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Formal
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Negotiated
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Informal
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Tender
A
contractual brief explains the duties required and how they want it to work. It
explains how the much client will receive. Furthermore it includes areas such
as what the client is agreeing before signing. An example of a contractual brief would be the 'Metro' brief on iamcreative.org it is contractual because you have to agree to the terms and conditions and you also have to fill in your details etc.
A
formal brief contains specific details about the goals that need to be
achieved. The brief gets straight to the point and doesn't contain any
unnecessary details or information. This type of brief is mainly aimed at
business people/company’s rather than just one person. It is easier to remember your tasks because it is written.
A
negotiated brief is when two people have different ideas but they both have to
come to a decision by deciding which is best and making sure that both people
are happy by the decision. It could also be a group decision so you get more different ideas and hopefully change the mind of the person you are working for.
An informal brief can be done over the phone or just a simple conversation. The bad thing about an informal brief is that you can forget or the client could forget what they were supposed to do so an formal brief would be better and easier to remember to do. An example for an informal brief would be the Change 4 Life on iamcreative.org it tells you what it is and gives you a few details and tells you that its easy to apply you dont need no qualifications etc. you just need to register.
A tender brief is when a company or a customer puts out a brief online or posters etc. to get people to give them different ideas on whatever they want for example they want a website creating, they would post it online and once they find the best web page they will choose it and sort out the further details.
If you were given a brief you would respond to it by reading through it checking to see which type of brief it is so you know exactly what you are doing. The key information you need is date for the deadline, timescale, what do you want and the price. For example if you were asked to create a website you should be told what all the key information is what they want on the website etc. A informal brief wouldnt be very good if someone was asking you to create the website because you could easily forget which information needs to be put on it. I think a formal brief would be good to use because it tell you all the specific details. Also a contractual brief would work well because it tells you what to do rather than you coming up with the ideas yourself. Although you could negotiate the brief by telling them your ideas and deadline dates because you could have another job which has to be in on that date. There are constraints to working to a brief because you could be busy on the deadline date, people could be absent or something could go wrong with the product.
The opportunities you could get when working to a brief are developing new skills, new experiences, meeting new people, working in a team (some people might always work by themselves so working as a team would be a new experience) and it could also improve you work ethic.
