Project Management Portfolio

This course portfolio focuses on key concepts in project management, particularly resource planning and scope management. It outlines the author's learning outcomes from the course readings and personal experiences. The document includes examples of how resource planning is crucial for project success and how effective scope management prevents scope creep. Additionally, it explores the reasons behind changes in projects and offers a personal anecdote about handling change in life. The portfolio also references relevant journals and standards used to enhance understanding.

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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note
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Table of Contents
Weekly Portfolio Learning Table.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Portfolio Reflection........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
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Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this course.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
How do you ensure
you have the right
number of
resources for the
project?
 By creating a structured breakdown
of work to determine the number of
resources that would be needed for
the project.
Resource planning is vital for any
organization as the project would face
serious drawbacks in the event of lack of
critical resources.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
How do you ensure
your project team
have the correct
skills and
knowledge to do
their job?
 By creating a well-developed
screening method and interview
strategy for selecting prospective
candidates. .
Companies generally hire internally to fill up
the positions. However, I have seen in case
of lack of personnel for any critical position
in the project team, they start hiring
externally.
How do you
manage scope
change and ensure
there is no scope
creep?
 By using a definite set of project
management methodologies.
 Ensuring properly structured
deliverables.
 Ensuring to understand what the
client needs.
The scope of the project should remain
unchanged throughout the project duration.
In the event of a scope change, it must be
verified and documented.
Pinto, J. K. (2015). Project management:
achieving competitive advantage. Prentice Hall.
Why do changes
happen in a
project?
 The project objectives are not met.
 The requirements of the client are
not met.
 Lack of a contingency plan to handle
any adverse incidents.
Several changes were experienced when
the scope of the project was vague and thus
the client did not understand the
deliverables. During such events, the client
requests frequent changes to the project.
Have you ever in
your personal life
experienced the
need for change?
How do you handle
this? What did you
do?
Yes, I desired a change in my life as I wanted
to increase my efficiency of work.
To accomplish this, I put a self-limit on my
access to my smartphone and the social
media. By doing this, I was able to spend
more time on my work rather than on my
phone.
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Running head: (Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009 Course Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this course.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
Journals &
Standards
 IJPM The journals focus on the importance of
resource planning.
I gave more focus on resource planning to
ensure project success.
Management, I. (2018). International Journal of
Project Management. Journals.elsevier.com.
Retrieved 07 February 2018, from
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/internationa
l-journal-of-project-management
 PMJ The project scope must be managed to ensure
proper project deliverable.
The knowledge from these journals helped
me understand the need for scope
management.
Project Management Journal | PMI. (2018).
Pmi.org. Retrieved 07 February 2018, from
https://www.pmi.org/learning/publications/pro
ject-management-journal
 SAI Global The requirements for the scope of a project
are explained here.
Through this, I was able to define the
project scope properly.
Ethics & compliance - SAI Global. (2018).
SAIGlobal. Retrieved 07 February 2018, from
https://www.saiglobal.com/en-au/ethics_and_c
ompliance/
Portfolio Reflection
Using this portfolio study I was able to understand the use of Resource planning and Scope Management. This knowledge would definitely help me
in my future project endeavours.
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