Reference no: EM133618429
Homework: Business Consultancy
Task
Title Page
Executive Summary
Contents Page
Introduction (to report)
Situational Analysis of Case Study Organisation showing appropriate, logical analysis of secondary data including industry trends and leading to Problem Identification - a raising of the various issues identified by the situational analysis. Your primary data collection could go here to support the problem identification with (for example) customer or stakeholder views/input.
Title Page
BCP
CW1
Executive Summary
Table of Content
With page numbers, list of figures and appendices
Introduction
Of the company, its key details (location, vision, etc.)
Part A: Situational Analysis
External Analysis
Framework Deadline for Appendices Deadline for Report
Explain why you do an External Analysis (Reference to theory)
Compare the frameworks (Reference to theory)
Explain why you choose the one you use (Reference to above analysis)
Summarise the key points of your External Analysis
Industry Analysis
Framework Deadline for Appendices Deadline for Report
Explain why you do an Industry Analysis (Reference to theory)
Compare the frameworks (Reference to theory)
Explain why you choose the one you use (Reference to above analysis)
Summarise the key points of your Industry Analysis
Internal Analysis
Framework Deadline for Appendices Deadline for Report
Explain why you do an Internal Analysis (Reference to theory)
Compare the frameworks (Reference to theory)
Explain why you choose the one you use (Reference to above analysis)
Summarise the key points of your Internal Analysis
Problem Identification
This section should be based on the previous analysis
This could be done with a SWOT but you don't have to - you can just identify the problems from the previous analysis. Remember to connect the problem to a point or some points in the External/Industry/Internal Analysis
Ideas for Action
This section should be based on the problems you have identified above
This could be done as a TOWS/Ansoff Matrix but you don't have to - you can just provide solutions to the problems you have identified in the problem identification
Part B: Options
Introduction of tools for evaluating options (taken from Ideas for Action at the end of the Situational Analysis)
Business Case (Appendix 9)
This part evaluates how well each option fits into the strategy of the company
Option I: what part of the company's value proposition is enhanced by this proposal?
Option II: what part of the company's value proposition is enhanced by this proposal?
Option III: what part of the company's value proposition is enhanced by this proposal?
SAF Matrix (Appendix 10)
You can leave this until after the presentation
Cost/Benefit Analysis (Appendix 12)
You can leave this until after the presentation
Introduction to Project (supported by Project Charter - Appendix 13)
Analyse the Scope (Supported by WBS in Appendix 14)
The important thing to remember in the following three parts - Scope, Schedule and Budget - is not to describe what already is clear from the Appendix. Try to analyse. For example, in the Scope, try to analyse which activities are the key ones. In the Schedule, try to analyse possible bottlenecks and milestones. And in the budget, try to analyse how to keep costs as low as possible while guaranteeing the quality of the service delivered.
Analyse the Schedule (Supported by Gantt and CPN in Appendices 15+16).
Analyse the Budget (Supported by Budget in Appendix 17).