PPMP20009 Unit Portfolio for Week 1-4

This portfolio covers the personal learning outcomes, experience, and supporting documentation of a student in PPMP20009 Unit for Week 1-4. The student has learned about project management functions, best practices, and methodologies. They have also gained knowledge about team building, leadership, and communication. The portfolio includes references to academic assignments, journals, and standards.

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Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Week 1
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
Why Project
Management?
Week 1
Project management functions The project management learning
involve the understanding of key
elements that involve initiation,
planning, execution, monitoring and
control and closure.
The project manager plays critical
role in planning and management of
project activities. The role of
manager is as follows
 Development of reports
 Distribution of role and
responsibilities
 Identification of issues and
 Monitoring of the tasks
Kerzner Chapter 1 To manage the success of project, team
members and project manager needs to
follow the guideline (Kerzner, and
Kerzner, 2017)
By undertaking the actions of project
management function, i have learned
to maintain the effectiveness.
The learning from project
management methodology and role
of manager involve that budget and
reporting of the tasks. The
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Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
effectiveness utilization of resources
helps to maintain the work process
according to planning.
Now, i can manage the project
activities and assess the issues.
Egel staff (2013)
Academic
assignments:
Critical thinking
and writing
critically
 Selection of best practices
 Analysis of need and practices
 Communication
The learning from staff academic
selection week, I have With regards
to my current role I have found the
success of the project relies heavily
on the accuracy of the initial
specification i.e. ensure that both
parties understand the scope of
works. Equally important is that
through past performance you can be
assured that the successful tendered
can deliver on the specification
(Boyle, 2017)
Journals &
Standards
 IJPM I believe through proven Project
Methodologies, accurate reporting
and a detailed spec. Project success
can be predicted. However, there is
an element of doubt which is why
contingency and risk management is
crucial (Portny, 2017).
PMOBOOK
 PMJ I had an experience with a project
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Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
where the selection was based on
budget and although the product was
delivered, at no time during the
project I was comfortable of success
because the reporting was
inadequate.
 SAI Global Understanding the scope and having
a detailed specification will set the
expectation of the product or service
to be delivered.
Week 2
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
Why Project
Management?
 Analysis of skills
 Managing changes
 Use of WBS
Learning involves planning and
management of project activities to
maintain the work flow.
Kerzner Chapter 1  Engagement of team members
 Consideration of business
standards (Harrison, and Lock,
2017)
The workforce planning and
implementation requires
improvement. The cost saving
activities and audit of the project. I
will follow the key elements of
learning considering the control and
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Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
monitoring
Egel staff (2013)
Academic
assignments:
Critical thinking
and writing
critically
The best practices of organization
involve analysis of benefits and
offering of the support to individual
(Layton, and Ostermiller, 2017)
Recently, i was engaged in
undertaking some big projects that
involve large numbers of team
members. I will follow the Maslow
theory for anticipating and meeting
the needs of team members
Journals &
Standards
 IJPM Effective use of resources and
distribution
 Reporting to the top
management and owner of
project
 Use of specific stages of the
project
 Planning and testing
 PMJ Monitoring and control  Consideration of focal points
 Ensuring work requirements
 SAI Global Integration  Work authorization
 Documentation
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Week 3
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
Why Project
Management?
PM skills
Entrepreneurship
The learning from the week 3
involves knowledge about the team
building activities, planning of the
issues and leadership (Heldman,
2018).
Kerzner Chapter 1 Recommendation for managing project The learning of project manager
activities and utilization of resources
involve the coordination and
execution of plan. The project
manager can implement the changes
in initial plan of project by focusing
on the future outcome and
elimination of risk (Kerzner, 2018)
Egel staff (2013)
Academic
assignments:
Critical thinking
and writing
critically
 Maturity
 Hard noise tactics
 Availability
From the week three, I have learned
to managing internal and external
driven adversity. By considering this,
I will possess the best interest of
company aligned with ethical beliefs
OPL-Procurement CAP PROJECTS
Journals &
Standards
 IJPM New exposure
Customer orientation
I will analyse risks and causes of
failure that can harm the outcome of
project as well influence the
performance of employees to meet
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samples.
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from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
the requirements of customers
 PMJ Company exposure
Functional management activities
The project manager will work on
different areas of company’s
activities to maintain the
effectiveness. I will follow
company’s culture to maintain the
good structure of services.
 SAI Global Consideration of different types of
projects
Project priority
The learning from project
methodology involves the
determination of priorities and
flexibilities to manage global
functions of the organization.
Week 4
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
Why Project
Management?
Organizational project management
Customizing process
The major learning from this week
are improvement in communication,
market compliance, organization
planning, focus on the productivity
and customer satisfaction
Kerzner Chapter 1 Organizational input
Core process
Strategy (Cleden, 2017)
For managing organizational project,
i will consider vision, mission and
policy. The communication with top
management is essential for
establishing business model
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Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
Egel staff (2013)
Academic
assignments:
Critical thinking
and writing
critically
Engagement of team members
Meeting and one to one interaction
The learning from assignment is
improving my creditability,
management of priority and visibility
for the organization policies and
consideration of best practices
(Muller, 2017)
PPMP20008
(Quality Management Plan)
Journals &
Standards
 IJPM Actions
Success
To gain the competitive advantage,
sharing of information to develop the
actions is essential for me. The
ethical advertising is also important
for increasing trust of customers
 PMJ Proper evaluation
Value added activities
This will be helpful for me to
maintain professional standards,
industry specific action and use of
resources
 SAI Global International standards
Errors judgement
Helped to improve stability, clarity
and understanding of global practices
of organization
References
Boyle, G., 2017. Design project management. Routledge.
Cleden, D. 2017. Managing project uncertainty. Routledge.
Harrison, F., and Lock, D. 2017. Advanced project management: a structured approach. Routledge.
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Heldman, K., 2018. PMP: project management professional exam study guide. John Wiley & Sons.
Kerzner, H. 2018. Project management best practices: Achieving global excellence. John Wiley & Sons.
Kerzner, H., and Kerzner, H. R. 2017. Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Layton, M.C. and Ostermiller, S.J., 2017. Agile project management for dummies. John Wiley & Sons.
Muller, R., 2017. Project governance. Routledge.
Portny, S.E., 2017. Project management for dummies. John Wiley & Sons.
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