Suffolk Business School

Assignment Brief
Course/Programme: BSc (Hons) Business and Management
Level: 4
Module Title: Delivering Successful Projects
Module Leader: Jan Wilcox
Assignment title: Reflective piece and Gantt chart, and report
Assignment number: 1
Weighting: 100%, 50% per task
Date given out: 6 December 2021
Submission date: 25 January 2022
Eligible for late submission (3 working days, with Yes 
penalty)?
Method of submission: x Online only   Online and paper copy
Special instructions for submission (if any):  
Date for results and feedback: 15 February 2022
Learning outcomes assessed:  Define project management and the characteristics of projects.  
 Recognise and evaluate the different phases within the project life cycle.
 Use project management techniques to plan projects and critique existing
ones.
 Identify how to exercise control and management of projects.
 
 
 
Assignment brief:
Projects can range from very small individual ones, with no direct cost, to major
multi-million pound ones. This assessment tests the knowledge and skills you have
developed throughout the module in relation to two different projects.
 
 
Task One:
Building on your experience from your second formative assessment, produce a
Gantt chart to achieve a project of your choice. Include a short reflective piece to
accompany your chart outlining the benefits and drawbacks of developing and
using this process to achieve completion of your chosen project.
This reflective piece can be written (max. 1000 words) or recorded in a medium of
your choice e.g. video voice over power point, Prezi, podcast (maximum 10
minutes). You are responsible for checking that your chosen medium can be
uploaded to Brightspace. You may wish to use a model such as Gibb’s reflective
cycle to structure your reflective piece. (50% of overall mark).
Task Two:

The Marble Arch Mound is a project that was commissioned by Westminster City
Council and opened on 26 July 2021. 

The following sources provide some information on the project, but you are
encouraged to carry out further research yourselves:
• 10minute Video walk around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01dydohUCnU
• The Marble Arch Mound concept https://osd.london/project/marble-arch-mound/
• WestminsterCity Council update on Marble Arch
Mound https://www.westminster.gov.uk/news/westminster-city-council-update-
marble-arch-mound

The project is considered to have been a ‘failure’ for various reasons. Provide
an academic report that identifies some of the reasons that the project might
be considered a failure. Make some recommendations that might mitigate
these reasons, and ensure success, for future projects that they undertake
(max. 2000 words). You may find that your reflective learning diary will help
you to identify some of these aspects. (50% of overall mark)
 
 
Employability Skills
Students will be able to demonstrate achievement of some employability skills
including:
 
• Reading, selecting and analysing information from a range of sources  
• Participating in discussion  
• Planning personal work schedules  
• Processing and presenting information  
• Developing a strategy for using skills in problem-solving, for a short-term routine
problem and a longer term extended problem  
• Planning activities with others 
 
Assessment Criteria:
  Pass: 1st (70% - 100%)  Pass: 2:1 (60%- Pass: 2:2 (50% - Pass: 3rd (40% - 49%)  Refer 
69%)  59%) 
Introductory High quality work showing Work of solid Adequate work Simple factual Unsatisfactory
knowledge and detailed understanding of quality showing showing approach showing work showing
understanding of the the basic underlying competent and understanding limited understanding weak and flawed
basic underlying concepts and principles consistent of the basic of the basic understanding of
concepts and of project management. understanding of underlying underlying concepts the basic
principles of the the basic concepts and and principles underlying
subject(s)  underlying principles of project concepts and
concepts and of project management. Narrow principles
principles managementbut or misguided of project
of project lacking depth selection of material, management,for
management.  and breadth.  with elements missing example through
or inaccurate.  serious
inaccuracies,
inclusion of a
significant
amount of
irrelevant
material and/or
absence of
appropriate
information 
 
Cognitive and Excellent presentation, Good Adequate A limited use of Descriptive work
intellectual skills  interpretation and presentation, presentation, concepts or evidence with no effort
evaluation of concepts or interpretation interpretation to support emerging made to use
 evidence, facilitating a and evaluation ofand evaluation judgements or concepts or
highly logical, coherent and concepts or of concepts or arguments, although evidence to
balanced development of evidence, evidence, not always logical or develop
judgements or arguments. facilitating a facilitating a coherent and with judgements or
Strong awareness of other logical and largely logical inaccuracies.  arguments. Views
stances  coherent and coherent expressed are
development of development of often
judgements or judgements or illogical, invalid or
arguments that arguments. An irrelevant.
shows awareness emerging Minimal or no use
of other stances awareness of of evidence to
other stances.  back up views. 
Application of theory Excellent application of Sound application Consistent and Relevant theoretical Weak
to practice  theory to practice, with the of theory accurate knowledge understanding of
student making highly to practice, with application and understanding the application of
appropriate, developed and the student of theory to applied in practice, theory to
articulated links between making practice, with but with students not practice, with
the two.  appropriate, well- the student always making logical only occasional
developed and making links between the evidence of the
articulated links appropriate links two.  student making
between the between the appropriate links
two.  two.  between the two. 
Reading and Critical engagement with a Engagement with Engagement Evidence of reading, Limited evidence
referencing  wide range of relevant a wide range of with an largely confined to of reading and/or
reading, including research- relevant reading. appropriate essential texts, but reliance on
informed literature where Sound application range of reading mainly reliant on inappropriate
relevant. Consistently of referencing, beyond essential taught elements. sources. Limited
accurate application of with no texts. Referencing may engagement with
referencing.  inaccuracies or Referencing may show inaccuracies taught elements.
inconsistencies.  show minor and/or Very poor use of
inaccuracies or inconsistencies  referencing 
inconsistencies. 
Presentation, style and Highly effective Competent Work is Ordered presentation Work is poorly
structure  presentation of work that is presentation of structured in a in which relevant presented in a
coherently structured and work in terms of largely coherent ideas / concepts are disjointed and
clearly expressed structure and manner and is reasonably incoherent
throughout.  clarity of for the most expressed.  manner.
expression.  part clearly Information and
expressed.  ideas are very
poorly expressed,
with weak English
and/or
inappropriate
style.