Project Justification and Contract Processes - PPMP20013 Unit Portfolio Week 2

This portfolio discusses the project life cycle, project justification, tools and techniques for investigating and describing project processes, management strategies, and operational activities. It also emphasizes the importance of effective teamwork and communication in project development. The readings include Smith Chapters 3, 4&5, Australia National Audit Office Developing and Managing Contracts, and HB 140-2000 Administration manual for AS 4000-1997 General conditions of contract.

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Week 2: Explore and explain the project justification and contract processes.
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 3,
4&5;
Optional Readings
 Australia National
Audit Office
Developing and
Managing
Contracts - Getting
the right outcome,
achieving value for
money;
 HB 140-2000
Administration
manual for AS
4000-1997
General conditions
of contract.
 Australian
Commonwealth
Government
Procurement
Rules
 Victorian
Government
Procurement
Rules
 WA Government
1. Review using clear
terminology the
key areas and
processes of
project, program
and portfolio
management
practices as applies
to asset rich
organisations.
Project defines the logical flow of the stages or the processes necessary
for developing a system the service. The degree of the complexity of the
project depends on the requirements of the project. The project life
cycle has five phases starting from the initialization of the project to the
closing of the project (Regan, Love& Smith, 2016). The complex projects
like implementation of Brisbane parallel runway needs the proper
execution of the project maintain certain safety issues and mitigating the
risks involved I the project. Project initiation is the first step of the
project life cycle, where requirement gathering is done. In order to
understand the requirement clearly, certain meetings can be done
between the project team and the stakeholders involved in the process.
The planning phase involves making the and arranging the tasks those
are needed to be done for the compilation of the project. The plans are
executed at the execution phase and routine monitoring on the
execution process is developed in the next phase. The project ends with
the closing of the project.
Hornstein, H. A.
(2015). The
integration of
project
management
and
organizational
change
management
is now a
necessity. Inter
national
Journal of
Project
Management,
33(2), 291-
298.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20013Unit Portfolio for Week 2
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
Procurement
Rules
 NSW Government
Procurement
Rules
 QLD Government
Procurement
Transformation;
Case Study
 Brisbane Airport's
New Parallel
Runway – Climate
Change;
 BNE Airports
EIS/MDP -
Approvals.
Mandatory Readings
 Smith Chapters 3,
4&5;
Optional Readings
 Australia National
Audit Office
Developing and
Managing
Contracts - Getting
the right outcome,
achieving value for
money;
 HB 140-2000
Administration
manual for AS
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,
designing,
developing, or
maintaining
existing facilities
The justification of the complex projects like making runway in Brisbane
airport depends on various factors. Every project can be justified on the
basis of various factors. The main factor of the justification is the success
of the project. The project should be completed in such a way that it can
serve its purpose in an effective way (Snyder, 2014). Along with serving
the right purpose, it has to be seen that risks involved in the project
management phases has been mitigated and certain safety concerns has
been taken into account. This will develop a sustainable service or the
project that would be beneficial in long run. Developing the complex
projects maintaining the mentioned factors is not an easy process, but
the compilation of these complex processes can be developed with the
logical sequencing of the tasks.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20013Unit Portfolio for Week 2
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
4000-1997
General conditions
of contract.
 Australian
Commonwealth
Government
Procurement
Rules
 Victorian
Government
Procurement
Rules
 WA Government
Procurement
Rules
 NSW Government
Procurement
Rules
 QLD Government
Procurement
Transformation;
Case Study
 Brisbane Airport's
New Parallel
Runway – Climate
Change;
 BNE Airports
EIS/MDP -
Approvals.
and equipment
within the context
of their
technological and
asset lifecycle
status.
Mandatory Readings
 Smith Chapters 3,
4&5;
3. Present and
interpret major
processes that are
The timeline of the task depends on the complexity of the project and
the stages involved in the process. There is a tool for project
PPMP20013 Unit Profile
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20013Unit Portfolio for Week 2
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
Optional Readings
 Australia National
Audit Office
Developing and
Managing
Contracts - Getting
the right outcome,
achieving value for
money;
 HB 140-2000
Administration
manual for AS
4000-1997
General conditions
of contract.
 Australian
Commonwealth
Government
Procurement
Rules
 Victorian
Government
Procurement
Rules
 WA Government
Procurement
Rules
 NSW Government
Procurement
Rules
 QLD Government
Procurement
based on sound
policy, information,
and research that
enable project
justification,
tenders, contracts,
and selection
criteria to occur in
an asset rich
organisation.
management process which is known as Work Break Down structure.
The assigned tasks are broken into module tasks and each module
assigned with a deadline (Hornstein, 2015). The WBS also provides the
risks associated with each task module. During the development of the
project, both direct and indirect involvement can be happened. The
project team is the involve directly with the project development process
while the stakeholders and the clients of the project are involved
indirectly with the project development process.
Snyder, C. S. (2014). A
guide to the
project
management
body of
knowledge:
PMBOK (®)
guide. Project
Management
Institute:
Newtown
Square, PA,
USA.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20013Unit Portfolio for Week 2
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
Transformation;
Case Study
 Brisbane Airport's
New Parallel
Runway – Climate
Change;
 BNE Airports
EIS/MDP -
Approvals.
Mandatory Readings
 Smith Chapters 3,
4&5;
Optional Readings
 Australia National
Audit Office
Developing and
Managing
Contracts - Getting
the right outcome,
achieving value for
money;
 HB 140-2000
Administration
manual for AS
4000-1997
General conditions
of contract.
 Australian
Commonwealth
Government
Procurement
4. Critically analyse
management
strategies and
operational
activities from a
broad perspective
to ensure safety
and quality, to
avoid overruns or
rework, to manage
variations and
claims, and to make
decisions to
discontinue or
close projects.
The working of the whole process after the justification of the project
can be done by following the five stages of the project development
process. The whole process is a formal process. The process is developed
on the basis of the requirements of the project.
There should be some standard for development of the projects. These
standards ensure the quality and sustainability of the project. In case if
the standard is not followed there may appear a gap between the
standard quality and the acquired quality of the project.
Regan, M., Love, P., &
Smith, J.
(2016). Whole
life costing of
infrastructure
investment:
Economic and
social
infrastructure
projects in
Australia.
In Transformin
g the Future of
Infrastructure
through
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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
Rules
 Victorian
Government
Procurement
Rules
 WA Government
Procurement
Rules
 NSW Government
Procurement
Rules
 QLD Government
Procurement
Transformation;
Case Study
 Brisbane Airport's
New Parallel
Runway – Climate
Change;
 BNE Airports
EIS/MDP -
Approvals.
Smarter
Information-
Proceedings of
the
International
Conference on
Smart
Infrastructure
and
Construction,
ICSIC (pp. 701-
706).
Mandatory Readings
 Smith Chapters 3,
4&5;
Optional Readings
 Australia National
Audit Office
Developing and
Managing
Contracts - Getting
5. Demonstrate an
effective,
professional level
of teamwork and
communication and
support
collaborative peer
group learning.
The knowledge require to develop the project depends on the
specialization of the project. It is the responsibility of the administration
to choose a team leader who has the knowledge about the project
domain (Chih & Zwikael,2015). The responsibility off the team leader is
to distribute the work between the team members according to their
specialization.
Chih, Y. Y., & Zwikael, O.
(2015). Project benefit
management: A
conceptual framework of
target benefit
formulation. Internationa
l Journal of Project
Management, 33(2), 352-
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20013Unit Portfolio for Week 2
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
the right outcome,
achieving value for
money;
 HB 140-2000
Administration
manual for AS
4000-1997
General conditions
of contract.
 Australian
Commonwealth
Government
Procurement
Rules
 Victorian
Government
Procurement
Rules
 WA Government
Procurement
Rules
 NSW Government
Procurement
Rules
 QLD Government
Procurement
Transformation;
Case Study
 Brisbane Airport's
New Parallel
Runway – Climate
Change;
362.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20013Unit Portfolio for Week 2
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
 BNE Airports
EIS/MDP -
Approvals.
References
Chih, Y. Y., & Zwikael, O. (2015). Project benefit management: A conceptual framework of target benefit formulation. International Journal of Project
Management, 33(2), 352-362.
Hornstein, H. A. (2015). The integration of project management and organizational change management is now a necessity. International Journal of Project
Management, 33(2), 291-298.
Regan, M., Love, P., & Smith, J. (2016). Whole life costing of infrastructure investment: Economic and social infrastructure projects in Australia.
In Transforming the Future of Infrastructure through Smarter Information-Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and
Construction, ICSIC (pp. 701-706).
Snyder, C. S. (2014). A guide to the project management body of knowledge: PMBOK (®) guide. Project Management Institute: Newtown Square, PA, USA.
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