PPMP20013 Unit Portfolio for Week 9

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20013 Unit Portfolio for Week 9
Week 9: Manage change, disputes, arbitration and mediation.
Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
Mandatory Readings
 Smith Chapters 4,
15 & 20;
Optional Readings
 Pinto, J. K. &
Kharbanda, O. P.
(1995);
 Diekmann, J. E. &
Girard, M. (1995).
Case Study
 QBCC.
1. Review using clear
terminology the
key areas and
processes of
project, program
and portfolio
management
practices as applies
to asset rich
organisations.
The QBCC case study and the smith chapter 4 provide valuable insights and
understanding of internal mechanism via the planning process, governance,
quality, risk management, procurement and so on. Or secondly, the change will
not be catered for and then the path will be a potential dispute pathway.
Boehm, B. and Turner,
R., 2005. Management
challenges to
implementing agile
processes in traditional
development
organizations. IEEE
software, 22(5), pp.30-
39.
Mandatory Readings
 Smith Chapters 4,
15 & 20;
Optional Readings
 Pinto, J. K. &
Kharbanda, O. P.
(1995);
 Diekmann, J. E. &
Girard, M. (1995).
2. Discuss the
relevance of tools
and techniques for
investigating and
describing project
process related to
developing new
workings, facilities,
equipment, plant
and processes for
justifying,
The tools and techniques are also been utilized by large asset owner not want to
bankrupt contractors.
The optional readings consist of papers by Pinto and Kharbanda concerning
conflict resolution. Then finally another paper by Diekmann and Girard with
their observations into the construction industry.
Reiss, G., 2013. Project
management
demystified: Today's
tools and techniques.
Routledge.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20013 Unit Portfolio for Week 9
Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
Case Study
 QBCC.
designing,
developing, or
maintaining
existing facilities
and equipment
within the context
of their
technological and
asset lifecycle
status.
Mandatory Readings
 Smith Chapters 4,
15 & 20;
Optional Readings
 Pinto, J. K. &
Kharbanda, O. P.
(1995);
 Diekmann, J. E. &
Girard, M. (1995).
Case Study
 QBCC.
3. Present and
interpret major
processes that are
based on sound
policy, information,
and research that
enable project
justification,
tenders, contracts,
and selection
criteria to occur in
an asset rich
organisation.
Supply chain management is the management of the flow of goods and
services, involves the movement and storage of raw materials, of work-in-
process inventory, and of finished goods from point of origin to point of
consumption.
Kerzner, H. and
Kerzner, H.R.,
2017. Project
management: a
systems approach to
planning, scheduling,
and controlling. John
Wiley & Sons.
Mandatory Readings
 Smith Chapters 4,
15 & 20;
Optional Readings
4. Critically analyse
management
strategies and
operational
activities from a
broad perspective
The addition link provides brief discussion of the strategies. I was able to
understand and learn many new aspects associate with the strategies and
operational activities. I was able understand more significance of the
operational management by helping a project manager in the managing process
of a project.
Brunswicker, S. and
Vanhaverbeke, W.,
2015. Open innovation
in small and medium‐
sized enterprises
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