OCR • IT - Level 3

Coursework report for Unit 9 Product Development, M2. Already passed marking and overall received D*. M2: Agree the inclusion of features that extend or enhance the functionality of the chosen design solution with the identified client. - Produce your design documentation for your outline solutions and present it to the person you interviewed. Produce a client feedback form and complete record your ‘client’s’ comments and feedback on it. Based on the feedback, identify and agree the...

Coursework report for Unit 9 Product Development, M1. Already passed marking and overall received D*. M1: Compare and contrast different product development methodologies. - Add to your presentation a description of at least three different product development methodologies. Include a diagram of each one and explain the processes involved. Compare the different methodologies, giving the benefits and drawbacks of each, and give examples of scenarios where each one would be best used. In...

Coursework report for Unit 9 Product Development, P5. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P5: Conduct product testing. - Learners must create a product test plan and use this to carry out testing of the completed product at the end of implementation. The product test plan must be sufficiently detailed to enable full testing against the agreed design specification. Learners must clearly evidence that a test plan has been created and followed. - Create a test table for your pro...

Coursework report for Unit 9 Product Development, P4. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P4: Develop the product in line with the agreed design solution - Learners must develop a product in line with the agreed design solution, following the implementation plan and keeping an implementation log. It is expected that the product will be complete and that it will meet all aspects of the agreed design solution. Evidence of development will consist of the completed implementation ...

Coursework report for Unit 9 Product Development, P3. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P3:Present an outline of the design solutions to the identified client and obtain feedback. - For the first part of P3, learners must present outline solutions (two or more) to an identified client (i.e. from the scenario). Each outline solution must include hardware and software details functional and non-functional details and could include a prototype. Each outline solution must be pres...

Coursework report for Unit 9 Product Development, P3. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P3:Present an outline of the design solutions to the identified client and obtain feedback. - For the first part of P3, learners must present outline solutions (two or more) to an identified client (i.e. from the scenario). Each outline solution must include hardware and software details functional and non-functional details and could include a prototype. Each outline solution must be pres...

Coursework report for Unit 9 Product Development, P2. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P2: Develop a product requirements specification to meet an identified client’s requirements - Learners must produce a product requirements specification that describes a product that meets the client requirements as given in the scenario. To achieve this, learners will need to carry out a requirements analysis, including prototyping if appropriate. The evidence will be a completed produ...

Coursework report for Unit 9 Product Development, P1. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P1: Outline the phases of the product development lifecycle - Learners must outline the phases of the product development life cycle. They must include the main characteristics of each phase including its position within the product development life cycle. Evidence could be in the form of a written report, presentation with detailed speaker notes, a video of presenting the information to ...

Coursework report for Unit 8 project management, M2. Already passed marking and overall received D*. M2: Carry out and document a phase review of the project plan - Learners must carry out a phase review of the project plan. The phase review must show that learners have reviewed every section of the project plan to ensure that the project can progress to the execution phase. They will need to show what they have reviewed and the results of their review. This will then be concluded by includ...

Coursework report for Unit 8 project management, M3. Already passed marking and overall received D*. M3:Recommend potential improvements for future projects based on the outcome of the project evaluation - Learners are required to recommend potential improvements for future projects based on the outcome of their project evaluation. They should be considering what issues have occurred and what could be done differently to alleviate/prevent the occurrence of these issues in future projects. L...

Coursework report for Unit 8 project management, P1. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P1: Explain the different phases within an identified project lifecycle - Learners must explain the different phases within an identified project life cycle. Their descriptions must provide an account of each phase including their position within the project life cycle, and the supporting documentation that is used. Evidence can be in the form of a written report, presentation with detailed...

Coursework report for Unit 8 project management, P2. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P2: Describe different project methodologies - Learners must describe project methodologies. The summary should be concise and include the main points of their chosen project methodologies written/spoken in their own words. The evidence can be in a written or verbal format eg written report, presentation, audio or video recording of a presentation, etc. - Research three different project ma...

Coursework report for Unit 8 project management, P3. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P3: Complete the documentation for the initiation phase for an identified project - Learners must carry out the initiation phase for an identified project taking into consideration the bullet list in the teaching content under initiation phase. They should then prepare a PID which must include, as a minimum, the stakeholders, clients and target audience (end user), scope definition, purpose,...

Coursework report for Unit 8 project management, P4. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P4: Develop a project plan for the identified project - Learners must develop a project plan for an identified project. The project plan can be a follow on from the evidence presented for P3 and D2. The project plan must include the items in the bullet list in the teaching content. Although learners may not be “working with budgets”, they should still take into consideration that ‘ti...

Coursework report for Unit 8 project management, P5. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P5: Follow the project plan and conduct a phase review of the identified project - Learners are required to provide evidence of following a project plan for an identified project and carry out a phase review. They should be reviewing each phase of the project plan to check whether the project has achieved its planned objectives and if not, what are the reasons and how should these be address...

Coursework report for Unit 8 project management, P6. Already passed marking and overall received D*. P6: Evaluate feedback from client and team in relation to the project - Learners are required to evaluate the feedback from the client and team of the identified project. They should evaluate the project that they have carried out for LO3. The evaluation must include the bullet points in the teaching content from the section “Has the project” to “Identify lessons learned”. The evide...

Coursework report for project management D1. Has already passed marking and received D* overall. D1: Evaluate the importance of each phase of the identified project lifecycle - Learners are required to evaluate the importance of each phase of the identified project life cycle. The evaluation must show that learners have determined the significance of each phase of the project life cycle as well as the documentation involved. The evidence can be presented in the form of a written report, pre...

D2 report for unit 8 project management. Has already passed marking and received D* overall. D2: Create a business case to support an identified project - Learners are required to create a business case for an identified project. It can be linked to the project for which they carried out the initiation phase. The business case must give clear justification as to why the project should be carried out i.e. the reasons and why. They could present the evidence as a report or as a presentation w...

Coursework report for Unit 8 project management, D3. Already passed marking and overall received D*. D3: Prepare a project closure report based on the execution phase review of the identified project - Learners are required to prepare a project closure report based on the execution phase review carried out for M3. The project closure report must include the actions identified in the phase review which must be carried out prior to the project being closed. The bullet points within the teachi...

Coursework report for Unit 8 project management, M1. Already passed marking and overall received D*. M1: Compare the features and benefits of different project methodologies - Learners are required to compare the features and benefits of different project methodologies. It is suggested that learners use their evidence from P2 as a starting point for their comparison. The comparison should show that learners have examined the similarities and differences between the different project methodo...