PPMP20009 Unit Portfolio Week 9

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Weekly Portfolio 9
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
a) Kerzner Chapter
20.0-20.8, & 21.0-
21.4;
How do you
develop
specifications in a
project?
Describe the steps
in developing a
Work Breakdown
Structure?
b) PMI
Implementing
Organizational PM
PM Appendices X2
& X3;
List some of the
problems in
decomposition of a
WBS
In order to implement a successful project it is
necessary for the project managers and the
project heads to consider all necessary
specifications to make it more perfect from both
the business and consumer’s end. In order to
develop the project specification the background
of the project including its cost and size should
be considered.
In order to develop a Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS) it is necessary for the project manager to
first identify the project requirements and its
objectives. Based on the requirements, the WBS
should be prepared. The phases those are
followed for developing the WBs include
initiation, planning, execution and closure.
If the WBS is not designed perfectly then it will
face major issues accordingly.
 All the steps are dependent on each
other
 Insertion of any requirement in
between is difficult
 Used processes cannot not be used
 Wrong task orientation will lead to
major failure
With the development of a SMART goal the
project specifications can be built
accordingly.
There are four major steps those are to be
followed by the project managers to
develop a Work Break down Structure and
the steps are as follows:
Steps 1: All important piece of scopes
should be identified
Step 2: Decision on the best of the project
organization
Step 3: Breakdown of the project
Step 4: For each of the activities
identification of necessary resources.
Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., 2017. Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley &
Sons.
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(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.
Describe what is
the role of a senior
manager or top
level manager or
executive
The senior project manager is responsible to
monitor and track the progress of the project to
ensure that the project is meeting the
requirements and the objectives.
Q1. Are senior
management
important for a
project?
What is the role of
the executive
during planning?
Yes, the role of the senior project manager is
very much important for the key success of any
project.
During the project ongoing phase the project
executive should motivate the rest of the project
team members including the project manager.
The other responsibility of the executive is to
track the project status and change management
approach of the project manager.
Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., 2017. Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley &
Sons.
Q2. In your
personal
experience
describe a
situation where
someone else
“owned”
the event.
Describe how you
managed the
owner who was
paying for the
event.
In my personal life when I was in school I face
such situation when the teachers owned the
event during the development of a workplace
assignment.
The person who was paying for the event was
my teacher I took all his advice very seriously ad
applied them on the assignment and finally I
realized that hid guidance helped me to develop
a successful project in my school days.
I learned many things when I was under the
guidance of my mentor.
Based on the developed project plan the
project manager and the rest of the project
team members should develop the project
The flow of the project should follow all the
steps properly to gain a successful outcome
Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., 2017. Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley &
Sons.
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