R1 - Business context -A


Unit: 1


Business contextThe business environment, including the importance of serving customer, end user and business needs, such as, customers, competitors, suppliers, government; and the social, political, legal and technological factors The value of Digital to the business:  the value of the service to the customer and users

 measurable value of the service to growing the business

 processes and business models

 context and market environment

Technical change management including:

 risk

 impact

 configuration

 document

 request for change

 roll back planning

 reproducibility

 traceability

 

Examples of how organisations respond to change, why change is needed, and change management procedures, such as, New Driver Licensing Online System, NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS), Crown court digital case system, AI banking solutions provided by traditional banking services preparing for change, managing change and reinforcing change, relevant to Digital in a range of contexts:

 legal

 regulatory

 political

 economic

 social

 technological

 environmental

 

Understand the significance of customer needs, including:

 customer issues

 pain points

 business value

 brand awareness

 cultural awareness/ diversity

 accessibility

 internal/ external audience

 level of technical knowledge

 profile

 

Understand the risks in business context, including:

 privacy

 non-compliance

 audience exclusion

 resilience

 security

 

Examples of codes of conduct, implications of hacking and non-compliance, a working understanding of putting values into practice e.g. Google code of conduct