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Higher National in
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Unit 3: Professional Practice

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Assignment Brief
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Unit Number and Title Unit 3: Professional Practice
Academic Year 2023-24
Unit Tutor Rana Hassan Ajmal
Assignment Title Professional Practices in Computing
Issue Date 14-Oct-2023
Submission Date 24-Dec-2024
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I solemnly declare that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and
research sources are fully acknowledged.

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Submission Format

The submission of this unit evidence will be in form of an individual report

comprising of multiple sections, a presentation, project plan, training outline,
request letter. This report will be formally formatted having proper heading
structure, font size 12, single line space. This assignment involves groupwork, but
each student should submit an individual portfolio folder. All the work must be
properly referenced using Harvard referencing style and a formal bibliography table
should be inserted at the end of report and presentation.

Unit-wide Evidence Types:

 Main Report titled as “Professional Practices in Computing”
 Request Letter having Team and Project details
 Personal Development Plan
 Presentation of the delivery plan
 Project Plan (preferably in .mpp format)
 Training Outline

Part-wise Evidence:
 Part 1: For this part, you will include all your evidences in your main report
under the section titled “Training Plan” and will also provide a presentation,
a project plan developed in MS Project, training outline and Observation Sheet
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 marked by assessor.

 Part 2: For this part, you will include all your evidences in your main report
under the section titled “Problems and their Solutions using Problem
Solving Techniques”. You will include the information about different
problem-solving techniques and how these techniques supported you in
resolving problems occurred during this project.

 Part 3: For this part, you will include all your evidences in your main report
under the section titled “Team Work”. You will include the team profiles,
details of your project from execution till the final results, an essay on team
dynamics.

 Part 1: For this part, you will include all your evidences in your main report
under the Section titled “Continual Professional Development and
Motivational Theories”.

You are required to submit your work for plagiarism checking. No work will be
considered if it contains plagiarism more than the acceptable level defined as per
TMUC’s plagiarism policy.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1 Demonstrate a range of interpersonal and transferable communication skills to a
target audience.
LO2 Apply critical reasoning and thinking to a range of problem-solving scenarios.
LO3 Discuss the importance and dynamics of working within a team and the impact
of team working in different environments.
LO4 Examine the need for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and its role
within the workplace and for higher level learning.
Assignment Brief and Guidance:
Scenario
The Youth Development Foundation (YDF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to
providing opportunities for underprivileged youth in Pakistan. YDF focuses on
equipping young individuals with essential skills to help them break the cycle of
poverty and lead successful lives.

The Department of Computer Science at a leading university has partnered with

YDF to offer digital skills training to youth from low-income communities. The goal
is to provide them with the necessary knowledge and tools to navigate the digital
world and enhance their employability prospects.
Student teams will be formed to deliver comprehensive training sessions to groups
of 25 youth participants over the course of 3 days, with each day consisting of 6
hours of instruction. The training will take place at the university's computer labs of
YDF.

Being a student of HND Computing, you are also part of the team that will be
responsible to design and impart a training session for 25 students. In this regard,
you need to research and develop your understanding regarding the following
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topics prior to initiate this project:

 Continual Performance Development

 Problem-solving Techniques
 Team Dynamics

Activities
Part 1
The Department has made it mandatory to submit and present your formal plan
and training material that will be used for the training delivery before 2 weeks from
the actual training. Your evidence for the plan should include the proper time
scheduling for the training activities and contingencies, resource allocation and
formal training outline for the topics to be covered along with their allocated
timelines and associated activities.

Your submission should be in form of the following:

 A formal request letter to your supervisor for the formation of a team
including the team members details and brief project details.
 A presentation having the details about the Delivery Plan covering any
contingencies and formal time management for each activity. This
presentation should be of 10 to 20 slides having a cover slide and conclusion
slide. You will also maintain speaker notes.
 A project plan using a formal Project Management tool i.e. MS Project.
 A training outline covering the training contents with allocated timelines and
associated activities.
 Observation Sheet filled by the department

All these sections should be of 1000 – 1500 words in length however,

there will be no penalty on exceeding this limit.

Part 2
While planning and implementing this project, you will come across the number of
problems and to address these problems you are recommended to research and
develop your understanding about the problem-solving techniques. You will
document each problem that you will face as and when it will occur, how you
analyze it and how you come up with a solution using problem-solving techniques.

Your submission should be in form of the following:

 A section in your main report titled as “Problem Solving Techniques”.
 A section in your main report titled as “Problems raised and countered during
the Project Lifecycle”

All these sections should be of 800 – 1200 words in length however, there
will be no penalty on exceeding this limit.

Part 3
Since you will be working in a Team therefore, it is extremely important to
understand the role of team dynamics within a team. Hence, you are required to
define your team with their roles and responsibilities, and particularly discuss the
impact of your role in the team with regards to this project.

Your submission should be in form of the following:

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  A section in your main report titled as “Profiles of Project Team”
 A section in your main report titled as “Project Report” complete project
details from the project execution till its completion. Also include evidences
like attendance sheet, participants feedback etc.
 A section in your main report titled as “Team Dynamics and their Impact on
the Project”
All these sections should be of 1000 – 1200 words in length however,
there will be no penalty on exceeding this limit.

Part 4
Since this was the first time you and your team were involved in such a training
event management, therefore, based on your experience in this project, identify
your strengths and weaknesses, which you feel, could be helpful while managing
this event even better, and come up with the measurable Personal Development
Plan not just focusing the current but also the future goals. Furthermore, you are
also encouraged to discuss the importance of CPD from your own perspective and
how the motivational theories can be helpful for your own learning and within the
context of workplace environment. Review atleast 3 motivational theories.

Your submission should be in form of the following:

 A section in your main report titled as “CPD and its contribution”.
 A section in your main report titled as “Motivational Theories – Comparison
and Contrasts”
 A section in your main report titled as “My Personal Development Plan”
 A CPD template filled-up with the learning achievements you have made
during the project

All these sections should be of 1000 – 1500 words in length however,

there will be no penalty on exceeding this limit.

Please access HN Global for additional resources support and reading for this unit.
For further guidance and support on report writing please refer to the Study Skills
Unit on HN Global. Link to www.highernationals.com

Grading Criteria
Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction
LO1 Demonstrate a P1 Demonstrate M1 Design a D1 Evaluate the
range of effective design professional effectiveness and
interpersonal and and delivery of a schedule to support application of
transferable training event for a the planning of an interpersonal skills
communication given target event, to include used in the design
skills to a target audience, using contingencies and and delivery of a
audience different justifications of training event
communication time allocated.
styles and formats.

P2 Demonstrate
effective time
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 management skills
in planning an
event.
LO2 Apply critical P3 Demonstrate M2 Research the D2 Evaluate the
reasoning and the use of differentuse of different overall success of
thinking to a range problem-solving problem-solving the event
of problem-solving techniques in the techniques used in delivered, in terms
scenarios design and delivery the design and of how well critical
of an event. delivery of an reasoning and
event. thinking were
P4 Demonstrate M3 Justify the use applied to achieve
that critical and application of a the end goal
reasoning has been range of
applied to the methodologies in
design and delivery the design and
of the event. delivery of an
event.
LO3 Discuss the P5 Discuss the M4 Analyse team D3 Critically
importance and importance of team dynamics, in terms evaluate your own
dynamics of dynamics in the of the roles group role and
working within a success and/or members play in a contribution to a
team and the failure of group team and the group scenario.
impact of team work. effectiveness in
working in different terms of achieving
environments P6 Work within a shared goals.
team to achieve a
defined goal.
LO4 Examine the P7 Discuss the M5 Justify the role D4 Evaluate a
need for Continuing importance of CDP of CPD and range of evidence
Professional and its contribution development plan criteria that is used
Development (CPD) to own learning and in building as a measure for
and its role within motivation. motivation effective CPD
the workplace and
for higher level P8 Review different
learning. motivational
theories and the
impact they can
have on
performance in the
workplace

P9 Produce a
development plan
that outlines
responsibilities,
performance
objectives and
required skills for
future goals.

CPD Template
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