Lessons Learnt in PPMP20008: Planning and Initiation Phase of Projects in Project Management

TERM 2 ASS_3
LESSONS LEARNT
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1. INTRODUCTION
Doing course unit studies usually involve attending class and and covering the course material
where the student is required to grasp and understand the content to meet the learning outcomes.
Apart from learning technical issues as stipulated in the course content, I believe the greatest
form of learning is the personal change the learner undergoes; changes in their perceptions as
well as the personal discoveries associated with learning. For instance, one can learn a
mathematical formula, but the learning that has the greatest impact and lasts a long time is how e
how the formula is applied in solving a problem. This kind of learning usually results in a
significant paradigm shift in the learner; for instance, one may assume that managing
construction projects uses principles from managing software projects, but the approaches and
methodologies can be very dofferent, such as using Agile XP for software orojets and the
incremental waterfall model for construction projects. This implies that after covering a course
unit, one ought to have a deep self reflection on how the lesson has impacted their understanding
as well as contributed to their development in the field of study. To this end, this paper is a self
refelection of the lessons learned while undertaking PPMP20008 unit, Planning and Initiation
phase of projects in project management.
2A. LESSONS LEARNED: FRAMEWORK
2.1 How I had planned to collect and document lessons learnt
When I planned to identify
and collect lessons learnt
Who I planned to involve in
the process of gathering
lessons
How I planned to document
lessons
I had planned to do this soon
after having had completed
the course unit; Initially, I had
pored over the content and
learning outcomes and used
these as the basis for
identifying and writing the
lessins I learnt in a reflective
manner
I planned to involve mostly
myself, and any study groups
I worked with, as well as the
course instructor, in order to
get deeper insights on what I
thought the course content
had helped to change in how I
looked at the project planning
and initiation phase
I documented the lessosn in a
note book, listing the lesson
topic and then scribbling
down what I had learnt; what
had changed in my perception
or thinking as regards the
particular lesson
2B. LESSONS LEARNT: FRAMEWORK (CON’T)
2.2 What actually happened?