Academic
Year
UCLan Coursework 2 Reassessment Brief 2020/21
Module Title: Risk and Value Management Level 7
School of Engineering
Module Code: BN4206
This assessment is worth 50%
Risk & Value in Projects and Organisations of the overall module mark
THE BRIEF/INSTRUCTIONS
Learning Outcomes Assessed:
LO1 Demonstrate an understanding of and the ability to identify and quantify risk and value at both the strategic
and project levels
LO2 Develop and apply systems and tools to the management of risk and value
LO3 Develop and justify contingency and disaster recovery plans
Assignment Scenario
Choose an industry and a specific product. You are a project manager in Bart Erry Ltd.
(located in Manchester, UK) which manufactures the specific, named product you have
chosen. The main business of your company is the manufacture of the named product
which is distributed throughout the UK and Europe.
Your company is struggling to meet the very huge increase in the demand for its
products from other European countries. As a result, some of the company’s
shareholders have proposed the expansion of the factory and production facilities to take
advantage of the growing demand and increase its market share. This expansion
will involve considerable new factory building works and the installation of new state of
the art factory equipment as well as the upgrading of existing equipment and IT
systems. Most of the equipment and IT systems will be imported from other
European countries.
Other shareholders have made different proposals including building another factory in
Eastern Europe to meet the current demand.
You are required to carry out the following tasks:
1. Prepare a Need Verification for the proposed extension and expansion at
your Manchester site.
(20 marks)
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2. Assuming the board of directors of your company has approved the proposed
extension and expansion project after considering all the proposals, identify and
profile the possible project risks and prepare a quantitative assessment of the
risks using an appropriate risk register.
(40 marks)
3. Three years after the completion of the expansion project, your organisation’s
post-expansion rise in market share has started to fall with a negative effect
on both revenue and profits.
Provide a detailed value chain analysis of your company’s business with a view
to reversing the fall in revenue and profits.
(30 marks)
The maximum word count for this assignment is 2000 words
Marking Criteria
This assessment is one of two assignments for the module and carries 50% of the
weighting for the module. To pass this module, a student must achieve a
minimum aggregate mark of 50% in the two assignment.
Marking Scheme
Task 1
Need verification providing a detailed business case [20%]
Task 2
Identification and brief profiles of appropriate project risks [10%]
Quantitative risk analysis with appropriate responses using an
appropriate risk register [30%]
Task 3
Clear identification of a business-specific value chain (not a generic value chain) for
your company [10%]
Identification of possible non-value –adding activities and suggestion
of appropriate value-adding improvements [20%]
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Overall Presentation –demonstration of analysis and
communication skills; appropriate formatting of report; quality
of references using the Harvard style and free from plagiarism [10%]
Total Marks
[100%]
PREPARATION FOR THE ASSESSMENT
Read the detailed feedback given on your first submission for this coursework assignment to
guide you to prepare your reassessment report,
All that is required for this assessment is on Blackboard under the course materials
Also, your independent study, research and self-learning is required to produce a sound academic
assignment.
LINK to reading list
RELEASE DATES AND HAND IN DEADLINE
Assessment Release date: July 1, 2021 Assessment Deadline Date and time: [06/08/21; 23:59]
Please note that this is the final time you can submit – not the time to submit!
Your feedback/feed forward and mark for this assessment will be provided on August 31, 2021.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
The assignment should be submitted by midnight on August 12, 2021 via Turnitin on
Blackboard.
The required word count for this assignment is 2000 words. This is subject to a + or – 10%
compensation. In other words, if the assessment length is 4000 words, submissions between 3600 and 4400
words would be acceptable. You will need to be careful in the way you use the word count to support key
arguments and facts in your report. Where possible, supplement information with material contained in the
appendices.
The assignment must be submitted through Turnitin that would allow the module tutors to check for improper
use of sources or potential plagiarism by scanning through numerous databases.
You need to complete and attach the Coursework Cover Sheet on pg. 6 as first page of your
submission.
Presenting coursework for assessment
Your written assignments must be presented in the following format:
- It must be word-processed in 12-point Arial font. Line spacing should be 1,5 lines
- It must be black text on a white background
- All pages must be numbered
- Margins must be as follows: Top: 2.54 cm, Bottom: 2.54 cm, Left: 2.54 cm, Right: 2.54 cm
- It should not contain your name(s)
- The number of words (excluding the front cover, title page, contents page, executive summary, reference
list, bibliography or appendices) should be stated at the front of the submission.
The following file-naming convention should be used for the submission of the BN4206 Assignment2. [Module
code] [Assignment title] [Student number] i.e. [BN4206] [Risk & Value Management] [2894573]
Make sure you retain a copy of your submission.
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HELP AND SUPPORT
The support for this assignment will come from the module leader Dr Ade Oladapo or his representative.
For support with using library resources, please contact Bob Frost or [email protected]. You
will find links to lots of useful resources in the My Library tab on Blackboard.
If you have not yet made the university aware of any disability, specific learning difficulty, long-term health or
mental health condition, please complete a Disclosure Form. The Inclusive Support team will then contact
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Disclaimer: The information provided in this assessment brief is correct at time of publication. In the Version: 1
unlikely event that any changes are deemed necessary, they will be communicated clearly via e-mail and a
new version of this assessment brief will be circulated.
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Coursework Cover Sheet
Engineerin Assessment Title: Risk & Value in Projects
g and Organisations
Students should add this coversheet, to the start of their assessment before submission through Turnitin.
Seminar Tutor (If appropriate):
Module Title: XXX Programme Title: XXX
Module Code: XXX Year of Study: XXX
Academic Misconduct / Plagiarism Declaration
By attaching this front cover sheet to my assessment I confirm and declare that I am the sole author of this work,
except where otherwise acknowledged by appropriate referencing and citation, and that I have taken all reasonable
skill and care to ensure that no other person has been able, or allowed, to copy this work in either paper or
electronic form, and that prior to submission I have read, understood and followed the University regulations as
outlined in the Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure for Academic Misconduct available at the following link:
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/study_here/assets/assessment_handbook_2122.pdf
Have you checked the following in order to maximise the grade you can Please mark X
achieve for this assignment? to confirm
Learning Outcomes have been addressed
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Referencing accuracy according to provided guide
Grammar
Spelling
Word count (or other length limitation as described in the brief)
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