PPMP20009 Portfolio for Week 5

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Weekly Portfolio Learning Table: Week 5
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
Kerzner Chapter 1 Learning include, The different ways of
classifying a project.
In this unit, I have learnt the different ways
of classifying a project. A project can
generally be classified or grouped according
to some pre determined functionality.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Egelstaff (2013)
Academic
assignments:
Critical thinking
and writing
critically
Learning includes Assessing Readiness for
Implementing Organisational PM (Kerzner,
2013)
In this unit, I learnt about the
responsibilities of a senior project manager
of a particular team. Senior project manager
is responsible for planning the different
phases of project implementation and is
responsible for monitoring the project
progress. I think that in case of project
management, the functional managers are
capable of making a good project manager
as well since they have a clear idea about
the outcome of the project and their
consequences.
Lecture slides
Journals &
Standards
Critical Success Factors of project success
(Week 5 lecture slides)
One of the critical success factors of the
project is proper monitoring of the project
progress. Although the project manager is
responsible for tracking the project
progress, the program manager can look
over the shoulder of project manager to
ensure that the project is implemented
according to the set schedule. It does not
depend on the priority of the project.
1 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
 PMJ Organizational Change and project
management (Week 5 lecture slides)
Project management is designed to
effectively manage a project and is lead by
the project manager. Although it transfers
the power from line manager to the project
manager, it is essential to understand that it
was not designed to transfer the power but
to manage a project more efficiently.
Lecture slides
Tutorials and
lecture slides
Organizational Change and project
management (Week 5 lecture slides)
The project management in a project driven
organization is quite mature in comparison
to a non project driven organization and
therefore, career growth differs to a large
extent in both the organization.
Proper knowledge of different tools and
techniques of project management will be
essential for managing the different project
works. This will help me in developing a
successful career in future as well.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Text books and
tutorials
Organizational Structure (Week 5 lecture
slides and tutorial)
The different types of organizational
structure include functional, divisional,
process based, matrix based and circular
organizational structure. The personnel
working in a project organisational structure
should attend seminars atleast once in
three months in order to get a better
understanding of the same. Yes the
frequency definitely depends on the
selected organizational for the project.
Every person has one boss whom the
particular person is expected to report
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
2 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Portfolio Reflection
This week’s learning has helped me in understanding the different processes of classifying a particular project according to the project requirements. The
lectures gave an idea about the concept and importance of organizational change along with a clear idea of organizational structure. This week’s lectures
have further helped me in understanding the role of project manager and the senior project managers in handling a project.
3 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Weekly Portfolio Learning Table: Week 6
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
Project Management Lecture slides of week 6 The project manager should provide a
complete list project requirements and the
goals that the project is expected to
address.
Kerzner Chapter 1.8-
1.10, & 10 & 11.25;
This week‘s learning includes tutorials and
text book.
It is the responsibility of the project
managers that the project is implemented
according to the set goal and is to be
implemented in such a way that the project
returns a considerable amount of profit. The
project manager is not only responsible for
managing the project but also responsible
for ensuring that the project returns the
maximum profit.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
4 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
Egelstaff (2013)
Academic
assignments: Critical
thinking and writing
critically
Kerzner and tutorials Age should not have a bearing on how long
it takes for an executive to accept project
management as it should be associated with
the experience a person has on
management of a project.
Journals & Standards Responsibilities of project manager and week
6 lectures
In case a project manager finds any
inefficiency in the functional line, the
project manager should consider fulfilling
the objectives identified in the project
planning stage. The inefficiencies of the
functional line should be addressed so that
the delays in the project can be reduced.
The executive management can become
involved only if the project is of high
priority.
Tutorials
 IJPM
 PMJ This week’s learning includes the process of
project management and lecture slides.
The support of the top management is very
essential for a project manager in order to
properly manage the different project
objectives. If required, the project managers
should be permitted to establish the
prerequisites for the top management
regarding the standard procedures of the
company since the project manager possess
5 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
a better knowledge about the different
project processes.
 SAI Global
Tutorials Text book and tutorials Project sponsor should not have the right to
have an in house representative removed
from the company; however, in certain
cases the project sponsor removes an in
house representative from a company in
cases his/her performance is poor in
comparison to the project works.
The project management begins to turn into
over management when the process of
project management places a priority on
managing a project instead of the
accomplishing the project goals.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Lecture slides Week 6 and lecture slides. From this week’s lecture and learning
tutorials, I have understood that the project
manager bears the final responsibility for
delivery of a successful project.
6 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Portfolio Reflection
This week’s learning has helped me in understanding the importance of project plan in proper management of a project. The role of project manager is
integral in delivering a successful project. The week 6 lecture has helped me in understanding the core concepts of project management and the different
responsibilities of the project manager and the top management of the company.
Weekly Portfolio Learning Table: week 7
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes from
this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
Project Planning and
Scheduling
Lecture slide Week 7 and tutorials This week’s learning has helped me in
understanding the different problems that
might arise in development of the project
objectives.
Project scheduling is important for proper
execution. The planning steps that should
precede the total program scheduling
include the feasibility study and the
requirements gathering. The different steps
associated with project scheduling include
evaluation of the project goals, defining the
project activities and proper sequencing of
the project activities.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Kerzner Chapter 11.9-
11.14, 11.22-11.29
Text book and tutorials In my personal life, the process of project
planning incorporates the detailed
understanding of the project requirements
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
7 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes from
this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
and the set project goal. scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
PMI Implementing
Organizational PM
Chapter 5
Text book The project manager determines the
complexity of the project by evaluating the
project requirements.
Proper breakdown of the different project
work and the project phases makes the
resource allocation easier.
In order to properly develop the first three
levels of the work breakdown structure, the
functional manager should be responsible
for the closely identifying the project
requirements.
Journals & Standards Kerzner chapters as indicated I have not faced any such situation when
the functional manager is overlooking the
project planning.
The different types of conflicts associated
with the project planning phase is
associated with the prioritizing of the tasks,
administrative procedures, technical
opinions about the project and so on.
8 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes from
this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
 IJPM
 PMJ Experience in managing the projects A customer and the contractor can have a
clear understanding of the statement of
work, work breakdown structure and the
program plan only if they can relate the
same with the project progress.
 SAI Global
In my own project, in order to ensure that
the project stakeholders have a complete
knowledge about the project progress, I
developed a project communication plan
that is followed by the project team
members in communicating the important
project progresses.
There are certain defined communication
vehicle that is followed by each project
team members in order to ensure that the
project progress and the important
information are properly communicated to
the team. Apart from email and phone calls,
social media plays an integral role in
communication the important project
information to the project team. Social
media furthermore helps the project
stakeholders in getting daily updates about
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
9 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes from
this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
the progress and important project
information.
However, regular meetings are an essential
part of project communication. This is
because, regular meetings help in discussing
the issues and concerns associated with a
particular project. It is not always possible
to ring everyone by phone especially when
the team is huge. Conference call is
however, a good alternative when a project
manager or team members want to
communicate to more than one person at a
time.
Development of the work breakdown
structure of a project includes identification
of the different project requirements. These
project requirements are scheduled and
planned according to the time allocated for
completion of the project. Proper
understanding of the project requirements
is therefore essential in order to develop an
accurate work breakdown structure.
The choice of type of Wbs depends on the
type of project. For example, in case of very
long projects, the time phased WBS is used.
10 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Portfolio Reflection
This week’s learning has provided me with a detailed understanding of the importance of work breakdown structure in successful implementation of a
project. The learning further gave an understanding of the role of project manager and the functional manager in ensuring project success.
11 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Weekly Portfolio Learning Table: Week 8
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes from
thisunit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
Project Management Learning includes Lecture slides and tutorials The project specifications are mainly based
on the project requirements.
The steps involved in development of a
work breakdown structure include
understanding of components of the
project, determining on how long it will
finish each task and checking whether the
activity will be completed within the set
schedule.
Kerzner Chapter 11.9-
11.14, 11.22-11.29;
Text book The problems associated with the
decomposition of work breakdown
structure include the scope creep and
change in project scope along with the
issues in controlling the change associated
with a particular project.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Egelstaff (2013)
Academic
assignments: Critical
thinking and writing
Tutorials and text book The top level manager of a project is
responsible for tracking and monitoring the
project progress. The use of proper project
management tools, skills and knowledge
12 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes from
thisunit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
critically help in proper project monitoring.
Senior management is important for a
project since they are responsible for
tracking and managing the project progress.
During planning the executives are
responsible for identifying the different
project processes and the tasks that are
needed to be implemented for proper
implementation of a project.
Journals & Standards Week 8 lecture slides The situation when someone else had
owned the situation was a time when one
of my first event management projects
involved a chaotic situation due to a dispute
that had occurred between the team
members. The owner was furious, however,
I managed the situation by trying to
communicate with him and assuring him
that the situation will be under control.
There was no politics involved with the
situation as it arose due to the difference in
opinion of the team members,
Tutorials
 IJPM
13 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes from
thisunit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
 PMJ Project plan gives an overview of the
different activities and tasks a project is
expected to address. The different types of
plan that the project manager needs to
develop is project activities plan and the
communication plan.
 SAI Global
• PMI Managing
Change Chapter 5;
Tutorials Project charter gives an idea of the roles
and responsibilities of the project team
members towards the project and is also
used in identifying the stakeholders and the
authority of the project manager.
The project charter is generally prepared at
the beginning of the project.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Kerzner chapters If I have a plan, I personally keep it by
tracking the progress of the work and trying
to complete the work within a set schedule.
SOW or statement of work defines the work
or tasks that are needed to be completed in
order to achieve project success.
Configuration management is a process that
aims at maintaining the consistency of
14 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes from
thisunit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
project performance.
Project management methodology can
enhance project planning by defining the
process of implementation and handling of
the project.
Portfolio Reflection
This week’s learning gave an overview of the different concepts of project management including the project specification and work break down structure.
It further helped me in understanding the concepts of SOW and configuration management.
15 of 17

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
References
Harrison, F., & Lock, D. (2017). Advanced project management: a structured approach. Routledge.
Heagney, J. (2016). Fundamentals of project management. AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Larson, E. W., & Gray, C. (2013). Project management: The managerial process with MS project. McGraw-Hill.
Lee, S. K., & Yu, J. H. (2012). Success model of project management information system in construction. Automation in construction, 25, 82-93.
Lock, D. (2017). The essentials of project management. Routledge.
Martinelli, R. J., & Milosevic, D. Z. (2016). Project management toolbox: tools and techniques for the practicing project manager. John Wiley & Sons.
Mir, F. A., & Pinnington, A. H. (2014). Exploring the value of project management: linking project management performance and project
success. International journal of project management, 32(2), 202-217.
Nixon, P., Harrington, M., & Parker, D. (2012). Leadership performance is significant to project success or failure: a critical analysis. International Journal of
productivity and performance management, 61(2), 204-216.
Osei-Kyei, R., & Chan, A. P. (2015). Review of studies on the Critical Success Factors for Public–Private Partnership (PPP) projects from 1990 to
2013. International Journal of Project Management, 33(6), 1335-1346.
Osei-Kyei, R., & Chan, A. P. (2015). Review of studies on the Critical Success Factors for Public–Private Partnership (PPP) projects from 1990 to
2013. International Journal of Project Management, 33(6), 1335-1346.
Schwalbe, K. (2015). Information technology project management. Cengage Learning.
16 of 17