A BFP is a strategic or operational project that should address real needs of your company.
It can consist in solving a real issue your company is facing or help your company in evaluating and, eventually, seizing a business opportunity.
How to start a BFP?
Step 1: You identify a
potential BFP for your company and contact
the BFP Manager. Deadline for submission
of projects: December 31, 2006
(to be finalized through December and January).
Step 2: Your project will
be discussed and further defined
with the BFP Team.
Step 3: Three or four
students will be assigned per consulting
team, based on the best possible
combination of functional business
skills and/or national origin to
maximize both the creative and analytical
approaches applied to your company’s
business problem or opportunity.
Step 4: A carefully designated
coach will guide each team throughout
the consulting process. Projects
are held between February and June.
Each student should contribute 100
hours to the project, which accounts for 35 to 50 mandays in total.
Typical roadmap
End December: Mission statement and agreement on project description
Early January: Staffing - Students are submitted for the assignment
January 20: "Administrative" Kick-off (Final agreement on the scope and team)
February 1: Internal kick-off (students get informed on the assignment and context)
February 15: KICK-OFF Meeting with the company
March 1: Teams present their approach to the project to BFP coaches
March 1 - April 15: First round of interviews and first draft realized by the team
(interactions with the company and the BFP coaches throughout the project)
April 15: MID-TERM Meeting - Presentation of the progress and first draft report
April 15 - May30: Second round of interviews and final report gets done
(interactions with the company and the BFP coaches throughout the project)
June 1: Internal Presentation (students present their report to the coaches)
June 15: Final report and presentation to the company
June 15 - June 30: Feedback process
Practical details
Submission deadline: December 31,
2006
Timing of projects: Held from
February to June 2007
