Unit 6: Managing a Successful Business Project
Plan, execute, and evaluate a business research project with professional project logs and academic rigour.
What is Unit 6 — Managing a Successful Business Project?
The Managing a Successful Business Project (Unit 6) unit is a synoptic research module requiring learners to investigate a business problem independently.
Assessment includes a Research Project & Log documenting aims, methodology, findings, and recommendations.
This unit prepares students for the double-weight research project undertaken at Level 5 in Year 2.
Core Strategic Value
- •Project Planning: Define scope, milestones, and risk registers.
- •Research Methods: Apply ethical primary and secondary research.
- •Delivery: Produce actionable recommendations for management.
What You Will Study
This unit develops practical, industry-aligned competencies across 4 core learning modules:
1. Project Initiation & Feasibility
Develop project aims, objectives, and success criteria
Conduct feasibility and stakeholder analysis
Prepare project plans with Gantt charts and resources
Complete ethics and risk assessment documentation
2. Literature & Methodology
Review academic and industry sources critically
Select qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods
Design surveys, interviews, or case study protocols
Maintain research logs and reflexive notes
3. Data Collection & Analysis
Gather valid, reliable data within ethical limits
Analyse findings using appropriate techniques
Visualise results for management audiences
Triangulate evidence to strengthen conclusions
4. Research Project Report & Log Submission
Structure report: introduction, methodology, findings, conclusions
Link recommendations to evidence and objectives
Submit contemporaneous project log for verification
Present outcomes in viva or presentation where required
Structure & Parameters
Assessment Policies & Logistics
Submission Windows
Internal and external assessment deadlines follow Pearson BTEC session calendars. Confirm key dates with ICT Business School at enrollment.
Academic Integrity
All coursework and exam submissions must meet Pearson authenticity standards. Plagiarism checks and verification apply to every unit.
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