University
Technology
Challenge 2013
Challenge 3:
Barclays MoneySkills
Technology in Barclays
Barclays is probably best known as one of the UK’s top high street banks and is a
major player in the world of financial services.
The Retail and Business Banking (RBB) division serves 37 million customers in 21
countries across four regions: the UK, US, Western Europe and Africa. The goal
of RBB is to become the ‘go-to’ bank in all our chosen markets and segments.
We don’t want to be just a good bank but the bank that
customers actively choose. We want to be different from
the competition and be seen as a bank that plays a valued
role in society.
A driving force
in achieving
that vision is
Technology. With key hubs in the
UK, India, Singapore and Lithuania,
our global IT organisation drives the
technology that helps Barclays keep
pace with the fast-changing needs
of millions of customers worldwide.
A £1.2bn function supporting over
1,400 global services and 70,000
colleagues in 25 countries, it’s
every bit as advanced, diverse and
stimulating as you’d expect.
The Technology Challenge 2013
The Technology Challenge is a business simulation task that you will undertake in
teams with the support of an experienced mentor. By taking part in this event you
will benefit from:
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Skills development through participation in a business simulation exercise
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Mentoring during the task from experienced IT management professionals
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Insight into valuable Project Management techniques
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Exposure to current Technology working environments
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A positive experience to record on your CV and to help support your
transition to a permanent career.
How will it work?
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You will operate in equally sized teams, each representing an IT development organisation.
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Your team will prepare a detailed Proposal document for a prescribed IT development.
That proposal will include a prototype of the User Interface and a supporting Plan &
Estimate document outlining the costs, resourcing model, schedule and risks.
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Initial planning will take place at Barclays Technology Centre Radbroke on 30th October.
Assigned Mentors will support you in planning the task on the day.
Full preparation of the proposal will take place over the next three weeks.
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You will have access to a further three hours of mentoring over the period and you may
arrange to do this via telephone conference or face-to-face meet up if feasible.
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If there is more than one team attending from your University, you will be invited to an
internal presentation assessment by your tutors at some point between day 14 and day 21.
Your University will select one team to go forward to the finals.
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One team from each University will attend the finals presentations on 21st November.
These will be held at the BBC’s premises at MediaCity, Salford Quays. Joining instructions
will be provided nearer the time.
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At the finals day, you will be invited to present your proposal to the “Project Panel” – a team
of business and technology professionals.
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Feedback on the proposal and presentation will be provided, along with feedback on how
the team has performed over the three weeks.
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A winning team will be confirmed with each member of the winning team receiving
£50 Amazon Vouchers, PLUS access to some money can’t buy opportunities, including
mentoring, work experience and the possibility of a fast-track application to a paid 2014
summer internship at Barclays global technology centre in Knutsford – a 12 week contract
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Each applicant would be guaranteed an interview but would need to successfully
complete an interview and all recruitment checks required by law to undertake the role.
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The Technology Challenge Brief
In 2012, Barclays made a commitment to invest £250m by 2015, to help five million
disadvantaged young people develop the skills they need to fulfil their potential.
We’re investing not only money, but the time and expertise of Barclays employees in
community programmes that will enhance the enterprise, employability and financial skills of
the next generation. These vital skills will help young people overcome the social and financial
challenges they face, better provide for themselves and their families, and ultimately, support
longer-term growth in the economy.
Barclays Money Skills helps young people enhance their financial skills,
attitudes and behaviours to better manage their money and make
informed and responsible decisions. Since 2010, we have invested nearly
£20m to improve the financial capability of more than one million young
people across the UK.
A key activity has been the delivery of MoneySkills sessions in primary and secondary
schools. Teams of colleagues have been volunteering their time to deliver face to face money
management sessions to school children using a variety of paper based resources. These
sessions have proved to be very popular, so much so that demand has exceeded what the
teams can successfully fulfil.
To ensure a wider number of students can be reached, tenders are being sought for the
development of an application that would allow schools to develop these sessions to students
themselves.
You are tasked to deliver a proposal for the delivery of an interactive learning application that
will engage and inspire young people and which will ensure they learn the basics of money
management; this to include opening a bank account, budgeting, saving and spending.
You will find existing resources and paper based volunteer packs at the MoneySkills website at
www.barclaysmoneyskills.com.
Your proposal must include:
(a)
(b)
A prototype of the interactive money management learning experience
A proposal or tender for you to deliver this solution into operation
Your allocated budget is £400,000 (+/-30%) plus ongoing operational costs which should be
provided in your proposal.
High Level Requirements
1. This application to be used by teachers, volunteers, youth workers and other
practitioners who want to use group work to build financial skills, as well as
support numeracy and develop life skills.
2. There should be a variety of money management learning modules and
exercises included within the application.
3. The application should be developed for the target age range of 14 – 16 years.
4. The proposed resource should meet the MoneySkills criteria of being fun and
interactive.
5. Children should be able to view their own progress as the move through the
modules.
6. The teachers should be able to monitor progress and participation rates by
children.
7. The bank should be able to monitor progress and participation rates.
8. It is expected that students should be able to participate in the exercises in
the classroom or at home.
Design Principles
1. It should be consistent throughout with the branding on the
www.barclaysmoneyskills.com, however you are free to add additional
creatives targeted at the age group.
2. It should be simple and intuitive to navigate by the target age group with
limited or no assistance
3. Serendipitous discovery of related content should be encouraged
4. It should offer contextual help throughout
5. Aggregate information should be accessible by teachers
6. It should enable users to clearly identify their progress at every stage and
return the home page with ease.
7. It should be friendly, and human in the tone of voice of any copy the site uses.
Some technical principles:
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Responsive web browser based solution
Device Agnostic operating on the target devices:
Project Costs
The following resource types and costs are available for this delivery and
operational support of your application.
BAU
Support
Project Delivery
Roles
Programme Manager
Project Manager
Solution Architect
E2E Designer
Test Manager
Test Analyst
Implementation Manager
UAT Manager
UAT Analyst
Business Analyst
Technical Development Lead
Technical Developer (Build)
IT Security
Man Day Rate
On shore Off shore
£
£
600
350
400
250
600
350
400
250
400
250
300
200
350
250
350
250
300
200
350
250
350
225
300
200
400
250
Service Manager
500
300
BAU Support Team Lead
325
210
BAU Support Team Analyst
275
175
You should also identify additional costs associated in the delivery of your
application including branding and promotion.
Notes:
Your Submission
The required submission will include:
(a) Prototype interactive money management learning
experience
The team may select any technology on which to build and present the prototype solution
(consider the time restrictions you have to do this). It does not need to be a full working
prototype. An example of the user interface screens is sufficient.
(b) Creation of the Plan & Estimate
You will be expected to deliver a commercially viable proposal which offers a rapid speed
to market. The Plan & Estimate provides the detail of how you will take your Money
Management application to operation and the rationale for the choices you make.
There is no prescribed format for the Plan & Estimate, but as a guide you might include the
following:
An Exec Summary
A scope statement
Details of the outline solution and any risks, issues or key dependencies in taking this product
to market.
Details of the software technology you would select
Details of the devices you would expect to be used in the schools
Details of any requirements only partially met or not met
A high level delivery schedule
Details of the proposed project delivery team
Estimated costs for the delivery of your solution (see the
rate card in Project Costs section)
Details of any key project delivery RAIDS (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies)
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Presenting Your Proposal
Your University will perform an internal process to select one team to attend the finals.
Finalists will present the completed
Proposals to the Review Panel on Thursday,
21st November.
The presentation is expected to include:
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a view of your prototype application
(User Interface only)
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a walkthrough of your Plan & Estimate
Please provide the Panel with one hard
copy of the completed Plan & Estimate and
screen shots of the User Interface.
The final presentations will take place at the
BBC site at MediaCity, Salford Quays. It is
expected the presentation will take 15 – 20
minutes, plus some time for questioning. More details will be provided to you in due course.
Note - your presentation will be stopped if you go beyond the 20 minute allocation.
You will be addressing your presentation to the review panel, but other finalist teams will also
be in the audience.
The review panel are there to help you and will only offer constructive and helpful feedback.
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Scoring Criteria
The final Proposal will be assessed and scored against the criteria outlined below. You should
consider this weighting when allocating time to the development of different components
within your proposal:
Assessment Criteria
Demo of the Money Management Application:
Usability
Weighting
35
Fit to Business Requirements
Technology Proposal and Justification:
Selection of software technology
10
Value Case - Plan & Estimate for Production:
Robustness of project plan
Quality of Estimate
45
Commerciality (is it deemed good value)
Overall Team Preparation and Presentation of Bid
Notes:
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The Project Management Institute
This challenge is supported by the Project Management Institute (PMI) who advocate the
development of Project Management skills, such as those learned during this challenge, as
important life skills that will support you as you prepare for future employment.
The PMI is a not-for-profit Project Management Association run by passionate volunteers.
For a very low annual fee (compared to standard membership) you can gain PMI UK Student
membership. The cost is just $32 USD and this will allow you access to all the benefits of
standard membership which includes excellent networking opportunities and free attendance
at regional Professional Development events – there was one hosted during October at
Barclays Technology Centre Radbroke for instance.
To join visit www.pmi.org. You will need to join the PMI (for which the small fee applies) and
then join the PMI UK Chapter for which there is no charge for students.
The lead of the North West PMI committee is Jon Clay ([email protected]). Contact Jon to
discuss this further.
Use this space to capture contact details of your mentors and others in the team.
Telephone
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Name
Email
Barclays Technology Centre Radbroke
Knutsford
WA16 9EU