PPD - root evaluation,

Although PPD has been a little tedious at times, I have actually found it very useful. I think it has been good to learn about the other side of this course, which is, being able to support yourself and your peers if chosen to become a freelance designer. 
There are certain aspects that covered other areas of education, a lot of business studies and economic areas were approached which I think is information everyone should know a bit about. 


Presenting and working together as a group of four, I think, has been an advantage. I have enjoyed the discussions and research involved produced as a group, and I feel our group worked well together. We all ranged within our specialisms and interests which kept our group fresh and luckily, didn't have many arguments or disagreements. It also made us have to think about considering other members of a group, whether it concerned design aspects or corporate aspects of our collaboration. This is useful, as normally it would be like this in the REAL world. 


The business side, although sometimes seems like common sense, has been interesting to revisit, promoting and setting up a business was all covered when I was writing up the marketing plan. This is definitely information I will take away with me when I finish this course. However, I could've researched further into what specialist medias I would promote our company within. This is brought up at the end of the presentation and I couldn't actually give a specific name/fact answering the question. All companies must follow a marketing plan to ensure the future of their business, and I am glad I could learn about it myself. 


Researching into companies for the swot and pest analysis, covered other areas of my work. It gave me the chance to also see whether they related to work placements in which I could consider working at. However, although I liked some of the companies that were discovered, the type of work our company 'Root' would specialise in, wasn't completely how I would want to work, as an individual. However, this still gave me the chance to do further contextual research. 


The financial side of things was an area that was completely new to me. I had never even thought about how much everything would cost, although it turned out to be ALOT more than I thought, which I guess I would have to face one day... anyway. Filling out the financial form was a good way to round up the overall cost of starting up a new business, it made you think about certain qualities in life that will have to be considered thoroughly when needing all the money you can get! I also had in mind that I want to have about 6 weeks of holiday a year... which now I probably won't be able to get.... unfortunately. 




Hopefully our presentation went well for others watching. I feel our group's contributions all came together effectively, and I feel we all worked equally as hard. In terms of presenting skills, all of us were a little nervous, and this may have shown, but I'm pretty sure we covered all the points we had rehearsed to do. We could've also maybe added more interactive imagery throughout the slides, we did include images of the type of work we would produce, however other images throughout could've provided a bit of entertainment for our audience.


Regarding areas to do with our work placements, the push and pressure given I think was needed and not needed... if they makes sense. If I wasn't forced to get in touch with clients and companies, then I may have put it off for a while because the thought of it worries me sometimes. Although, I was glad to approach it in my own time over Easter. My original state of mind (being unsure of what I want to do, and not knowing how to go about contacting companies), has been released slightly, I feel more relaxed about the whole thing. PPD has enabled me to approach my areas of interest, and focus them all towards a productive target, I have also had the opportunity to research into existing companies/placements which has excited me in terms of possibilities available to me out there! I am glad I have sent out emails/letters to companies, as the experience will do me good, both for my CV and for my journey on this course. Hopefully I have specified myself as a designer, and will continue to do so as I 'PPD' myself throughout the rest of this course.




All in all, I think enterprise is a good idea.