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This article discusses the best practices of project management methodologies and how they can help in having a competitive advantage. It covers topics such as project feasibility, business case analysis, project classification, project structure, and project planning and scheduling. The article also emphasizes the importance of project manager's role in managing a project efficiently and effectively. The supporting documentation includes lecture slides, tutorials, journals, and standards.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGIES
PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGIES
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reading
samples.
Your personal
learning
outcomes from
this unit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learnings.
Project
management
methodologies
Week lecture
5
Presentation
From this particular
unit I have learned
about the best
practices which the
enterprise and an
individual should
make for the proper
success of any
project. The best
practices will
ultimately help in
having competitive
advantage.
The presentation file provides basic idea
which is required for assessing the read
lines. In the first stage, three
organizational that is organization
change management, sustained
leadership and continuous improvement
have been discussed in details. In the
further step project feasibility has been
taken into account. In the third, a
business case has been provided for the
executive proposal. Feasibility of the
project is mainly analysed by cost
benefit along with strategic need. It is
the duty of project manager to analyse
the present state of the organization and
depending on it proper kind of blueprint
must be provided. Project manager and
his team members should access the
present state of the organization,
followed by future state. They should
prepare a proper kind of project plan.
After that they should conduct feasibility
study along with cost benefit analysis.
Feasibility analysis mainly help in
checking the fact that whether the
project will have completed in time or
not. While cost benefit analysis will help
analysing the fact the project will
provide financial benefits or not.
Lecture slide
Kerzner
Chapter 1
This is inclusive of
learning. Various
methods of
classification of
project has been
provided.
In this part, I have analysed various
methods which are used for
classification of a project. A project is
mainly classified into various kinds of
groups and as per it per defined
functionality is provided.
Kerzner, H., &
Kerzner, H. R.
(2017). Project
management: a systems
approach to planning,
scheduling, and

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controlling. John Wiley
& Sons.
Egelstaff
(2013)
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assignments:
Critical
thinking and
writing
critically
It includes various
kinds of accessing
readiness which can
be used for
implementation of
organization PM.
In this part I have learned about various
roles and responsibilities of a project
manager of a team. Senior project
manager is mainly associated with
planning phase of large number of
documents.
Lecture slide
Journals &
Standards
Critical factors for the
success of a project
The ultimate reason behind the success
of a project is its monitoring in proper
way. Project manager is mainly
responsible for tracking the success of
any project. It mainly ensures the fact
that project is mainly schedules as per
the setting.
PMJ Change in
organization and
management of
project. (Slides from
lecture 5)
Project management is mainly
associated for effective management of a
project. It is mainly lead by a project
manager. It is mainly associated with in
transferring of power from the line
manager to the project manager. It is not
designed for transferring of power rather
it is much associated with managing of
project in more efficient way.
Lecture slides
Tutorials and
lecture slides
Change in
organization and
management of
project. (Slides from
lecture 5)
Project management in organization of
project driven is generally compared to a
non-project and so growth of career
differs to a large extent in both
organizations which is provided. Having
a proper idea regarding tools and
techniques will help in essential
management of different kinds of
projects. It is will ultimately help in
developing a successful kind of career in
the coming future.
Kerzner, H., &
Kerzner, H. R.
(2017). Project
management: a systems
approach to planning,
scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley
& Sons.
Text books Various kinds of structure of
organization is mainly inclusive of
Kerzner, H., &

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and tutorials division, function, process and matrix
based organization structure. Various
personnel who are working in project
should attend seminar at least once in
three months so that they can easily get
better understating of the project.
Definitely the frequency totally depends
on the selected organization of a project.
Every department a head to whom it is
expected to report at regular interval.
Kerzner, H. R.
(2017). Project
management: a systems
approach to planning,
scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley
& Sons.
Weekly Portfolio Learning Table: Week 6
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management
methodologies
Lecture slides of week 6.
Project manager should
analyse the various business
strategy which will ultimately
improve the activity of an
organization. OPM
framework is considered to
be much useful. I have learnt
the fact that various
organization with help of
OPM framework has easily
analyse the current state and
various kinds of
improvements which is
encountered in the near
future.
It is the duty of project
manager to check the
requirements of an
organization followed by an
analysis in the near future.
Future of any project mainly
depends on strategy which is
undertaken by an
organization. Team of
management is mainly
associated with improvisation
of various business process.
Prince model is mainly
associated with associated
risk, plans and progress. The
project progress is mainly

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inclusive with direction of a
project. After that initiation of
a project is taken into account.
It is the duty of project
manager to proper manage
state boundary along with
managing delivery of a
project. In the end the closing
phase of the project is taken
into account. It is the duty of
project board to ensure proper
kind of decision, effective
communication and after that
they should promote the idea
of cross-function integration.
In the end I have concluded
the fact that project manager
should give a proper list of
large number of projects and
various kinds of goals which
project is much focused to
addresses.
Kerzner Chapter
1.8-1.10, & 10 &
11.25;
It is totally the responsibility
of project manager which is
mainly set as per the goals of
an organization in a way that
it can easily bring a large
amount of benefit to an
organization. Project manager
not only associated with
managing of a project along
with this they are managing a
project along with it is there
duty to ensure the fact the
project comes up with
maximum profit in the end.
Kerzner, H., &
Kerzner, H. R.
(2017). Project
management: a systems
approach to planning,
scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley
& Sons.

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outcomes from this
unit.
Learnings from your
experience.
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documentation
including your
prior learnings.
Egelstaff (2013)
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assignments:
Critical thinking
and writing
critically
Tutorials along with Kerzner Age should not be considered
as a barrier for the time
interval for an executive to
easily have project and it is
mainly associated with
experience of a project on the
way how a project can be
easily managed easily.
Journals &
Standards
Various responsibilities of
project manager in the lecture
of week 6
In some case it is encountered
that project manager is
inefficient in the proper
functional line of project. It is
duty of project manager to
easily fulfil the various
objectives of a project in the
stage of planning.
Inefficiencies of the
functional line should be
checked so that various delays
in project is reduced. Various
executive management are
involved in a project if and
only if the project is on high
priority.
Tutorials
 IJPM
 PMJ This particular week learning
mainly includes various
process of project
management and slides of
lecture
Support of top management is
considered to be very
essential for every project
manager for properly
managing of objectives of
project. If needed project
managers should be limited
from publishing prerequisites
which is generally placed on
the top of the management in
regards to various standard
procedures of an organization.
Generally, project manager

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tend to have a better idea
about various processes of a
project.
 SAI
Global
Tutorials Various text books and
tutorials.
Project sponsor generally
does not have idea regarding
the fact that various house
representative should be
removed from an
organization. But in some
cases it seen that project
sponsor removes house
representative because of his
poor performance in the
organization in comparison to
various project related works.
In some cases it is seen that
project manager begins to
focus much on
Kerzner, H., &
Kerzner, H. R.
(2017). Project
management: a systems
approach to planning,
scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley
& Sons.
Lecture slides Lecture slides and tutorials of
week 6
From the week lecture and
various learning tutorials I
have learned the fact project
manager mainly bears the full
responsibility for successful
delivery of the projects.

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Project Planning
and Scheduling
Methodology can
easily bring
structure to an
organization. I
have recognized
the fact that
various project
methodologies can
be considered to
be important for
attaining success
of a project.
Prince2 will
ultimately help the
organization to
have various
objectives in an
effective way.
It is the duty of management staff to take
into account the various objectives of a
business. They just need to implement
Prince2 model as per the objective of
various business. The project manager of
an organization mainly describes process
of project along with various document
format. Governance mainly enables
continuous managing of various projects
and also focus on various kinds of
decision making. Project manager needs
to review various portfolio forts. It also
need to check the necessary skills which
is needed for a project. They are mainly
associated with various kinds of gaps
which are involved in a project. Various
Gaps mainly helps in analysing the fact
that where improvements are needed. PM
can easily adopt various kinds of
strategies like prince2 for easily carrying
into various project methodologies. It is
the duty of project manager to review the
impact of prince2 model on various
enterprise and project. They can even
check the performance of business
depending on various goals. Smart goals
mainly consist of a series of steps like
specific, attainable and lastly time
focused. By this method project manager
can easily check the various kinds of risk
which are associated with project. And
depending on various kinds of risk
possible solution can be easily provided.
In the end it can be easily concluded that
this week learning helped in having an
idea regarding understanding the various
kinds of problems which can easily arise
from development phase of the project.
Kerzner, H., &
Kerzner, H. R.
(2017). Project
management: a
systems approach to
planning, scheduling,
and controlling. John
Wiley & Sons.

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Scheduling of project is considered to be
an important aspect in its execution.
Planning step mainly checks total kind of
problem which mainly schedules like
study of feasibility and gathering of
various requirements. Various steps are
mainly associated with project scheduling
like evaluation of goals of various
projects, activities of project and
sequencing of activities in a proper way.
Kerzner Chapter
11.9-11.14,
11.22-11.29
Tutorials and
books
From my experience, the whole method
of project planning is generally
incorporated and helps in details
understanding of various project
objectives and setting up of proper kinds
of goals.
Kerzner, H., &
Kerzner, H. R.
(2017). Project
management: a
systems approach to
planning, scheduling,
and controlling. John
Wiley & Sons.
PMI
Implementing
Organizational
PM Chapter 5
Project manager mainly checks the
complex nature of a project by analysing
various requirements of a project.
Breakdown of various project work
mainly helps in allocation of resources
much easier. For proper development of
WBS the functional manager should
identify the various requirements of a
project.
Journals &
Standards
Chapters from
Kerzner as
provided
I have not encountered any kind of
situation in which functional manager is
more focused in proper planning of
project.
Various kinds of conflict are mainly

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associated when taking the priority of
various task, procedure of administration
and lastly technical option of any project.
 IJPM
 PMJ Gathered
experiences which
are involved in
managing of
various projects
Generally, a customer and contractor
have a clear idea regarding the various
kinds of understanding regarding
statement of work and various program
plan which is related to progress of
project.
 SAI
Global
In a project, for ensuring the fact that
project stakeholders should have proper
idea regarding progress of project. I have
developed a project communication plan
which is mainly followed by project team
members in establishing the progress of
report.
There is mainly some defined
communication which is followed by
each kind of team members for ensuring
the progress of report. After that it is
important information is mainly
communicated to large number of team
members. Beside mobile phones, email
social media also plays a key role in
establishing communication with
important project information to various
team members. Social media also help the
various project stakeholders in having
proper updates regarding the update of
various information.
On the contrary, meetings of regular
interval are considered to important part
of the project. This is mainly considered
as meetings on regular interval are
Kerzner, H., &
Kerzner, H. R.
(2017). Project
management: a
systems approach to
planning, scheduling,
and controlling. John
Wiley & Sons.

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associated with a project. It is not always
possible for ringing on regular interval
when a team is considered to be huge in
number. Call on conference is considered
to be good initiative when team members
wants to establish a proper
communication with one or more person
at same time.
Development or upgradation of WBS of a
project mainly includes identification of
various requirements of a project. The
project requirements are generally
scheduled and planned as per allocated
time which is needed for completing of a
project. A good understating of the needs
of a project is considered to be essential
for development of WBS. The choice of
kind of WBS mainly depends on very
long projects and various kinds of time
phase which is used in the project.

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Project
Management
From this particular unit
I have learned about
various project
managers and
stakeholders of a project
which tend to work in
collaborative way. It is
much focused to
provide project
methodology for
providing the best kind
of outcome.
Generally, a project manager is
mainly associated with preparing of a
project plan. Various kinds of
stakeholders are mainly assigned to a
project which mainly works as per
plan of project. Project stakeholders
should take the responsibility of
project plan. A project plan mainly
consists of large number of steps.
Work plan mainly provides the
budget which is required for
completing the project. The
stakeholders of any project should
follow the dictionary of WBS. The
software project should be carried as
per the SDLC life cycle phases. It is
the duty of stakeholders of projects to
follow various steps and complete the
project in given interval of time.
Specification is mainly associated
with various requirements of a
project. Various kinds of steps are
mainly involved in development or
upgradation of various components of
a project. It mainly checks the fact
that the given activity can be easily
completed in schedule which is
provided.

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reading
samples.
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learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learnings.
Kerzner Chapter
11.9-11.14,
11.22-11.29;
Text book Various kinds of problems are mainly
discussed with decomposition of
WBS which is inclusive of creep and
various kinds of changes in the
domain of project along with various
kinds of issues which is used for
controlling with the various changes
which are associated with a project.
Kerzner, H., &
Kerzner, H. R.
(2017). Project
management: a
systems approach to
planning, scheduling,
and controlling. John
Wiley & Sons.
Egelstaff (2013)
Academic
assignments:
Critical thinking
and writing
critically
Various tutorials and
text books
Various kinds of top level executives
of a project is mainly associated for
analysing and tracking of various
kinds of project which are in
progress. Use of proper project
management tools helps in
monitoring of project in much
efficient way.
Journals &
Standards
Lecture slides from
week 8
This is a particular situation in which
someone else has come up with a
situation during the first task involved
a situation which has a dispute which
has mainly occur as a result of dispute
with various team members. No kind
of politics is generally involved with
various situation along with various
difference in the opinion of various
kinds of team members.
Tutorials
 IJPM
 PMJ Project plan generally provides an
overview or idea regarding various
kinds of activities and task which are
involved in a project from expected
bodies. Various kinds of plans are
needed by project manager for
developing of activities related to
project plan and plan for

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communication.
 SAI
Global
• PMI Managing
Change Chapter
5;
Tutorials . Project charter mainly provides a
proper kind of idea regarding various
kinds of roles and responsibilities
which are involved in a project team
member. It is also associated with
analysing various kinds of
stakeholders and authority of various
project managers
Project charter is mainly prepared in
the beginning phase of the project.
Kerzner, H., &
Kerzner, H. R.
(2017). Project
management: a
systems approach to
planning, scheduling,
and controlling. John
Wiley & Sons.
Kerzner chapters If somehow I have a plan, then I keep
it personnel by tracking of progress of
work and much focused to complete
the given work in the provided
schedule. Statement of work can be
easily defined as a work which is
needed for completing the project for
achieving success.
Configuration management can be
defined as a process which mainly
aims in maintenance of consistency of

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performance of project.
Various project management
methodology can be used for
developing or enhancing the method
of implementation and handling or
handling of any project.

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