Exemplar 20009 Weekly Portfolio: Learning from Experience and Project Management Methodology

Exemplar 20009_Weekly Portfolio
Week Portfolio Learning Table
Topic and
reading samples
Your personal
learning
outcomes from
this course
Learning from your experience Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
i) Lecture
slides
To develop of project
specifications
Throughout the weekly course, I learned that the project development specifications
provide roadmap to correct of specified protocols based on current practices along
with industry resources. It provides with clear direction towards the entire team
with the project requirements tools along with quality management. Great project
specifications lead to successful project work and follow of consistent processes.
Lecture slide
ii) Recomme
nded
reading
Kerzner Chapter
11.9-11.14, 11.22-
11.29;
To develop steps in
work breakdown
structure and list of
problems in
decomposition of WBS
The steps which are required to develop the work breakdown structure are as
follows:
1. Begin with the higher level tasks and project deliverables
2. Identification of the project subtasks
3. Description of each of the tasks
The problems into WBS are created due to poor project planning, overrun of cost,
and inefficient work along with lower quality results. WBS is considered as effective
way to map the project, make easier to track the progress and stays on the project
schedule.
Kerzner Chapter
11.9-11.14, 11.22-
11.29;
To determine role of
senior manager and top
level manager
The senior manager has responsibility as well as authority which are broadened into
the project scope than the front line manager. The responsibilities of senior manager
and top level manager are:
 Providing the project guidance to direct the reports, which is comprised
with the first line managers as well as project supervisors
 Ensure of the project priorities as well as project goals for the functional
area
 Approval of the requests for the project investment for the business
Project plan
document
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Exemplar 20009_Weekly Portfolio
Topic and
reading samples
Your personal
learning
outcomes from
this course
Learning from your experience Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
functions
 Approval of the requests for the investment to the level of authority
 Management of the financial budgets for the business functions
 Approval of hiring as well as firing of requests from the project groups
 Development of processes for the project groups and functions
 Working across the business functions with the project peers
 Interaction with the senior management level for project reporting
 Communicating the financial goals of the project and key performance
indicators for directing of project reports
Kerzner Chapter
11.9-11.14, 11.22-
11.29;
Role of executive during
planning
The executive manager is responsible to meet with entire project strategy as well as
business goals of organization. The manager receives required project results. The
executive is responsible to run the organization and exact nature of the role based
on the organization. They create of project plans to help the business organization
into profitability. They are responsible to direct the manager into short as well as
long term project and develop of strategic program to make the business
profitability. They have goal to monitor the project program and its performance.
Project plan
document
iii) Recomme
nded
readings
PMI Implementing
Organizational PM
Chapter 5; Available
at:
http://marketplace.
pmi.org/Pages/Prod
uctDetail.aspx?
GMProduct=00101
To describe the project
plan and different types
of plan the project
manager requires to
develop
In my point of view and as per PMBOK, the project plan is approved documents
which are used as guide into the project execution as well as project control. The
primary usage of the project plan is to document of planning assumptions, facilitate
of the communication among the stakeholders along with document of the
approved scope, cost along with the schedule baselines. There are different types of
project plan such as:
 Project scope management plan
 Project time management plan
 Cost management plan
 Stakeholder management plan
 Communication plan
Project plan
document
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