Project Brief

Below is the project brief for the unit!

In the Level 3 project, you will come up with a business idea and carry out an enterprise. The enterprise can be based on a hobby / interest, based on a business opportunity you have stumbled upon or related to your course.

There has to be actual trade- money switching hands or procurement agreement (/contract) signed- before summative assessment
You are responsible for making sure you have the appropriate licenses, that your enterprise is legal, morally acceptable and in line with college regulations.
Any monetary investments need to be discussed with a tutor and an exit strategy devised.

You will choose whether to work on your own or in a group, and whether to work with members of your own discipline or potentially to bring more varied expertise into the project by collaborating with people from different subject areas. You may choose to collaborate with someone outside of Ravensbourne.

There will be some suggestions of types of ventures you could pursue on Moodle (these have been supplied by your main tutors).

You will come up with an initial project plan including budget and action plan (Gantt chart) that will be handed in by the 28th of April. Throughout the unit you will be using your online learning (b)log to describe your research and learning, covering the process of launching your business including acquisition of skills, contacts and other resources. At the end of the unit you will analyse and review the project’s outcome and result in financial and other terms (we encourage using the ‘triple bottom line’ model). You are expected to analyse why there may be disparity between your initial forecast and the actual results and to tell us what lessons have been learned.

There will be a template on Moodle to use as a guide for writing the project plan and the end report.

AS mentioned above, each student will keep an online learning log and is required to submit a report and analysis of the learning journey (see below under assessable elements). Examples of what you should record in your learning (b)log:
Any interesting material you stumble upon which has to do with your enterprise or topics covered in E&E
Lecture notes
Notes from independent learning on the VLE (Moodle)
Research: findings along with critical evaluation of sources and methods used
Motivation for or reasoning behind decisions made throughout the process
Feedback: from friends, tutors, customers or whoever
Visual: Sketches, storyboards, visualization of ideas, photographs of your progress

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We are working in compliance with the institution's group working policy. Guidelines for how to manage group work can be found on Moodle.