Work Based Experience: Software Development at EE Limited

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UNIT 50: WORK BASED EXPERIENCE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................5
P1.1 –RESEARCH AND EVALUATE SUITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD
PROVIDE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE.....................................................................................5
P1.2 – NEGOTIATE WITH WORK AND ACADEMIC SUPERVISORS A PROPOSAL
FOR THE WORK EXPERIENCE..............................................................................................7
P1.3-RECOGNISE THE BUSINESS CONSTRAINTS ON THE WORK EXPERIENCE
OFFERED....................................................................................................................................9
LO 2...............................................................................................................................................11
2.1AGREE AND PRIORITISE THE TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES INVOLVED IN
THE WORK EXPERIENCE.....................................................................................................11
2.2 PRODUCE A PLAN FOR THE WORK EXPERIENCE...................................................12
2.3 ANALYSE THE BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES TO THE BUSINESS
AND THE LEARNER..............................................................................................................16
LO3................................................................................................................................................17
3.1 FULFIL THE SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS OF PLACEMENT CONFORMING TO
ALL RELATED CODES OF PRACTICE................................................................................17
3.2 PRODUCES SYSTEMATIC RECORDS OF THE WORK UNDERTAKEN..................19
3.3 REVISE THE INITIAL PLAN AS REQUIRED................................................................21
3.4 MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT AND REVIEW THESE WITH THE
SUPERVISOR...........................................................................................................................22
LO4................................................................................................................................................23
4.1 MONITOR PROGRESS AGAINST ORIGINAL PROPOSED PRACTICES...................23
4.2 EVALUATE THE QUALITY OF OWN PERFORMANCE.............................................26

4.3 ANALYZE THE LEARNING WHICH HAS TAKEN DURING THE WORKING
EXPERIENCE USING THE SUITABLE REFLECTIONS.....................................................27
4.4 MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THE EXPERIENCE COULD HAVE BEEN
ENHANCED.............................................................................................................................28
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................29
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................30

INTRODUCTION
The entire study discusses about Vodafone PLC and EE limited. EE limited is a British mobile
networking operator through which the internet service provider and division of the BT group.
This was established in order to provide the best and large mobile networks to the people
operating in the UK to around 29.6% for the 4G services (Aken et al., 2010).
On the other hand, Vodafone is the multinational telecommunication conglomerate that is
headquarters in London through predominant operations. This can subjectively deal with the
operations across the world. The net share of €46,571 billion revenue is collected by the
organization till the end of 2018 (GOV.UK, 2018).

LO 1
P1.1 –RESEARCH AND EVALUATE SUITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD
PROVIDE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Criteria EE Limited Vodafone Plc
Travel Headquarter in Hatfield but has
various centres such as London,
Bristol, Darlington, Doxford,
Greenock, Merthyr Tydfil, North
Tyneside, Plymouth and Leeds.
Headquarters in London and
predominantly operates in the
regions of Africa, Europe and
Asia along with Oceania and
other operating groups in
Newbury, Berkshire
Salary £41,724 per annum £41,113
Flexible Full Time/ Flexible Full Type/ Flexible
Type of job Software Developer HR Manager
Technical skills expected C++ and Java programming
experiences
HR activities through which
planning and activities
Soft skills expected Good time management and
problem solving skills
Good knowledge of HR duties,
Adobe, Performance monitoring
for which performance toolset
Benefits Perks and Incentives Passionate advocacy on the
generic engagement across the
market i.e. In case become
famous will be treated as celebrity
and will encounter the same perks
and benefits from market directly
There are certain reasons for electing the job roles in the particular organization as this would
eventually help in negotiating and managing the workforce in the region (Decuyper et al., 2010).
Company Rating Reasons

EE Limited 4/5 Software developer at the EE
limited will eventually help
the company to deal with the
technology and other aspects
Vodafone PLC 4.5/5 Managing the Designer who
are working for the websites
and mobile app can help in
meeting the substantial work
space.

P1.2 – NEGOTIATE WITH WORK AND ACADEMIC SUPERVISORS A PROPOSAL
FOR THE WORK EXPERIENCE
METHODS OF CONTACTING ORGANIZATIONS
For a job one is likely contact on the media tools and unemployed young people are lazy through
which relying on the handouts and dream job. Before starting to send e-mails, you need to be
speculative about the matter of concern (Dabbagh and Kitsantas, 2012). The interests of the
people are subjectively increased in the business.
Name Abhigail Sherlock
Job Title Software developer
Duties To design the software, test it and install it
To maintain the software systems
Soft skills Command on the subjects, communication
skills, team work and experience along with
problem solving.
Technical skills Java, .Net, C, C++ and other programming
language
Brief introduction to your self Rewarding challenger to the task that are
handed over to meet the subjective change in
working parameters. A keen software developer
who utter programming skills with the
experience of 2 years. Challenging task attracts
me to work further in demanding conditions
Reason for the work experience To work at EE limited I would like increase the
knowledge of the software and ensure the best
output for organization.
Future plan To become a technical expert in the software
development through mastering in Java, Oracle
and other computing languages
Supervisors: roles and responsibilities of
academic and industrial mentors
To get training and guidance appropriately for
the business.

The CV of Abhigail Sherlock who is the programmer can be directed for the post vacant in the
EE limited. The applicant has formatted the information by applying to it (Dabbagh and
Kitsantas, 2012). The HR manager is responsible to short list the skills and requirement that are
aptly required can be evaluated with the comparison to the CV. In case of requirement being
matched can help in managing the business abruptly.
Name Aston Bella
Job Title HR specialist
Duties To plan the working structure of the job,
Maintain the recruitment, testing and interview
process of the organization
To prepare the employees for the assignments
by establishing the orientation with training
programs
Soft skills Good Communication skills, Leadership
capabilities and empathy
Technical skills MS-Office
A brief introduction to your self I working as HR in the organization has some
specific rights and duties which includes
planning, implementing and evaluating the
employee relations and human resource policies
in the practices (Goetsch and Davis, 2014).
Reason for the work experience To gain knowledge about other recruitment and
enhance my skills
Future plan Master degree in HR Management
Supervisors: roles and responsibilities of
academic and industrial mentors
To train and lead the activities of the
organization for the better performance.

P1.3-RECOGNISE THE BUSINESS CONSTRAINTS ON THE WORK EXPERIENCE
OFFERED
There are certain business constraints that are being managed through the jobs that EE limited.
The range of the services that are offered can meet with the EE limited business described below.
They are:
Business constraints Explanations ( Citations and
reference required )
How I will manage?
Need to be fully trained The software developer field
changes the fast pace through
which new products, tools and
applications can be recorded.
This can master with the dozens
of the languages and framework
to the business (Rehman et al.,
2012). It can simplify the
platform with course of the high
quality mobile and software
development courses. For this
the angular training, selenium
3.0 training and Java Training
certification will be required.
I will manage this while
supervising the activities
that are necessary to get me
completely trained with the
work. The assigned work
can be managed with the
period of experience they
met.
Adherence to quality systems The quality systems can help in
managing the websites of the EE
limited and acquainting the
knowledge about ethics in the
business
This can be managed by
maintaining the regulatory
practices to the business.
Health and safety
considerations
The employees must refrain to
the health practices for which
avoiding smoking and alcohol.
However, the office must consist
of fire extinguisher and first aid
for the safety consideration at
This can be undertaken by
supervising health and
safety practices (Marlow
and Dabbish, 2013)

work
Supervision time One- two month I will learn the software
programs with the support
of the efficient training
centres.
Workload Depending on the quantity of
work that is provided to the
employees
By holding on to the
workload with the time
management skills.
Customer satisfaction The products made available to
the people can help in achieving
the customer satisfaction (Moon,
2013).
-
Limited staffing The staff members involved in
the programs are limited as they
need to ensure the training to the
higher authorities and they are
providing training to others
-
Cost of materials Expenditure to the cost of
material required in the software
management of the organization
are roughly 15% of the total
budget of the company (Moon,
2013).
Thus, these business constraints can be managed with the supporting evidence to the job which
must be managed and tackled through the problems in the best possible way.

LO 2
2.1AGREE AND PRIORITISE THE TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES INVOLVED IN
THE WORK EXPERIENCE
There are certain tasks and responsibilities through which the working experience of the software
developer at the EE limited can be analyzed. This may include the must, could and other details
regarding the working agreements (Bakker, 2011).
Tasks Must Should Could Would Reason reasons
for
rationalisation
of the order of
tasks.
Creating a
logical
sequence for
the software in
development
The
employee
must
overlook to
the critical
aspects of the
software and
develop their
test and trial
measures
They should
form a
logical
sequence
through
considering
all parameter
and resources
There are
some errors
that could
affect the
parameter
considered for
the software
development
in EE limited
The developer
can meet with
the sequence
of the
software
testing
There are certain
reasons for the
logical sequence
management
through trial and
test in order
manage the
software.
Designing
software layout
Design a
feasible
software
layout
This includes
the
formatting of
fonts, pages
The details
that are
included
presents the
software
designs
Troubleshoot
of the
software with
the problem.
The detailed
description of
the software are
important with
the users
interface
Content
management
The content
management
directs on the
content that
are to be filed
There are
certain task
which can be
managed
through
This includes
the
information
regarding the
software’s
The problem
encounter can
be resolved
with the
option of the
The details that
are provided are
ascertain for the
software
development

up for the
software’s
and
performing
the function.
performing
the software
practices by
clearly
measuring
the errors to
the business
which can be
performed by
the business
troubleshoot and also for the
user.
Run the final
software
The assigned
software task
must be
completed
There are
certain errors
through
which the
details are
rectified
before final
submission
The quality of
the work can
be attained
with the help
of the software
being met to
the clients
The
suggestions
can be
entitled under
the
supervision of
the manager
or higher
authorities as
per their
needs
Running
software with
the important
aspects before
submitting it to
client
I have agreed the listed duties to undertake as a part of my work experience for fulfilling
the requirement of the Work Base Experience module.
Sign by the student Sign by the manager sign by the academic supervisor
Thus, this task can help in supervision of the software development business with the selective
range of the services (Dabbagh and Kitsantas, 2012). The field of the technology has upgraded
the level of the other sectors. This can be observed through the treatment measure of the Fibroid
Patient, recognizing handwriting and detecting bad virus cables before installing of the services.
This can interest in the software services rely on the device being photographed.
2.2 PRODUCE A PLAN FOR THE WORK EXPERIENCE