Project Design and Implementation: Case Study Analysis and Evaluation

This project report analyzes a case study on project design and implementation, focusing on a business development scenario. The project involves a team of five members tasked with addressing a business problem faced by two entrepreneurs, Ben and Penny, who aim to expand their business into a holiday park. The report details the project phases, including team formation, initial challenges, and the development of solutions through research and collaboration. It highlights the use of trans-disciplinary models, the skills developed, and an evaluation of actions taken. The report also discusses the challenges faced by the team leader and the strategies used to overcome them, such as effective communication and delegation. The project involved market research, land acquisition, marketing strategies, and the development of a project life cycle. The report provides insights into team dynamics, leadership skills, and the practical application of business principles.

Project / Placement design
and implementation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
1. Brief background and context of project............................................................................6
2. Trans-disciplinary models..................................................................................................6
3. Project phases ....................................................................................................................7
4. Skills developed to solve the work based problems...........................................................8
5. Analysis and evaluation of the actions...............................................................................8
6.Learning undertaken from the portfolio of evidences like logbooks and critical incident
diaries or feedbacks................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Project design is considered as the first stage of the project in which the project structure,
features, major deliverables and criteria for success are planned out. The main aim of developing
a project design is to achieve the project goals. It includes five phases which includes initiation,
planning, execution, monitoring and project closure (Project Management Guide, 2019.). Present
report is based upon the case study of Project design and implementation, which discuses about
the background and context of project, the trans-disciplinary models to underpin the analysis.
Present report also discusses about the preparation and implementation and evaluating the
effectiveness of the project phases. It also includes the skills and evaluates the action that was
taken or not taken.
TASK 1
I was in a team of 5 members and project was assigned to us which was based upon a
case study of Project Placemen Design and implementation. This was the task which was
assigned to us and we had to complete it on time before the last date of submission. When task
was assigned we had to form a team of 5 members who have to work collectively in order to
complete the task before the due date. There was the formation of a teams and some of team
members were interested and comfortable to work in a team and some members were not
comfortable to work in a team. During the team formation I was chosen as a leader of team
which was a collaborative decision from the rest of the team members. I decided that we shall
start to work on the project from 11/02/2019 which is going to be the first week of our project
which was assigned to us. I decided to gather all the team member who were involved in a team
at GSM library. This was the destination which was decided by me on the mutual consent from
the rest of the team member in a group. On the first day of week it was like that team members
were of the least interest to get to work towards the project and entire week was full of less
interest and full of laziness among the team member of a project. When we started to work on a
project we had a false start as no one in a team actually what they are working and what was the
task actually assigned to us. This not knowing characters of the team members resulted in lack of
interest and negligence within the team members which were involved in a project. But being a
leader of a team I had to take an initiative to get the team on work and I have to take a decision
how would I get my team members to get them to work. I took an initiative and I started a group
discussion by delegating a project to each and every member of the team. I told them to read

entire case study for at least ten minutes so that they can get familiar with the case study and
come to know what actually a project is which was assigned to us or on what we are working on.
Also, we should come to know on what topic a case study was based on and on what we had to
conduct a research on. After making ourselves familiar with the topic and case study I decided
to assign each member a task related to a research so that they can make use of their knowledge,
understanding and business skills to come up with a business solution which was required by
Ben and Penny for their business. So they started to work on the tasks which was assigned to
them and they worked with their own skills and knowledge and tried their level best in order to
come up with a business solution to the problem which was faced by Ben and Penny within the
case study. During the task I came to know that all members in a team are not same and each and
every members has different ways of performing the task. I observed that some of the team
members which were involved in a team were slow learner which took lot of time to understand
and some group members were quick learner which grabbed the things very quickly. But it does
not justify that one team member is better than the other team member as every one has different
ways of learning and grabbing the things. It can be understood by this that, I observed that
talking too much in a team that they are smart enough than those people which prefer to work
with silence. I also experienced that silent ones are not dumb but they just need a proper leader
or an idealist or proper starter which will help them in a right pattern towards the discussion at
hand. During the task we had to face many challenges like formation of a team and choosing a
leader of team but due to the effective ways of communication a leader was chosen by the team
members without any prejudice and I was made the leader of the team. I as a leader faced many
challenges in order to get the task done and it required a leadership skills in order to get the task
done for achieving the objectives.
Entire experience of the task was good and new for each and every member of a team as
it was the first task which was assigned to us for which team was required. There were different
feelings for each and every day of the week and my and my team members feelings changed at
different stages of the task. I felt very good and excited to work in a team, it was my first
experience to work in a team and most importantly I was chosen the leader of the team which
increased my excitement. But becoming a leader also made me nervous as it was for the first
time that I was leading a team. It was not an easy task for me to lead a team which is absolutely
new with little or no experience. Especially in the first week I faced many challenges as team

leader while leading a team. While performing tasks my feeling were high and I tried my level
best to give my hundred percent with dedication in order to achieve the objective of project
which was assigned to us. But my at the first day of week my team members were less interested
in the task which was assigned to us and they were neglecting the importance of the project.
They had low feelings on the first day of the week but I used my leadership skills and motived
them to get indulged in the task which increased their excitement of performing a task. Team
members also faced certain problems while performing tasks but due to proper collaboration,
team spirit and effective communication it made possible to achieve the objectives of the task of
the first week. Entire experience of the first was really good and challenging and learned so
many things about the team, how to work in a team, how to lead a team and how to tackle the
challenges of team and individual challenges. In the first week of the project the main problem
that was faced by me was the negligence and lack of interest from the team members and it was
really important to bring them on the track. For this purpose I had to use my leadership skills as I
was chosen a leader of a team, I motivate my team members as asked them to read the case study
and get in a group discussion which gave them an idea what the topic is and why research is to
be conducted. This was really important to do as a leader which gave them a kick start to work
on a project. I assigned individual tasks and set individual goals which they had to be achieve in
the first week of the project which was really important in order to bring them on a track to
perform their tasks. There were two type of people in a group which I had to manage one who
were quick learner and another were slow learners and I had to manage their work in different
ways which was really important in order to get the task done which was assigned to them.
During performing an activity in the first week although it was challenging but there were certain
things which went really well like entire team worked as a good team members and we were able
to set a proper collaboration and effective communication within a team. This happened because
I used my leadership skills and motivated them to work in as a team and made them realise the
importance of the project and how the project will benefit in the future. All the team started
contributing towards the task and we were successful in achieving the objectives of the task
which were developed in the first week of the project. The experience of the fist made us to
realise many things which could help in future weeks of the project. There were certain problems
which were faced by me and my team members which needs to be addressed in order to improve
the performance of a team in remaining weeks of a project. For this purpose a plan needs to be

formulated which will help us in overcoming the problems which were faced by as leader so that
I can improve my skills of being a good and effective leader which will help me to lead a team
for the remaining weeks.
TASK 2
1. Brief background and context of project
This project is based upon a business problem which is face by the two business partners
Ben and Penny. Ben and Penny were childhood friends and grew up together in North London.
Penny had a certificate of hospitality and Ben did a short course in construction. At the age of 21
they setup a local industrial estate selling hot sandwiches and burgers which turned a huge
success for them but sold this for £6000. Ben's dream was to establish a small guest house which
had a fine restaurant and penny supported to the business plan which was established by them.
With the help of the business plan they were able to successfully establish Monet Guest House
and restaurant. It had net profit of £95,000 and turnover of £350,000 for the guest house and total
net worth of restaurant was £150,000 and net profit of £45,000. During past 30 years Ben and
Penny have taken certain decisions if their lives which took them away from the business. A
meeting was held by Penny with its partner Ben in which Ben stated that he wanted to expand
and diversify the business. He also stated that he is interested in establishing a Holiday Park near
a lake which is already available in nature or hand made. This idea was liked by Penny and her
husband for which they decided to sell Monet guest house and restaurant in order to develop a
Holiday park. After selling guest house and restaurant which is of worth of £950,000 and
£595,000. Holiday park will be built on lake side which requires a proper market research,
buying of land, marketing strategies, operations and developing a project life cycle.
2. Trans-disciplinary models
Trans-disciplinary model or theory helps in understanding the different disciplines among
the team members. It enables the team members to exchange the pool of ideas and information,
skills and knowledge at the workplace cooperatively (Binder, 2016). There are various trans-
disciplinary models or approaches which can help in understanding the collaboration between the
team members involved in a project. Multidisciplinary model can help in analysing the team
members which have got variety of disciplines which are working together on same project. This
can help in sharing of different ideas, skills, knowledge, etc which can help in successful
formation of the project design. But there may arise the issue of difference in views or

disagreements as team members have got their own disciplinary lens. The team members may
work on a same project but formulate their own project designs. Another model or theory is
interdisciplinary model, it main goal is to transfer knowledge from one team member to another
team member. Such process will help in creation of new project design. This model is helpful for
the team members in informing the work between one another and can compare their individual
designs (Hong and Feng, 2017). This will result in the flow of information among the team
members which are involved in a project which will increase the collaboration and effective
communication among the team members. As interdisciplinary results in the discussions and
interactions this may create difference among the team members which needs to be minimised
among the team members. Another model or approach is Trans-disciplinary which is the mode of
collaboration in which team members totally work outside of their disciplines and from their own
intellectual space (Transdisplinary Approach, 2014.). Here the team members to work out of the
boundaries that lies between the learnings, conventional discipline and teachings (Fraker and
et.al., 2018). According to this model team members can come with unique ideas of project
designs and provide a solution to the real world problems of the project which are faced by them.
3. Project phases
Preparation: Preparation phase is the most important and vital as it will result in the success of
a project and will form the road map towards the completion of a project. The specific goal is to
establish Holiday park near any lake in Wales, London. For this purpose Ben and Penny have to
make purchases of utilities, installation of the cabins, choose a proper supply chain from the
resources can be procured. For this purpose a proper market research is to be done and marketing
strategies are framed and proper planning of human resources and operations plan is to done.
Implementation Phase: In order to execute the plan Ben and Penny has to develop a team for
the different department like marketing team, accounts team, operations team, etc (Pham, Fucci
and Maalej, 2018). Resource will be assigned to different departments. In order to execute a
project manager will be assigned which directs and manages entire project to make it a success.
Evaluation of effectiveness: Both the phases can be evaluated by measuring the project is on
schedule or not and is within the budget. These plan formulated and goals set has been easily
achieved by the marketing team as they were able to make a proper market research (Gandhi and
et.al., 2016). Plan was also successfully implemented as the entire project was completed on due
date. Ben and Penny were able to develop a teams and allocate resources them. Proper resources

were also allocated to the team which were involved in a project which made possible the project
manager that was assigned for implementation of a project.
4. Skills developed to solve the work based problems
For the completion of a project there are various skills which are needed, but to deal with
the problems which may arise at any phase of project also requires skills for it. Various skills that
were developed to solve the work based problems are team working skills; many problems were
faced during a project which were dealt with the effective team work between the team members.
There was the trust among the team members and were supportive towards each other. Another
skill which was developed was problem solving and decision making skill; as there many
problems which were faced during the project and these problems have to be provided with a
feasible solution which increased the problem solving skills (Dobre, Kahng and Li, 2015). Also,
decisions has to be passed to complex situations that were faced during project which improved
the decision making skills. Project also developed research skills; in order to define and solve a
problem it requires a research this may be simple internet research or in depth research which
helped in improving researching skills. Another skill which was developed due to the research
was communication skill there has been an effective communication between the members
which were involved in a project. This communication skill helped in solving the complex
problems effectively and also helped in understanding the role and responsibilities to the people
which were involved in a research project so, these were the skills which were developed by
solving the work based problems.
5. Analysis and evaluation of the actions
There were various actions which I had to perform during the project as it was my
responsibility to complete a project on preassigned date as I was chosen head of a project. So I
had to perform various actions like I was responsible for making the major decisions of the
projects and I was responsible for assigning the tasks to various members which were involved
in a project. I kept on motivating team members whenever I observed there is a lack of
motivation and enthusiasm in them and this helped in improving their work performance at
higher level. As, I was chosen the leader of the project I make approve and disapprove the
project designs and I chose only those project designs which I felt were suitable for a project. As
a head of a project I had to keep track on the improvement that were made during project and
also track the performance of the team members. This helped me in getting the work done on

time check the performance of the team members. I had to also provide the solution to the
problems which were faced by the team members and take a complex decisions whenever I was
faced with difficult situations as it was my responsibility to take decisions. So, these were the
actions which were performed by me as leader of a project (Zhang and et.al., 2015).
Besides this, I also looked after the proper planing of the services and thus will lead to a
significant rise in carrying out of operations which are been followed within the firm. This will
lead to rise in carrying out of the services which supports a significant rise in operations which
will supports a good rise in improving quality of services offered by the firm. It can also be said
that the proper communication with employees and all the people working on this project will
look after proper assessment of operations which supports a good rise in carrying out of services
in a suitable way. This will help in improving the quality of services in an effective way. All
these measures will lead the organisation to carry out operations which will support a proper rise
in placing of project development measures such as establishing of Monet Guest House. This
will help in improving the sales and meeting of suitable growth measures which will support
good rise in the operations (King and et.al., 2015).
I will also look after improving the communication and understanding between both the
partners, In order to mitigate any sort of indifference and conflict at the work place. All these
measures will support a good rise in carrying out of services and thus, leads to rise in carrying
out of services. The cross cultural and company based employee relationship is been avoided in
order to carry out the operations and suitable relationship among employees or stakeholders. All
these measures leads to setting up of operations and measures which will lead to improvement of
the services and facilities that are been offered by Monet Guest house.
6.Learning undertaken from the portfolio of evidences like logbooks and critical incident diaries
or feedbacks
From the execution of this project, I can say that the project has relatively helped me to
improve my understanding regarding the management of a project within the organization. This
will help me to gain a good information about the knowledge I'll need to set up the Monet Guest
house in an effective way. The proper evaluation of the plans and assessment of the actions that
are been carried out by the organization or its management will help in proper evaluation
supports the development of various models and action plans which will help in carrying out the
operations in most effective and significant manner. This will help in proper rise in improving

the sales and meeting of operations which are been carried out by the firm. This will help in
proper planning of services and carrying out of needs that are followed within the organization in
an effective way. I believe that the adoption and implementation of various models like Trans-
disciplinary, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary models are been carried out that will help in
proper planning of services and thus, help in proper planning of services and thus will lead to
significant rise in carrying out of project development measures which will help in proper
planning of services and other facilities which are been carried out within the organization that
will help in carrying out the suitable growth of the measures which are been carried out by the
organization. This will help in developing the good rise in carrying out of services and this will
help n carrying out of services that will help in carrying out of services that will help in carrying
out of growth measures that will help in carrying out of measures which are been carried out by
the firm that will help in proper planning of services.
Based on the feedback received from peers, fellow employees and the customers, I can
say that the project of setting a guest house will require suitable understanding between Ben and
Penny in order to carry out the operations related to setting up of their Monet Guest house. They
will look after the coordination which will help in setting up of operations and action plans
which will lead to rise in effectiveness of the operations leading to meeting of their financial
operations which are been carried out by the firm. Thus, will help in proper planning of services
and carrying out of operational measures which will help in superior quality of services which
will lead to improve the sales and carrying out of services in an effective way.
I also found that motivating the work force and workers for getting the tasks done is a
major challenge. However, I feel that it will help in improving the carrying out of the operations
that are related to development of the guest house. The skills developed by me while monitoring
and managing these project like extensive leadership skills, ability to make interpersonal
communication and leading the employees by motivating them will help me to manage similar
projects and operations in the future. Beside this, I will also evaluate and analyze effective
documents like peer reviews, feedback's and logs provided by the other stakeholders working on
the project. This will help in improving the quality of services and other measures which are
undertaken within the organization. All these measures will help in carrying out of services and
other measures which will help in suitable setting up of operations leading to rise of operations
which are been carried out within the organization. All these measures will play a crucial role in

carrying out of services which will help in suitable rise in setting up of effective measures and
growth activities carried out by the organization.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of the assessment carried out, It can be said that the proper planning of the
services will help in carrying out of services which will hlp in improving the establishing of a
project. An extensive reflection is presented on the basis of learning that is been gained by an
individual while handling a project. Besides this te assessment of background, various
disciplinary models and different phases of monitoring is been carried out that show case the
measures and procedure which is been carried out while establishing and developing a project.
Also, proper management of work based problems and carrying out of services are been carried
out by a firm with assessment of different feedback's and peer reviews by the organization which
will help in proper planning or designing of services and managing a project.

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