Project Logbook: Performance Review & Analysis of Chosen Organisation

This report presents a project logbook and performance review of a chosen organization. It details weekly research updates, task completion, and challenges encountered, including time constraints and financial limitations. The logbook covers the completion of tasks, adherence to deadlines, and any necessary adjustments to the project management plan. It also highlights identified risks and issues, such as lack of time and insufficient funds, along with strategies employed to overcome these barriers, like using a Gantt chart and activity-based costing. The report includes reflections on learning experiences, including feelings about dealing with tasks and problems, contributions made, areas for improvement, and how the learning can be applied in future research studies. The project's aim was to understand the impact of digital technology on business performance and productivity. The project successfully achieved its aim, with survey respondents agreeing that digital technology significantly affects business progress. Strengths included interpretation and analysis, while communication was identified as a weakness. The report concludes with a performance review, assessing the project's success, identifying problems and solutions, and reflecting on lessons learned, which will inform future professional development, particularly in research skills and data collection.

TEMPLATE
Project Logbook for the chosen organisation:
Name of the learner: Name of the Supervisor:
Project Title: Date:
Update of weekly research/ tasks achieved
(Account for a minimum of six weeks with
dates)
➢ What have you completed?
➢ Did you fulfil the requirements of tasks?
➢ Are you on track and within deadlines set?
➢ Did you need to make any changes in your
project management plan?
 I have conducted a research on a
chosen company and its identified
issues.
 Yes, I did fulfil all requirements of the
tasks.
 For this purpose, I have prepared a
Gantt chart to track my work and work
accordingly.
 No, I didn’t referred to make any
changes.
Any risks and / or issues identified?
➢ Did you identify risks/issues with lack of
skills required for undertaking research tasks?
➢ Did you identify any additional risks/issues
that have an impact on the project management
plan?
 I have faced the issue regarding the
lack of time and insufficient financial
resources.
 Lack of time period and insufficient
fund is major issue within the research
study.
Problems encountered
➢ What barriers did you face?
➢ How did you overcome them?
 Lack of time period and insufficient
fund is major issue within the research
study.
 By use of Gantt chart method and
Activity based costing method I can
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successfully overcome these barriers in
the research study.
New ideas and change of project direction Digitalisation within the business operation
What Have I learnt about myself this week?
➢ How did I feel when I had to deal with
tasks/problems?
➢ Did I find it useful to complete the tasks?
➢ How well have I performed? What did I
contribute?
➢ What can I improve on next week?
➢ How might this learning apply in the future?
 I was feeling that I have lack of
knowledge about the digital
technology.
 Yes
 I have given my full contribution for
accomplished the task of research
study.
 I will try to accomplish all activities
within more small time period.
 This learning will help me in
conducting further research study on
the another subject.
Tasks planned for next week
➢ Which tasks are the priority?
➢Have you set aside sufficient time for
completion?
 Managing successful business project
 Yes
Project plan status to date (on, ahead, behind)
Supervisor comments to address
Signature of the supervisor and date:
Template for Performance Review to be attached with the report by learner
1. What was the Project supposed to accomplish?
This project provides the detail knowledge and understanding about the impact of digital
technology on the business performance and productivity.
2. Did the project succeed in its aim/ how do you know? Specifically, please outline any
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evaluation and assessment undertaken.
Yes, the project has successfully attempted its aim and objective. At the time of data collection,
many of the respondents are strongly agreed with statement that digital technology have
affected the progress and growth of business enterprise.
3. 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.
Conducting survey and interview
Analysing information
Interpretation
Implement strategy for find out best solution of research problem
4. What problems emerged during the project and how were they tackled? Was there
timely identification of issues and resolution during the project process?
The major issue is related to the time duration as researcher have very limited time period and
all activities have to accomplish within specific time. Thus, it is very serious and big issue for
scholar. Another issue is related to cost and fund because scholar have very limited finance.
5. What did you learn from undertaking the project?
Advantage and limitation of Digital technology on innovation and growth rate. Furthermore, its
implication upon the growth and progress of business.
6. How would you rate your performance as a management consultant leading the
project?
Average
7. What strengths and weaknesses of your performance did you identify?
Interpretation and analysis: Strength
Communication: Weakness
8. How will this inform and support your continuous professional development?
This project will help me in analysing, assessing and observing activities in the future. I have
improved my interaction skill in the data collection and have successfully prepared
questionnaire. Thus, I can say that my research skill have been also improved.
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