Higher Nationals Internal verification of assessment decisions – BTEC (RQF) INTERNAL VERIFICATION – ASSESSMENT DECISIONS Programme title BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing Assessor Unit(s) Internal Verifier Unit 03: Professional Practice Assignment title Work Related Learning Report: Design and Deliver a Training Programme Student’s name Anjana Sandaruwan Abeysingha List which assessment criteria the Assessor has awarded. Pass Merit Distinction INTERNAL VERIFIER CHECKLIST Do the assessment criteria awarded match those shown in the assignment brief? Is the Pass/Merit/Distinction grade awarded justified by the assessor’s comments on the student work? Has the work been assessed accurately? Y/N Y/N Y/N Is the feedback to the student: Give details: • Constructive? • Linked to relevant assessment criteria? Y/N Y/N • Identifying opportunities for improved performance? Y/N • Agreeing actions? Y/N Does the assessment decision need amending? Y/N Assessor signature Date Internal Verifier signature Date Programme Leader signature (if required) Date Confirm action completed Remedial action taken Give details: Assessor signature Date Internal Verifier signature Date Programme Leader signature (if required) Date Higher Nationals - Summative Assignment Feedback Form Student Name/ID Anjana Sandaruwan Abeysingha Unit Title Unit 03: Assignment Number 1 Assessor 17/07/2022 Date Received 1st submission Submission Date Professional Practice Date Received 2nd submission Re-submission Date Assessor Feedback: LO1 Demonstrate a range of interpersonal and transferable communication skills to a target audience Pass, Merit & Distinction Descripts P1 P2 M1 D1 LO2 Apply critical reasoning and thinking to a range of problem-solving scenarios Pass, Merit & Distinction Descripts P3 P4 M2 M3 D2 LO3 Discuss the importance and dynamics of working within a team and the impact of team working in different environments D3 Pass, Merit & Distinction P5 P6 M4 Descripts LO4 Examine the need for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and its role within the workplace and for higher level learning D4 Pass, Merit & Distinction P7 P8 M5 Descripts Grade: Assessor Signature: Date: Resubmission Feedback: Grade: Assessor Signature: Date: Internal Verifier’s Comments: Signature & Date: * Please note that grade decisions are provisional. They are only confirmed once internal and external moderation has taken place and grades decisions have been agreed at the assessment board. Assignment Feedback Formative Feedback: Assessor to Student Action Plan Summative feedback Feedback: Student to Assessor Assessor signature Date Student signature Date Pearson Higher Nationals in Computing Unit 03: Professional Practice Assignment 01 General Guidelines 1. A Cover page or title page – You should always attach a title page to your assignment. Use previous page as your cover sheet and make sure all the details are accurately filled. 2. Attach this brief as the first section of your assignment. 3. All the assignments should be prepared using a word processing software. 4. All the assignments should be printed on A4 sized papers. Use single side printing. 5. Allow 1” for top, bottom , right margins and 1.25” for the left margin of each page. Word Processing Rules 1. 2. 3. 4. The font size should be 12 point, and should be in the style of Time New Roman. Use 1.5 line spacing. Left justify all paragraphs. Ensure that all the headings are consistent in terms of the font size and font style. Use footer function in the word processor to insert Your Name, Subject, Assignment No, and Page Number on each page. This is useful if individual sheets become detached for any reason. 5. Use word processing application spell check and grammar check function to help editing your assignment. Important Points: 1. It is strictly prohibited to use textboxes to add texts in the assignments, except for the compulsory information. eg: Figures, tables of comparison etc. Adding text boxes in the body except for the before mentioned compulsory information will result in rejection of your work. 2. Carefully check the hand in date and the instructions given in the assignment. Late submissions will not be accepted. 3. Ensure that you give yourself enough time to complete the assignment by the due date. 4. Excuses of any nature will not be accepted for failure to hand in the work on time. 5. You must take responsibility for managing your own time effectively. 6. If you are unable to hand in your assignment on time and have valid reasons such as illness, you may apply (in writing) for an extension. 7. Failure to achieve at least PASS criteria will result in a REFERRAL grade . 8. Non-submission of work without valid reasons will lead to an automatic RE FERRAL. You will then be asked to complete an alternative assignment. 9. If you use other people’s work or ideas in your assignment, reference them properly using HARVARD referencing system to avoid plagiarism. You have to provide both in-text citation and a reference list. 10. If you are proven to be guilty of plagiarism or any academic misconduct, your grade could be reduced to A REFERRAL or at worst you could be expelled from the course Student Declaration I hereby, declare that I know what plagiarism entails, namely to use another’s work and to present it as my own without attributing the sources in the correct form. I further understand what it means to copy another’s work. 1. I know that plagiarism is a punishable offence because it constitutes theft. 2. I understand the plagiarism and copying policy of Edexcel UK. 3. I know what the consequences will be if I plagiarise or copy another’s work in any of the assignments for this program. 4. I declare therefore that all work presented by me for every aspect of my program, will be my own, and where I have made use of another’s work, I will attribute the source in the correct way. 5. I acknowledge that the attachment of this document signed or not, constitutes a binding agreement between myself and Pearson, UK. 6. I understand that my assignment will not be considered as submitted if this document is not attached to the assignment. Anjana Student’s Signature: (Provide E-mail ID) 17/07/2022 Date: (Provide Submission Date) Higher National Diploma in Business Assignment Brief Student Name /ID Number Anjana Sandaruwan Abeysingha Unit Number and Title Unit 3: Academic Year 2021/22 Professional Practice Unit Tutor Work Related Learning Report: Design and Deliver a Training Programme Assignment Title Issue Date Submission Date 17/07/2022 IV Name & Date Submission format The submission should be in the form of an individual report written in a concise, formal business style using single spacing (refer to the assignment guidelines for more details). You are required to make use of headings, paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and referenced using Harvard referencing system. Please provide in-text citation and a list of references using Harvard referencing system. Please note that this is an activity-based assessment and your report should include evidences to the activities carried out individually and/or in a group. To carry out the activities given on the brief, you are required to form groups, comprising maximum of 6 members. Unit Learning Outcomes: LO1 Demonstrate a range of interpersonal and transferable communication skills to a target audience. LO2 Apply critical reasoning and thinking to a range of problem-solving scenarios. LO3 Discuss the importance and dynamics of working within a team and the impact of team working in different environments. LO4 Examine the need for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and its role within the workplace and for higher-level learning. Scenario Assume yourself as the event coordinator working in an event planning organization specialized in delivering trainings on IT and soft skills. you have been appointed to design and deliver a training event on IT /Soft Skills to an identified audience. You are required to complete the project within 2 months and the training plan and resources should be finalized as per the requirement of the client. You are required to form a group of not more than 6 members in order to carry out the event. The event will be headed by an event manager/ leader and each group member will be assigned a set of tasks. While designing and delivering the event, the skills required to make the event successful challenges faced during the design/ delivery Critical evaluation of the problems, challenges faced and the methods used to overcome them The need for continuously develop in a professional environment Need to be thoroughly considered. At the end of the event, produce an individual report by each member covering the following tasks. Task 1: Demonstrate how you are planning to effectively deliver the training event by designing a professional project plan with following details. Roles appointed to group members and an evaluation of interpersonal skills of each member that justifies the assigned role in the team. (Use the Belbin Theory to interpret the roles appointed to group members – Justify the roles allocated – Describe the interpersonal skills of each member) – P1 & D1 Goal and objectives of the project (Common answer) (Use SMART approach) Evidences to the meetings conducted with the client and the team members and the findings/ outcomes of the meetings (Screen shots of WhatsApp discussions, emails exchanged, teams’ meetings you conducted, physical meetings – Photographs) Challenges/ problems identified and the plan to overcome them – (Common answer – by listing brief interpretation of challenges you’ll faced during the team work and the suggested solutions to overcome them) identify 5-6 major problems/challenges A project schedule with the activities, milestones and contingencies identified. (Include the Gantt chart) – P2 & M1 Task 2 1)Research different problem-solving techniques that can be used to solve the identified problems in task 1 and demonstrate how critical reasoning (explain the reason for selection of the particular solution) can be applied to identify a solution to the identified problems. (Consider at least 3 problems you have identified previously) {Research the application of problem-solving techniques in the real world, and then take the above identified problems and suggested solutions in the task 1 and do a comparison of the application of suggested solutions and identify the most effective solution for the problem (Collectively agreed solution)} 2)Critically evaluate the solution methodology used to solve one of the identified problems and justify how selected methodology helped you to successfully solve the problem and achieve the project objectives. P3/P4/M2/M3/D2 Task 3 Work in your team by contributing your skills and knowledge to meet the project goal. Critically evaluate your own role and contribution to the group for the completion of the training event. (D3) Discuss the importance of having dynamic team members in a group to meet its goals by referring to the role assigned to the group members and analyse how team dynamics among your group members effectively helped to achieve the shared project goal. (P5/P6/M4) Task 4 Discuss with examples, the importance of continuous professional development (CPD) in a work setting by evaluating the range of CPD criteria that can be used to measure the effectiveness of your employees in your organization. (P7/D4) Produce a continuous professional development (CPD) plan using the criteria identified above with relevant to the responsibilities, required skills, performance objectives for the members of your team. (P8) ***Include your PDP with Skill Audit & SWOT Analysis Compare and contrast different motivational theories and discuss how they can be helpful to improve the performance of the team members and meet the objectives of the developed CPD plan. (M4) Grading Rubric Grading Criteria Achieved Feedback LO1 Demonstrate a range of interpersonal and transferable communication skills to a target audience. P1 Demonstrate, using different communication styles and formats, that you can effectively design and deliver a training event for a given target audience. P2 Demonstrate that you have used effective time management skills in planning an event. M1 Design a professional schedule to support the planning of an event, to include contingencies and justifications of time allocated. D1 Evaluate the effectiveness and application of interpersonal skills during the design and delivery of a training event. LO2 Apply critical reasoning and thinking to a range of problemsolving scenarios. P3 Demonstrate the use of different problem-solving techniques in the design and delivery of an event. P4 Demonstrate that critical reasoning has been applied to a given solution. M2 Research the use of different problem-solving techniques used in the design and delivery of an event. M3 Justify the use and application of a range of solution methodologies. Anjana Sandaruwan 1 Professional Practice D2 Critique the process of applying critical reasoning to a given task/activity or event. LO3 Discuss the importance and dynamics of working within a team and the impact of team working in different environments. P5 Discuss the importance of team dynamics in the success and/or failure of group work. P6 Work within a team to achieve a defined goal. M4 Analyse team dynamics, in terms of the roles group members play in a team and the effectiveness in terms of achieving shared goals. D3 Provide a critical evaluation of your own role and contribution to a group scenario. LO4 Examine the need for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and its role within the workplace and for higher-level learning. P7 Discuss the importance of CPD and its contribution to own learning. P8 Produce a development plan that outlines responsibilities, performance objectives and required skills, knowledge and learning for own future goals. M5 Compare and contrast different motivational theories and the impact they can have on performance within the workplace. Anjana Sandaruwan 2 Professional Practice D4 Evaluate a range of evidence criteria that is used as a measure for effective CPD. Anjana Sandaruwan 3 Professional Practice Task 1 Roles appointed to group members and an evaluation of interpersonal skills of each member No 1 Name Sebastian Shenal Gunarathna Role Appointed Team Leader, Team worker, Negotiator, Resource Investigator, coordinator, Specialist Interpersonal Skill Active listener, communication, Coordination, Motivation, Team work 2 Farhath Active Listening, Problem solving, Team work 3 Abishek.M Designer, Monitor Evaluator, Plant, Specialist, Team worker Co-Documenter, Team worker, Plant 4 Aqeel Team worker Team work, Active listener, Responsibility, Documentation Team work 5 Gratian Emmanuel Resource Investigator, Plant, Specialist, Presenter Team work, Active listener, Project management 6 Vidura Deshan Perera Co- Documenter, Plant, Team worker Team work, Active listener 7 R. M. Chathuranga Madushan Resource Investigator, Plant, Team worker Team work, Active listener he do his task well 8 Thanula Dulshan Illham Documenter, Plant, Team worker Team worker, Plant he is good with documentation Shaveen Kavishka Resource Investigator, Plant, Team worker Team work, Active listener Team work, Active listener Team work, Active listener, Humor 9 10 Anjana Sandaruwan 4 Reason He is the one who coordinates our group members and has better knowledge about the subject.so we appointed him as our group leader. He is good at designing and always focused on teamwork He is a very thoughtful and good team player. He is busy with his work but gives his all to this work. guy with full of knowledge and experience about project management He was good at documentation good and researching Professional Practice 11 Anjana Sandaruwan Abeysinghe Team worker, Plant Team work i think i did my best for team 12 Habeebulla Team worker Team work 13 Thanish Team worker Team work He is busy with his work but gives his all to this work. He is busy with his work but gives his all to this work. GOALS & OBJECTIVES OF OUR PROJECT The main goal of this project is to share a greater understanding regarding CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS, We want to give a simple idea regarding how people get into cyber traps without knowing how dangerous that one click caused, with getting a use from this knowledge to make their Browsing and surfing easy and safe, And it’s the purpose of this project. To achieve this goal, we had to complete a few objectives. The Objectives Creating a team. Making a WhatsApp group and gathering the members to it. Conducting meeting and discussing topics and roles Researching. Planning events and making presentation slides. Practicing and rehearsal sessions. Conducting this project successfully Anjana Sandaruwan 5 Professional Practice S - Specific The main Goal of the project is to increase the awareness about Cyber security among the masses. M – Measurable Anjana Sandaruwan 6 Professional Practice The Project should have measurable metrics like pages or contain then only we can achieve our goals within a specific period. We can revise our achievements. A – Attainable An attainable goal is the goal you can achieve. Cybersecurity awareness was achieved with the research on the internet and with technical advises given by the experts. R – Relevant Make sure your goal is linked to the results you want for your project. The motive of the cyber security awareness, it means they understand what cyber threats are, the potential impact a cyber-attack will have on their business and the steps required to reduce risk and prevent cyber-crime infiltrating their online workspace. T - Time Bound There is no goal that can be achieved if you do not have time for it. All goals should be maintained during the most detailed period. The goal of our team was to complete our project within the given timeline (2 months) or before the timeline and sort out shortcomings or missed parts of the project and present it to the audience without any hassle. Anjana Sandaruwan 7 Professional Practice Evidence of meeting conducted with the team members Anjana Sandaruwan 8 Professional Practice Anjana Sandaruwan 9 Professional Practice Challenges/ problems identified and the plan to overcome them Nos 1 2 Problem Solution Identifying the right team We have identified a person who lead possesses leadership qualities. Choosing a resourceful topic We had condensed down some topics. among suggested topics from However, the majority of the team the members members choose cyber security and awareness as the major topic of the project. 3 Language barrier We decided to use common language because the majority of the team members are comfortable to communicate. Anjana Sandaruwan 10 Professional Practice 4 A power outage and a Due to network issues and power outages, network problem some people were unable to do their relevant task so as a team we decided to go for the converters and backup power options to overcome it. 5 Time management We discussed with the team members after the class and during late night hours due to availability time concerns at work. However we were able to record it and share the link with others. 6 We were unable to discuss a We had a backup plan, which we topic due to moral and ethical alternated as the solution. concerns. Anjana Sandaruwan 11 Professional Practice CYBER SECUIRTY AWARENESS Project Start: Sun, 3/6/2022 1 Display Week: Mar 7, 2022 Mar 14, 2022 Mar 21, 2022 Mar 28, 2022 Apr 4, 2022 Apr 11, 2022 Apr 18, 2022 Apr 25, 2022 May 2, 2022 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ASSIGNED TASK PROGRESS START END SHENAL 100% 3/6/22 3/7/22 Appointing a leader All Members 100% 3/7/22 3/14/22 Disscussing about topics All Members 100% 3/14/22 3/18/22 All Members and with Miss Eranga 100% 3/20/22 3/20/22 TO M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Gathering together Creation of group Finalizing the topic Assigning Disscussing regarding the finalized topic backup plan All Members 100% 3/21/22 3/25/22 Disscussing about the content All Members 100% 3/27/22 3/27/22 Assiging Roles and tasks All Members 100% 3/30/22 3/30/22 Thanula 100% 3/31/22 3/31/22 Gathering all the content All Members 100% 4/1/22 4/7/22 Swaping role modles All Members 100% 4/8/22 4/16/22 All Members 100% 4/17/22 4/17/22 Illham 82% 4/18/22 Pending Preparing Presentation selecting a template Farhath and team 80% 4/1/22 Pending Presentation redesigning Farhath and Shenal 75% 4/25/22 Pending Gratian 75% 4/25/22 Pending Research regarding the project Preparing a drive to upload the docs Sorting out all the issues regarding the content Checking with CERT regarding recovery option Customizing & Finalizing Viewing Practicing Anjana Sandaruwan 12 Professional Practice Anjana Sandaruwan 13 Professional Practice Task 2 Problem Solving techniques. What is the problem? The definition of a problem is something that needs to be solved or an unpleasant or unwanted situation that needs to be fixed. What are the techniques to solve a problem ● Define the Problem ● List all the possible solutions ● Evaluate the options ● Select the best solution ● Create an implementation plan ● Communicate your solution Anjana Sandaruwan 14 Professional Practice What are the problem solving techniques? SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats and SWOT analysis is a technique used to help a person or organization to find out their Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. It is well helpful to develop the people and the organization to their growth. This analysis was found by Albert Humphrey, one who developed the Stanford Research Institution (SRI) in the 1960s and early 1970s. Its ultimate goal is to find out the business’s strength and weakness, as well as the potential opportunities and threats within the market area. Brainstorming is a technique which is used by a group of people to find out and solve particular problems by getting a list of ideas. It helps to bring out some creative ideas to the project. Brainstorming was introduced by Alex F. Osborn 1953 through his book Applied Imagination: Principles and Procedures of Creative Thinking. He was running an advertising agency and introduced this analysis to bring out the creative ideas from their employees which were working under him. The 5 whys analysis is found by Sakichi Toyoda, one who found Toyota Industries. This analysis helps to find out the chain of problems from the root and find out simple solutions by asking the word "WHY". Anjana Sandaruwan 15 Professional Practice What are the Problems and solutions that we have to face while doing this project. Identifying the right team lead - This was kind of a hard decision that we have to face and also we were unable to attend physical lessons at the beginning of our course due to the prevailing situation. Some leadership skills include the capacity to communicate clearly and make difficult concepts understandable to everyone, strategic thinking, creativity, and the ability to inspire and persuade people. However, finding the right individuals with the necessary skills proved to be quite challenging. The communication gap was a significant impediment to connecting with and coordinating with the team. Despite the fact that we have access to internet meetings, a personal meeting is always the best alternative for discussing any form of team project,We found many solution some of them are appoint a leader with greater teamwork experience than the other members and appointing an elderly leader to ensure that everyone follows his or her directions.However by getting the help of the problem solving technique SWOT Analysis guide us to choose the leader by analyzing his Strength and opportunities. Factors to consider in selecting a leader according to SWOT analysis. Strengths Leadership skills Good personality visionary leader Leadership experiences Weaknesses Overconfident unable to influence the team Listing to assumptions Opportunities Resourceful person paitinecy Anjana Sandaruwan 16 Professional Practice Threats Time management Lack of resources Time management - It was quite a trouble making problem that we had to face but with the help of problem solving techniques we discussed with the Anjana Sandaruwan 17 Professional Practice team members after the class and during late night hours due to availability time concerns at work. Because our team had different shift employees, it was extremely difficult to schedule meetings at a particular time that was convenient for everyone, And also some of the team members were facing power outages while joining the sessions. As a result,Some of the team members have to face work overload issues . So together we came up with different solutions.Those who have time constraint problems can get help from those who do not have those problems. With the help of BRAINSTORMING technique we have divided the workload with each other to manage the time.And we also implement recordings too. Choosing a resourceful topic among suggested topics from the members - This is the huge problem that we have to face when we have to finalizing topics, we got many solutions firstly we hope to take the resourceful and easy to gather information topic as the main topic for the project but we decide to go for the another solution by getting information form each member what we gonna do,The majority of the team members choose cyber security and awareness as the major topic of the project then we finalized it as the main topic. A power outage and a network problem - This problem was very harmfully affect us for our project tasks because we hope to do some activities by using stable connection however with the use of 5WHY technique we got many solutions, some of them are using fast and stable connection and get the help from temporary internet cafes but we decided to take as the solution as to buy Anjana Sandaruwan 18 Professional Practice secondary network converters and backup power options as UPS to do those task successfully, Language barriers - This issue was very common problem most of them are trying to use simple language to overcome it and also we got use of visuals such as photography ,diagrams ,videos ,barcharts etc, However we decided to use common language because the majority of the team members are comfortable to communicate and The ones who weren't okay with English faced problems when communicating and jotting down points so we had some members who were eligible to understand both languages which are English Tamil as well as Sinhala. So they translated the information in a manner to be understood by the ones who had language barriers. We were unable to discuss a topic due to moral and ethical concerns - This problem was a quiet hard to overcome but using BRAINSTORMING technique we got some solutions like keeping backup plans and changing the topic to overcome this.When we started to discuss about project topics, we came across Anjana Sandaruwan 19 Professional Practice many ideas from the team members. From those ideas we have chosen 4 important topics. Then we started to analyze the pros and cons of that topic. So we found that the most favorable topic among members, The dark web, can face obstacles due to legal and moral issues. So we planned an alternative backup topic, Cyber Security.After that we consulted with a resource person about the topic. As we feared he was also concerned about the legal and moral values. Because if we choose the Dark Web we should give tips about accessing it. So the team members proceeded with our backup plan, Cyber security. Anjana Sandaruwan 20 Professional Practice What is 5why? This 5 why is a kind of technique that can be used to solve a problem with simple “why” steps. 5 Whys Example: Netflix customers begin to complain about Netflix raising their fees 1. Why? Netflix didn’t indicate they were going to raise their fees at any point. 2. Why? Netflix is a movie streaming online site and they were trying to secure more deals, but they lost the Starz channel. It was a very popular channel with a lot of movies. 3. Why? It turned out that Netflix was great at negotiating in some areas but not in others. 4. Why? Netflix under their CEO, Reed Hasting, was trying too hard to do things on his own and without researching what his customers wanted. He relied on his own opinion instead of actually trying to research what customers wanted. 5. Why? Netflix didn’t have a team in place to help strategize and do the research needed to get results. Counter-measure: Netflix needed to have a research team in place to help make sure they wouldn’t make mistakes or rash decisions with marketing and things that would adversely (negatively) affect their customers. As you can see, by asking Why several times you come to the real source of the problem. When we get to the opposing scale, you realize that this is a real Anjana Sandaruwan 21 Professional Practice problem and that the countermeasure is actually a way of responding to the real cause and effect of something. By referring to this above case we also use it to solve our power outage issue. Power outage and a network problem Why? - Unable to do relevant task as scheduled as a team through online Why? - No Internet or Slow Internet Why? - Unable to power the Wi-fi Router Why? - No power Why? - Scheduled Power Cuts Scheduled Power Cuts as a result of this last reason our team decided to search for a solution regarding this problem. Our team decided to buy secondary network converters and backup power options as UPS to do those task successfully, Anjana Sandaruwan 22 Professional Practice Reference What are the techniques to solve a problem https://credentials.deakin.edu.au/problem-solving-techniques-stepsand-methods/ (5/16/2022 2.28 PM) SWOT https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre/articles/what-is-swotanalysis#:~:text=The%20SWOT%20framework%20is%20credit,the%201960s %20and%20early%201970s. (5/21/2021 7.30PM) BRAINSTORMING https://www.regent.edu/journal/journal-of-transformative-innovation/thehistory-of-brainstorming-alex-osborn/ (5/21/2022 7.34) 5why https://kanbanize.com/lean-management/improvement/5-whys-analysis-tool (5/21/2022 7.36) 5 Whys Example: Netflix customers begin to complain about Netflix raising their fees https://pestleanalysis.com/the-5-whys/ Anjana Sandaruwan 23 Professional Practice