- •Introduction
- •Introduction
- •2. What is your market and what are your target groups?
- •3. How will your idea make money?
- •“If there is no competition there is probably no market” (Brian Wood)
- •1.2 Process of writing a Business Plan
- •Chapter 2 - The team, roles and tasks in the project plan
- •2.4 The project plan
- •2.5 Supervision and support by the tutor
- •Chapter 3 - Writing the business plan
- •3.1 Deadlines
- •If you follow this schedule, you can expect to finish before the deadline !
- •3.2 Steps to help you conclude the Business Plan Project successfully
- •Introduction
- •3.3 External analysis
- •Competition
- •3.4 Field Research
- •3.5 Marketing
- •3.6 Finance
- •3.7 The Business Plan
- •Final presentation
- •Appendix 2: team work, problems and suggestions
- •Internal analysis
- •Investment forecast
2.4 The project plan
A project plan is a necessary first step in clarifying the outcome of the work, all the individual contributions to the outcome, and the process of getting there.
The project plan is the ‘basic document’ of the project team. It contains detailed information about your objectives and about how and when you want to achieve these.
Below you will find a short description of the basic components of the project plan.
Project plan: Components |
Description |
Objectives and activities |
Intended final result, problem definition, definition of research, stages of the project, research method, intended secondary (interim) and final products. |
Timetable and distribution of activities |
Planning of activities (required reading, execution of the project, consultation with professionals, intended secondary (interim) and final products), who will do what? |
Project organisation |
What are roles and tasks in the project and how is each role going to deliver to an agreed deadline? How is the communication organised, virtually as well as physically, what consultations does the team take part in. |
Budget and time allocation |
Distribution of time and budget available |
Information |
Which information is supplied to whom and by whom (frequency; team to project tutor; team to client; client to team). |
Evaluation of process and contributions |
How and how frequently are the project approach and the contribution of team members evaluated and assessed by the team? What if people are absent or do NOT perform up to standard? |
2.5 Supervision and support by the tutor
He/she is an expert in guiding a project group. His or her task is to supervise the project team (monitoring the learning process, the group process, project working, planning, and making individual students recognise their strengths and weaknesses). The tutor is not a member of the project team itself. You may expect your tutor to give you guidance and support if matters get into a deadlock. (S)He is your contact if you have any questions or if there are any problems, but (s)he will not tell you what to do exactly.
Chapter 3 - Writing the business plan
3.1 Deadlines
Below you will find a schedule containing the hand-in deadlines. You will be informed by your tutor about the exact date and time (s)he wants to have the documents.
If you follow this schedule, you can expect to finish before the deadline !
Subject |
Suggested time schedule |
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Period 1 |
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Introduction
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Tuesday |
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External analysis |
Tuesday |
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Field research |
Wednesday |
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Marketing |
Tuesday |
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Opening Balance sheet |
Wednesday |
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Financial planning |
Wednesday |
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Final Business plan |
Thursday |
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Final report handed in |
Friday 18.00 h. To Mr. Oost |
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Presentations |
SaturdayforInternational Jury |
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