BM562 Consulting in Practice: CW1 Project Portfolio 2021-22

This project portfolio, developed for the BM562 Consulting in Practice module, presents a detailed analysis of a client's business challenges, specifically low productivity and employee morale issues. The project includes exploration and agreement of the brief from the first meeting with the client, a project plan, partnership agreement, and minutes of team, client, and supervisor meetings. The portfolio showcases evidence through a problem statement, research findings, and proposed solutions such as time management, avoidance of multitasking, effective supervision, employee training, and setting deadlines. The outcomes section summarizes the consultancy team's efforts to address the client's problems, emphasizing the importance of employee management and productivity enhancement. The portfolio aims to provide effective strategies to increase productivity and improve the company's performance. The report also includes the final client report that is 2500 words long.

BM562 CW1 Project Portfolio 2021-22
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BM562 CW1 Project Portfolio 2021-22
Exploration and agreement of the brief from first meeting with client
Date: 15/08/200
Present: Yes
Absent: No
What is the problem(s) or issue that the client needs to address?
Main problems of the client is that Mike is facing the issue of low productivity which leads to
the poor morale of the employees at the workplace.
Why is s/he focusing on this problem?
They are facing this problem because of the bad management.
Further background information about the company/competitors/customers etc, relevant to the
problem
There are various competitors present in the market who affects the business of client co
organization.
Key deliverables/What would be a ‘successful’ outcome for the client, by the end of the
project?
The successful outcome can be when the problem of the low productivity of the client will be
solved. That will be the most effective deliverables for the client.
Concerns/limitations raised by the client (e.g. costs, client availability)
They have concerned number of problems such as inefficient work, poor reporting, unsuitable

machinery.
Concerns raised by the consulting team
To increase the productivity of the organization of the client is the main concern of the
consulting company.
What actions were agreed and what are the deadlines for these?
Various actions was taken in order to solve this problem and for that deadline that was set is 2
months.
Next client meeting date (or schedule of dates).
25/08/2022

BM562 CW1 Project Portfolio 2021-22
Project plan
Note: Although you do not need to create a full Gantt chart, you still need to show clearly
which tasks are to be undertaken, by when and by whom.
Two updates on the original project plan should be inserted in your portfolio too.

BM562 CW1 Project Portfolio 2021-22
Partnership agreement
This should contain the detailed ground rules and performance management process
which your team will follow, to ensure all consultants in the team are performing.
Guidance for developing this will have been given in lectures. You may use the
agreement that you developed in Semester One, or add to this with the agreement of all
members of the team.

BM562 CW1 Project Portfolio 2021-22
Minutes of team, client and supervisor meetings
It is fine to develop your own templates, but the minimum information required is;
Minutes of (Team/Client/Supervisor) Meeting (state which it is)
Date : 15/08/2022
Present: Yes
Absent: No
Minutes of last meeting
This meeting was ended up on the words that problems of the client should be solved within the
given time period.
Agenda
 Main agenda of this is that to solve the problem of the client in the given period of time.
 Secondly, problem of inefficient work should have to be eliminated from the workplace.
For each agenda item:
 In order to solve the problem of the client effective actions were taken. Since main problem
was of the Productivity. In order to achieve that agenda team has decided to analyze each and
every activity of the company.
 In order to solve the problem of the inefficiency, effective measures will be taken.

BM562 CW1 Project Portfolio 2021-22
Showcase evidence