Lessonplan

Level3TechnicalLevel IT:ProgrammingUnitname: IndustrialprojectPerformanceoutcome: PO2–P5,M3

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Grouporcohort
Weekno. / 9
Date
Guidancenotes:
Thesuccessofaprojectisbasedonmanyfactors,includingbeingabletoidentifythestakeholdersinvolvedandtheirexpectations. Itisimportantthatlearnersareabletoanalyseaproject'srequirementsandestablishwhothestakeholdersare(internaland/orexternal)aswellaswhattheindividualstakeholder’sexpectationsare.
Thislessonwillenablelearnerstohaveanunderstandingoftheterminology'stakeholder',whostakeholdersmaybewithinaprojectandwhattheirexpectationscouldbe. Learnerswillhavetheopportunitytocarryoutroleplayscenarioswheretheyinterviewidentified'stakeholders'toconfirmtheirexpectations.
Resources:
• ITsuitewithInternetaccess.
• Presentationequipment,egwhiteboard.
• Projectscenariosforthelearnerstoidentifypotentialstakeholdersanduseaspartoftheroleplaytoestablishexpectations.
Length–1hour
Linkstootherassessmentorperformanceoutcomes:
Thisparticularunitandlessoncanbeassociatedwithallotherunitswithinthequalificationwhichhaveaprojectlinkedtothem.Italsolinkstoprojectscarriedoutaspartofindustrialworkexperience.
Thislessonalsolinkstothefollowing:
Allunitsrelevanttopathway(seeSchemeofWorkorSpecification).

Lessonobjective

Bytheendofthislessonlearnerswillbeableto:

• identifystakeholdersforspecifiedprojects

• confirmandexplaintheexpectationsofthe

Activities

Re-caponpreviouslesson–Lookatthebenefitsofprojectplanningsoftwareandexplainthepurposeofthislessonisto:

stakeholdersforspecifiedprojects.• enablelearnerstohaveabetterunderstandingoftheterm‘stakeholder’andtherolesofindividualstakeholders,andtoclarifythattheprojectteamisalsomadeupofstakeholders

• enablelearnerstoidentifyrelevantstakeholdersforspecifiedprojects

• understandthetypesofexpectationswhichdifferentstakeholdersmayhave

• confirmlearners’understandingoftheexpectationsofdifferentstakeholdersforspecifiedprojects.

(5minutes)

Teacherledpresentation:

• Clarifytheterm'stakeholder'.

• Identifythedifferentstakeholdersinvolvedinaproject.

• Emphasisethefactthattheprojectteamismadeupofstakeholders.

Tutorledpresentation:

• Explainwhatstakeholderexpectationsare.

• Identifywhoexpectswhatandwhy.

• Learnerstoviewashortvideowhereeachstakeholderoutlinestheirexpectations–learnerstoworkinpairsorsmallgroupstocorrectlyidentifyeachstakeholder,explainingwhattheexpectationsofeachare.

• Learnerstodiscussinpairs/groupseachstakeholder'soptionsandwhytheyholdthoseviews.

(20minutes)

Givelearnersaprojectscenariowithidentifiedstakeholders.Allocateonestakeholderroletoeachmemberoftheclass.Dividetheclassintopairsandaskeachpairtointerviewtheother

'stakeholder'inordertoconfirmwhatthatstakeholder’sexpectationsareinrelationtotheproject.

(20minutes)

Learnerstodiscusstheresultsoftheroleplay

–Werethereanysurprises?Dotheydisagree?Areassumptionsbeingmade?

(10minutes)

Re-caponlessonanduseQAtoconfirmunderstanding.Explainthatthenextlessonwill

involveworkingingroupsfordifferentprojectscenarios.
(5minutes)
Synopticassessment
Learnerscanusethelearningfromthisunitforassessmentwithinotherunits.Inaddition,theycandrawupontheirknowledgefromdifferentunitsinordertoinformtheirprojectscenarios,egtosetupanetworkforabusiness,developabespokeapplicationprogramforabusiness,evaluatethesecurityoforganisationalsystems,andmakerecommendationsforimprovement. / Stretchandchallengeactivities
Learnerscouldbeinvolvedinroleplayscenarioswheretheyarerequiredtotakeontheroleofthestakeholderandidentifytheirexpectationsforaspecifiedproject. Learnerswillalsousetheirinterviewtechniquesandcommunicationskillsinordertoestablishtheexpectationsofthestakeholders.
Transferableskillsand/orsoftskills
Thefollowingtransferableskillsareembeddedintotheactivityaspartofthegroupworkfortheidentificationofstakeholderexpectationsandsubsequentgroupdiscussionontheresultsoftheirinterviews.
• negotiating
• analysis.
Thefollowingsoftskillsareembeddedwithinthegroupdiscussionsandengagementontheactivity:
• timemanagement
• communication(written,speakingandlistening). / Englishandmaths
ThislessonprovideslearnerswiththeopportunitytodevelopthefollowingEnglishskills:
• Oralcommunicationwithingroupdiscussionandworkinginpairs.
• Listeningskillsinrelationtogroupdiscussionandworkinginpairs.
• Notetaking.
Assessment
Assessmentwithrespecttothelearningwhichhastakenplacecanbeconfirmedthroughthefollowing:
• observationoflearnerengagementwiththeactivitydemonstratingtheirknowledgeandunderstandingofstakeholdersandtheirexpectations
• observationoflearnerparticipationduringgroupdiscussions
• assessmentofresponsestoQAduring/aftersession. / Meaningfulemployerengagement
Employerengagementcouldbeusedinthefollowingways:
• employerpresentationsinrelationto
projectsthathavebeencarriedoutandtheirexpectations
• assistancewithworkexperienceallowinglearnerstoparticipatein'liveprojects'
• assistancewithwritinganassignmentforaprojectwhichreflectstherequirementsofabusiness.