3.9 Creat Your Business Infrastructure

1. Understand how to evaluate infrastructure options for your business

1.1

Assess the infrastructure your business needs in order to meet business goals and staff and customer needs

1.2

Estimate how much capital investment, on-going costs and resources can be committed to planning, implementing and managing your business infrastructure

1.3

Evaluate different infrastructure options and costs and choose the most suitable for your business

2. Understand how to implement and review an infrastructure for your business

2.1

Draw up a plan for putting in place an infrastructure which includes priorities, roles, responsibilities, timescales, budgets and contingencies

2.2

Decide how and when to keep everyone connected with your business informed of its progress

2.3

Design a system to monitor progress of your plan in order to check that the infrastructure continues to meet your business needs

2.4

Describe how to use feedback from potential customers and other stakeholders to judge that the infrastructure is continuing to work effectively

Unit aim(s)

Details of the relationship between the unit and relevant national occupational standards (if appropriate)

• BI1 : Create the infrastructure your business needs

Details of the relationship between the unit and other standards or curricula (if appropriate)

Not applicable

Assessment requirements specified by a sector or regulatory body (if appropriate)

Assessment to be based on naturally occurring evidence or realistic work environment

Endorsement of the unit by a sector or other appropriate body (if required)

Supported by SFEDI

Location of the unit within the subject/sector classification system

Name of the organisation submitting the unit

OCR

Availability for use

To be used only by the following partners engaged in the SFEDI Framework project when developing Business Enterprise Qualifications

CMI, Edexcel, IAB, ILM, NOCN, OCR, VTCT