BTEC International Level 3 Information Technology

Unit 19: Enterprise in IT — assessment criteria

Learners develop the skills and attributes needed for developing an IT product or service and use lean methods or a traditional business plan for starting up an enterprise.

Internal60 GLH14 criteria3 learning aims
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

7 criteria
A.P1Explain, using examples, the principles and characteristics that lead to
A.P2Perform an audit of own entrepreneurial and IT skills, describing any skills gaps.
B.P3Select an idea using a range of criteria for an IT product or service.
B.P4Research, with some inconsistencies, the potential market for an
B.P5Create a marketing plan, with some inconsistencies,
C.P6Produce a basic plan to start up an IT enterprise.
C.P7Present, with some lack of clarity, a plan to start up an IT enterprise.

Merit

4 criteria
A.M1Discuss, using examples, the principles and characteristics that lead to
A.M2Perform a realistic audit of own skills, explaining how any skills gaps could be overcome.
B.M3Develop a reasoned marketing plan for an IT product or service,
C.M4Present clearly a reasoned plan to start up an IT enterprise.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Evaluate, using examples, the principles and characteristics that lead to successful enterprises and your own skills, justifying how any skills gaps could be effectively overcome.
B.D2Evaluate a comprehensive and well-reasoned marketing plan for an IT product or service, based on effective research and an appropriate idea selection process.
C.D3Present clearly and concisely a well-reasoned and effective plan to start

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

ExplainPerformSelectResearchCreateProducePresentDiscussDevelopEvaluate
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A.
  • B. Develop a marketing plan for an
  • C. Present a plan for a start-up

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