
The Human resources in project management are most essential resources, which are
essentially crucial for developing rapport and effective competencies for determined
wellness competently.
Personal Reflection:
What did we do?
The project was made by working on varied research skills in order to develop professional
aspects by developing online journal based efficiency aspects, based on communication
skills and specific opinions. It can be also analysed that communication; analytical skills
were functionally used for determining rapport effectively based on professional
consistency goals to evolve on wider business plans.
3 | P a g e

What did I Learn?
I was able to learn about various new skills and professional expertise about business
consistency aspects, functionally evolving towards determined parameters based on
business plan management for extensive scope growth.
How can I apply this to my project?
I can apply this to my project by further deriving new success goals, forming rapid vision
oriented expertise towards business plan management for extensive diverse growth
paradigms enhancement.
4 | P a g e

Session 2: Defining Your Project
What do I want to do for my project?
I plan for my project to provide new qualitative products and services among customers,
for retaining longer period growth based on international specific levels for increasing
profitability, growth among extended customers target market.
Where are you going to do your project?
The project will be based on best research skills, for strengthening professional
competencies in project and also frame competent expertise for determined growth
parameters. I will be developing business plans and skills, as per my extended wider
business formulation goals for operative growth scenarios and based on operative
determined targets.
What type of project is it going to be?
Business plan project is based on opening restaurant.
How does it link to learning to date?
The time target and date formulation is based on specific efficiency standards, for
strengthening project accurate timely completion.
Personal Research:
Find a resource that discusses S.M.A.R.T. objectives; put a link to it in the box below.
Professional development plan
What is the main point made in this resource?
The professional development plan point made in resource is based on fact that, smart
goals further connect towards developing extended business plans outputs effectively.
Personal Reflection:
What did we do?
5 | P a g e

I have been able to progressively formulate extended new thinking about progressive
business plan formulation towards improved ideologies, derive extended scope for higher
competencies and strengthen up new extensive scope.
What did I learn?
I have been able to learn about new business ideas, smart professional oriented goals and
retain my progressive goals for strengthened expertise based on functionally wide
standards.
How can I apply this to my project?
I will apply this to my project, by forming up extended expertise towards retaining
untapped targets and developing rapport for timely expansion for further extensive scope.
Project Proposal:
Using the space below write your project proposal:
Project Aim: The project aim is to formulate business plan, based on specific aim to
formulate international level business strategies and advance on scope for extended
international level standards. The aim of this restaurant is to increase its brand name at
international level so that they can attract large scale of investment and customers also take
interest in terms of visiting the restaurant.
Project Objectives: (S.M.A.R.T.)
 Specific: To formulate business plan of restaurant, with best products and services
in period span of 4 months.
 Measurable: It will be measured within period of long term based on specific
functional areas.
 Attainable: It will be attained by determining rapport and extensive formulation of
attained business goals for developing untapped business scenarios to improvise
wider aspects innovatively.
 Realistic: The goals are realistic and achievable to formulate rapid improved new
business plan, for developing authentic functional goals.
 Time period: Time period of 4 months
6 | P a g e

7 | P a g e

Session 3: Planning Your Project:
Using the Table below create a list of all the activities you believe you will need to achieve to
complete your project. Consider the order and duration each of the activities will take.
Sequence Activity Duration
1 Setting aim and objectives of project 4 days
2 Investment planning 15 days
3 Analysing stakeholders 10 days
4 Formulation of strategic plan 20 days
5 Finance plan formulation 5 days
6 Developing Restaurant menu 7 days
7 Promotions on social media platforms 10 days
8 Extending promotions and marketing
scenarios
5 days
9 Consumers market expansion 20 days
10 Gaining feedback from customers 5 days
11 Analysing outcomes of business plan within
project completion.
15 days
GANT CHART
8 | P a g e

9 | P a g e

Personal Research:
Find a resource that discusses using Gantt charts in project management; put a link to it in
the box below.
The
What is the main point made in this resource?
The main point made in resource is to formulate accurate business plan in terms of project
management, for improved determined efficiency
Personal Reflection:
What did we do?
I have done business plan formulation, for improved practical vision and engaged on specific
accurate parameters to improvise authentic competencies.
What did I learn?
I have learnt about various business management aspects, with synchronized new plans and
generate specific functional improved parameters.
How can I apply this to my project?
I apply new plans to my project by taking up extended new ideas functionally for strengthening
rapid vision and generate idealistic awareness about essential goals.
10 | P a g e

Session 4: Project Proposal Submission Week
This week you need to ensure that you have:
Completed your proposal and submitted it via e-mail to [e-mail].
Completed your proposed project activity plan in your workbook.
Completed your proposed project timeline on a Gantt chart.
Personal Research:
Find a resource that discusses Project Stakeholders; put a link to it in the box below.
The project stakeholders are based on authentic space, for extensive scope to determine
rapid improvement among project stakeholders.
What is the main point made in this resource?
The main point made in resource, is to formulate project stakeholders who are essentially the
most essential stakeholder and people who manage integral tasks.
Personal Reflection:
What did we do?
I was able to evolve on optimum new extended working criteria and strengthen up my
essential key working operatives, for developing rapport on essential project completion.
What did I learn?
I was able to learn about varied new skills, performance oriented aspects and generate
rapid empowerment based on authentic key goals for specialized keen criteria aspects
functionally.
How can I apply this to my project?
I will be applying this to my project by utilizing rapid vision, engaging on towards
11 | P a g e

determined expertise and strengthening project working criteria for gaining optimum
accurate results.
12 | P a g e

Session 5: Project Background: Context and
Stakeholders
This week we considered the organisational context and stakeholders to your project
Who is the project for?
restaurant.
What do you do/do at
work?
I was further leveraging rapid improvement at work, based on
functional goals for determined wellness.
What do you know about
the sector you work in?
Hospitality sector is widely growing, with best high scale
facilities which has enabled brand to further expand competent
aspects rapidly.
What parts of the
organisation does your
project affect?
The parts of organisations do affect project are hospitality
based.
5.1: Project Research:
This week find out about your chosen sector/organisation/employer; place some links to
relevant background information in the box below:
Link 1:
Link 2:
Link 3:
Personal Research:
Find a resource that discusses using “The Iron Triangle” in project management.; put a link
to it in the box below.
Quality
What is the main point made in this resource?
The usage of physical assets
13 | P a g e

Personal Reflection:
What did we do?
I have been able to develop team brainstorming, by working towards The iron triangle
What did I learn?
I have been able to learn various new skills and potentialities
How can I apply this to my project?
It can be applied to project by innovatively expanding towards new ideas, and
strengthening vision competencies.
14 | P a g e

Session 6: The Iron Triangle – Part 1
What is the scope/quality implications for your project?
Scope and quality implications of project is strong, as business of restaurant will be widely
effective for evolving on productive long term goals.
How will you measure these?
The quality outcomes will be measured by analysing revenue attained in specific period.
What are the time implications for your project?
The time implications for project that it will enable completion to diversify and expand on
varied working scenarios.
How will you measure these?
The project will be measured on basis of quality operations
What are the cost implications for your project?
Strategic cost investments will be huge
How will you measure these?
The cost implications will be measured by analysing long term cost benefits/
Personal Research:
Find a resource that discusses using Deming’s P.D.C.A. in project management; put a link
to it in the box below.
Plan Do check Act is cycle that interactively solves problem by developing solving
strategy to improvise new process and implement changes with continuous improvement
aspects actively.
What is the main point made in this resource?
Problem solving.
Personal Reflection:
What did we do?
15 | P a g e

To take best actions
What did I learn?
The learning has been potentially developing rapport for strengthening project based on
optimized on, for primitive diverse benchmarks enhancement.
How can I apply this to my project?
I will apply professionally towards my determined competencies, for deriving optimum
functional growth records and extending best synergies.
Session 7: The Iron Triangle – Part 2
Now that you have found out about Deming’s “Plan, Do, Check, Act” revisit your project aim and
objectives to re-evaluate their relevance. Will you be able to monitor your project outcomes in
terms of “quality, cost and time” and, if so, how will you do this?
Week 8: Monitoring Your Project
What challenges have you encountered on your project to date?
 Risks related to project timely completion
 Physical resources risks
 Technology failure risks
Taking expert professional advice
16 | P a g e

What methods/tools did you use to do this?
Method of project development
Personal Reflection:
What did we do?
I have learnt about working on analytical and time management skills pertaining to project
development
What did I learn?
I have been able to evolve towards professional benchmarks competitively essential
How can I apply this to my project?
I Have been able to apply this to my project by attaining best professional experience and
generate extensive empowered optimized competencies.
Week 9: Skills Development
Over the last few weeks, you have gathered further information about various tools for project
management from external sources which should have supported your projected.
In the box below explain how some of these tools have been applied to your work.
There are certain tools which helps in addressing the aspects as to how effectively the project
management can be undertaken. These tools are – Gantt Chart, Work Breakdown structure, Team
Building activities etc. These are some of the major tools which helps in creating value as to how
effectively the project is being displayed and is considered in an appropriate manner.
17 | P a g e

When thinking about skills and personal development at the University of the West of Scotland a
useful resource is the University’s graduate attributes. These are a set of skills, personal qualities and
understanding that are developed during your studies to prepare you for work in the 21st Century.
Personal Research:
Find a resource that discusses Personal Development; put a link to it in the box below.
The resources which will develop the personal development are – BBC Future, TED, i – tunes etc.
Along with this, there are resources which will help in acknowledging the aspects of growth and
development at large scale such as – books, journals, articles, watching videos online.
What is the main point made in this resource?
The main points of these resources are that they help in providing the aspects of how the
personal skills and abilities can be improved and what are the resources helping in the framing the
scale of professional development.
18 | P a g e

Personal Reflection:
What new skills have I developed?
The new skills I have developed are – being creative, imaginative and resilient. I am more ethically
minded, culturally aware and an effective communicator.
What evidence do I have that I have applied them?
The evidence is that I have performed my work in reward to these skills which are mentioned
helping me ton complete my personal development scale.
How do these relate to the graduate attributes?
These are the skills which are attributing to the graduate studies which will help me to solve the
issues and problems at large scale and will help me in my work.
19 | P a g e

Week 10: Monitoring Your Project
What other challenges have you encountered on your project to date?
The challenges I encountered in the project were – inadequate risk management, lack of
accountability, simplifying project management process, budgeting issues.
How did you resolve these?
I resolved these issues by focusing on the important parts to which I diversified in the manner
effectively and then solved them separately by framing strategies.
What methods/tools did you use to do this?
The tools which I used were Gantt Chart, activities framing, timescale planning, meeting
undertaken.
Personal Reflection:
What did we do?
We learned about the skills development and the manner in which how the monitoring of the
project was being done.
What did I learn?
I learned that by applying certain skills and project management tools the project can be
completed. Also, I learned that how effectively I was able to cover the personal development skills
and project management information.
20 | P a g e

How can I apply this to my project?
I can apply this to my project in the manner as to successively proceeding in the manner as to how
the tools and techniques are being applied within the project.
21 | P a g e

Week 11: Final Review of Your Project
Use the box below to reflect back over the last eleven weeks. If you were going to do this project
again what would you do differently?
The eleven weeks would work differently as to complete the project in different manner. The
planning will be in different manner as to how effectively and in appropriate manner the project
will be undertaken ion different manner. If I would do this project in different manner, I would
plan each activity in different manner and would have covered all the details and information in a
step wise manner.
Did you achieve what you set out to do? Have you met the aim and objectives you originally set?
Yes, I achieved what I set out. I gained all the information and data with the planning and how
effectively I am able to deliver the results in an appropriate manner. Yes, I also met the aims and
objectives which I originally set in an appropriate manner. I also gained the perspective of how
effectively I framed the results through the Gantt chart framed in effective and efficient manner.
22 | P a g e

23 | P a g e

Week 12: Project Workbook Submission
Check off that you have completed the following activities:
Completed all sections of your workbook
Submitted your workbook onto Turnitin by Friday 12 noon, 20th August 2021.
24 | P a g e