HND Business Project: Impact of Digital Tech on Small Business Growth

This project explores the impact of digital technology on the growth and innovation of small businesses, specifically within the context of Nisa. The assignment includes a detailed project management plan, outlining aims, objectives, scope, and resource allocation. The student conducted research, gathered data, and analyzed findings to assess the project's success. The project also involved a weekly logbook tracking tasks, deadlines, and challenges encountered. The student evaluated the project's performance, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and lessons learned, including improvements in communication and data analysis. The project successfully demonstrated the importance of digital technology in supporting small business growth and innovation, with the student reflecting on the experience and its impact on future professional development.

Template for evidence collection to be attached with the
report by the learner:
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?
Week 1:
Week 2:
Week 3:
Week 4:
Week 5:
Week 6: Did you fulfil Task requirements?
Comments
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Yes Are you on track and within deadlines
set?
Yes Did you need to make any changes to
your project management plan?
No
Any risks and / or issues identified?
 Did you identify risks/issues with a
lack of skills required for undertaking
research tasks?
No
 Did you identify any additional
risks/issues that have an impact on the
project management plan?
No
Problems encountered
 What barriers did you face?
While analyzing the data, it was quite
hard to deal with the people because
they were not cooperating at first.
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 How did you overcome them?
I made them understood and then
after some time, they cooperated with
me.
New Ideas and change of project direction
The next time I will involve some better way
to make people understand so that they can
cooperate with me while analyzing the data.
What Have I learnt about myself this week?
 How did I feel when I had to deal with
tasks/problems?
I feel very efficient and capable
enough.
 Did I find it useful to complete the
tasks?
Yes, very much. How well have I performed? What did I
contribute?
I performed much better. I contributed
my time and hard work in it. What can I improve on next week?
I will ensure to investigate more ways
for finding information.
 How might this learning apply in the
future?
It will help me in my further tasks.
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Tasks planned for next week
 Which tasks are priority?
Every task was on priority but task 6
was very important as it involved all
the recommendations. Have you set aside sufficient time for
completion?
Yes
Project plan status to date (on, ahead,
behind)
Supervisor comments to address
Signature of the Supervisor and date:
Template for Performance Review Template to be
attached with the report by the learner:
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1. What was the Project supposed to accomplish?
It was to accomplish the impact of digital technology in supporting the growth and innovation of Nisa.
2. Did the project succeed in its aims/ how do you know? Specifically, please outline any evaluation and
assessment undertaken.
Yes, it succeeded
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.
The research methodology part worked well because it was interesting to investigate about different ways and
methods.
4. What problems emerged during the project and how were they tackled? Was there timely identification of
issues and resolution during the project process?
Analyzing the data was quite tough but I made people understand and then they cooperated with me.
5. What did you learn from undertaking the project?
I learned that there is a huge importance of digital technology on supporting the growth and innovation of
Nisa.
6. How would you rate your performance as a management consultant leading the project?
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4/5
7. What strengths and weakness of your performance did you identify?
Strength : I did not lose hope
Weakness : Somewhere, I lose the patience while doing the data analysis but then, however I managed.
8. How will this inform and support your continuous professional development?
It will help me in better communication skills and that can help me in my future projects.
UNIT 6 MANAGING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PROJECT
P2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN
Project topic: The impact of digital technology supporting small business growth and innovation
Project aims and objectives:
Scope:
6

Communication:
Resources:
Quality:
Cost:
Time:
Risk:
Explanation
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