PPMP20011 Unit Portfolio for Week 1

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20011Unit Portfolio for Week 1
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topics including
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Learning
outcomes of the
unit
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reading, assignments
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
Week 1 Topic:
Commercial Planning
and Commercial
Projects.
Wikipedia article
Channel Tunnel;
Peña-Mora F., and
Tamaki T. 2001.
"Effect of Delivery
Systems on
Collaborative
Negotiations for
Large -Scale
Infrastructure
Projects”;
21 Apr 2016 Channel
Tunnel's unique
status confirmed;
29 June 2016 Brexit
negotiations: Four
ways to get a good
deal;
YouTube:
The Chunnel -
1.Describe the
operation of diverse
and complex
government and non-
government project
contractual
arrangements
relevant to a range of
managed services,
ICT, and build
agreements.
Commercial project are defined as those projects that are associated with the
commerce and business. Commercial project planning mainly ensures that the
operations associated with the commercial projects are in place. Therefore
commercial projects and commercial planning has integral role in project
success. The key success factor of large scale project mainly depends on proper
project planning and communication.
The project included five bids that were submitted to an intergovernmental
committee. The pre negotiation phase was between the British and the French
Governments. For successful negation, it is necessary to have a pre determined
approach of negotiation.
A proper communication was necessary for successful negation.
Cultural dimensions might impact the collaborative negotiation because the
strategy and process of negotiation overlaps.
Negotiation depends on the type of contract. It can therefore be concluded that
the collaboration is an essential key success factor of the project.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20011Unit Portfolio for Week 1
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topics including
reading samples
Learning
outcomes of the
unit
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reading, assignments
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
World's Longest
Underwater Tunnel -
History Channel.
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right?
3. Differentiate
methods of project
negotiation, conflict
management, and
stakeholder
engagement across
projects consisting of
differing technology
standards and asset
lifecycles.
This week learning have helped me in understanding the importance of the
project planning in successful project delivery and project negotiation in the
subsequent project stages.
Forester, J., 2013. On the
theory and practice of
critical pragmatism:
Deliberative practice and
creative
negotiations. Planning
theory, 12(1), pp.5-22.
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right
4. Explain and apply
methods of
identifying and
reconciling
inconsistent and
conflicting objectives
and drivers that
develop, maintain,
mange relationships
and communication
with key
Some projects needs to adopt collaborative negotiation methodology for its
detailed implementation.
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