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Unit AB1 Develop and agree objectives for projects

AB1.2 Identify and assess factors affecting the achievement of objectives for the project

Performance Required

This will involve:

1. identifying significant factors potentially relevant to the initial objectives
2. gathering sufficient information to assess the impact of the identified factors on the initial objectives recording these accurately
3. identifying and justifying to the client the need for specialist advice where it is critical to the assessment process, and obtaining required advice
4. accurately assessing the impact of identified factors on the initial objectives and presenting the analysis clearly and in sufficient detail to enable recommendations for changes to initial objectives to be justified

Occupational Context

1. Factors:
   • constraints, threats and opportunities in relation to:
   • health and safety
   • environmental impact
   • location and local conditions;
   • resources
   • time
   • impinging activities
   • confidentiality
   • regulatory context
   • commercial context
   • technical context
   • users
   • community context
2. Specialist advice:
   • commercial
   • resources
   • technical
   • regulatory
   • legal
   • community
   • academic
3. Objectives:
   • primary; secondary
   • short term; long term
   • academic
   • technical
   • commercial
   • financial
   • time
   • performance
   • quality
   • regulatory

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know and understand how to:

• Assess factors
• Communicate - orally and in writing - to clients the impact of significant factors upon their initial objectives

You need to know about:

• Factors peculiar to or of particular significance to the project context
• Others' experience in carrying out similar activities
• Significance of activities which impinge on the project
• Commercial context of project
• Regulatory context of project
• Sources and types of specialist advice

Required Skills

N/A

Evidence Required

You should provide evidence that you can identify and assess factors affecting the achievement of objectives for the project

The candidate should be questioned, based upon the documentation provided, to explore the following

• factors identified and prioritised
• information on factors gathered
• input by specialists
• briefing instructions to specialists
• impact of identified factors

Evidence Rules

• The candidate should have been involved in at least 2 substantive projects.

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