1. Characteristics of successful groups
• Researcher
• Analyst
• Writer
• Organiser
Everyone has elements of these skills
Try to form a team around the people with complementary skills
2. Topic
• Choose a topic which will impress potential employers
• Group’s own choice, subject to approval
• CFA Research Challenge (Commonwealth Bank of Australia)
• Large private sector company
• Hydrotherapy pool
• Relatively small scale; involves public sector, health
sector, non-profit organisations
3. Objective
Prepare business plan
Evaluate/assess programs/opportunities/investments
4. Scope
• Range of project – how many years, cases,
states/territories….
• Recommendations? Or just comment on what is?
5. Methodology
• Reading annual reports, press releases, reports to
Parliament, etc
• Surveys (online?), focus groups, questionnaires…
• Data analysis (statistics, legal compliance, accountability
arrangements…)
6. Resources
• People (hours, skills,…)
• Time
• $ (usually, but not in this assessment item)
7. Deliverables
On time
• Within budget
How
many hours will you need to do this project?
What
rate of pay would you like?
Labour
costs are easily the most important cost
• Acceptable quality