Unit 5 - Task 1a & b - Structure and Negotiating of briefs
Structure of Briefs: Contracted Brief A Contracted brief is one which cannot be negotiated by between the client and the outsourced development team such as a production house or media company. The advantages of this type of brief are that the team who the brief has been given to knows exactly what is wanted from the client and how to do this but on the other hand, the team will not be allowed to add their own input/improvements to the desired plan. Also it will give the client extended time on the project to work on a part that maybe isn't as up to date. The disadvantages although is that it will cost money to do this and they could lose out on a profit if the product isn't that good in the end. A contracted brief is most common when a company will outsource an area of their project to a development team. An example would be if a company needed another team of people to create 3D objects for their game and so gave the brief to another company to produce it f...