Project Management Methodologies: Consolidated Portfolio

This consolidated portfolio discusses the reasons for adopting project management methodologies, impact of project management methodologies on stakeholders, and major elements of a project management methodology that might meet the needs of an organization. The evidence for each learning outcome has been explained and assessed accordingly. The subject is Project Management Methodologies and the course code is PPMP20009.

PROJECT MANAGEMNET METHODOLOGIES
PPMP20009
Consolidated Portfolio
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Table of contents
1 Introduction...................................................................................................................................3
2 Course Learning Outcomes...........................................................................................................3
2.1 Learning Outcome 1: Explain reasons why organisations adopt Project Management
Methodologies...................................................................................................................................3
2.2 Learning Outcome 2: Critically analyse the impact of Project Management Methodologies
upon stakeholders..............................................................................................................................4
2.3 Learning outcome 3: Explain and justify the major elements of a Project Management
Methodology that might meet the needs of an organisation...............................................................4
3 Discussion and Conclusion............................................................................................................4
4 References.....................................................................................................................................4
5 Appendix.......................................................................................................................................4
5.1 Portfolio 1..............................................................................................................................5
5.2 Portfolio 2..............................................................................................................................5
5.3 Portfolio 3..............................................................................................................................5
5.4 Portfolio 4..............................................................................................................................5
5.5 Portfolio 5..............................................................................................................................5
5.6 Portfolio 6..............................................................................................................................5
5.7 Portfolio 7..............................................................................................................................5
5.8 Portfolio 8..............................................................................................................................5
5.9 Portfolio 9..............................................................................................................................5
5.10 Portfolio 10............................................................................................................................5
5.11 Supporting documents...........................................................................................................5

Without going overboard, when formatted item 1 to 3 below will be most likely 4 to 5 pages. It
might be more, but it should not be less. Each learning outcome (LO) would contain two to three
paragraphs. The important thing is to say in the LO section how the student achieved the LO.
This is done through the summary and the evidence that points to each week in the appendix
(weekly submission).
1 INTRODUCTION
In the following consolidated portfolio, the topics on project management has been
assessed. 10 weekly portfolios have been created and are combined together to form a consolidated
portfolio. The consolidated portfolio discussed three learning outcomes and have summarised it
accordingly. The evidence in support of the summary has been explained and assessed accordingly.
The reasons for adopting the methodologies of project management has been explained. The
outcomes from the impact of stakeholder on project management methodologies have been
evaluated. The justification for choosing the methodologies of project management for meeting its
goals has been assessed and discussed appropriately in the following portfolio.
2 COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
2.1 Learning Outcome 1: Explain reasons why organisations adopt Project Management
Methodologies
Summary
Project management has been present for a long time and the concepts has been used for
several innovations for the last 40 years. This is similar to my assumptions and experiences that I
had when I was working in the 1990s and 2000s. During 1990s, the projects were not so complicated
and the applications and developmental stage was very basic. Recently during the construction of a
gas processing facility, I witnessed the usage of methodologies in the project cycle. I realized that the
project management methodologies that were used in the early 1990s were vastly different from
the methodologies. The stress was given on the deliverables of the project which had the main cost,
time and scope of the project. This was used to increase the profitability of the entire project.
At my workplace, my employer makes use of several methodologies of project management
alongside proper guidelines and regulations. A continuous connectivity is necessary for maintaining
the organizational continuity and enabling the same business culture without thinking about the
domain or geographical location.
Evidence
The evidence that the learning outcome has been met is the fact that in my present
organisation where I work, my manager used a number of assessment to determine whether
adopting project management methodology in the organisation is beneficial. I was a part of the
analysis team and it helped me greatly for educational purposes.

2.2 Learning Outcome 2: Critically analyse the impact of Project Management
Methodologies upon stakeholders
Summary
From this, I learnt that stakeholder management is an important segment to the conveyance
of any task, program or activities. Any individual, gathering or association that can influence, be
influenced by, or see itself to be influenced by a program is known as a stakeholder.
Stakeholder Management includes recognizable proof of partners, evaluation of their desires and
impacts, improvement of proper methodologies to work with the partners and executing the
procedure. Communication frequently is required with the partners. I learnt that Requirements and
desires for the partners need to be comprehended. Overseeing interests that conflict and including
partners in key choices is essential. I also learnt that the project manager is relied upon to have the
capacity to distinguish the necessities and impacts of the partners to oversee them effectively.
Stakeholder needs are to be recognized at the starting of the project to guarantee that every one of
their prerequisites and voices are considered. The partners can be arranged based on their
enthusiasm for the task, the level of impact on the undertaking result and their contribution. For the
achievement of the mentioned project, the manager needs a relationship that is achievement
oriented. Construction projects attracts interests from different partners who express needs and
assumptions regarding the task. These are frequently in struggle with each other and it is impossible
that every one of them can be satisfied. The Stakeholder management process includes assessing
the requirements and desires for partners in connection to the principle targets of the task. A critical
reason for this assessment is partner investigation. The approach depends on built up hypothesis,
learning of Stakeholder management and experimental information. Stakeholders are the individuals
who can emphatically or adversely affected by the yield of the projects. It is critical for an effective
project manager to distinguish the names of partners amid the start phase of the tasks. The partners
can be outside and interior both. Hardly any cases of partners can be the clients, the customers, the
task colleagues, the utilitarian supervisors, the record directors, the activity managers, vendors and
purchasers. It is obligatory for an undertaking director to distinguish the partners and deal with their
desires for the duration of the life-cycle of the project. It can be expensive if the expectations of the
stakeholders are ignored and it can enormously affect the project.
Evidence
A project manager must deal with the impact of the considerable number of stakeholders in
connection to the task necessities to guarantee a proper result. He should deal with the interests of
the partners adjusting the prerequisites of the task. I learnt this from my project manager of my
team in my workplace.
2.3 Learning outcome 3: Explain and justify the major elements of a Project
Management Methodology that might meet the needs of an organisation.
Summary

Project Initiation is the main stage in the Project Life Cycle and basically includes beginning up the
project. I learnt that the project needs to be initiated by stating its cope and purposes and justifying
the reason for initiating it.
I understood that subsequent to characterizing the undertaking and naming the project
team, you're prepared to enter the definite Project Planning stage. This includes making a suite of
arranging archives to help control the group all through the project conveyance.
I understood that with a reasonable meaning of the project and a suite of project designs, the
person is ready to get into the final stages of the project. This is the stage in which the expectations
are physically constructed and exhibited to the client for acknowledgment.
While every deliverable is being built, a suite of administration forms are attempted to screen and
control the expectations being provided by the project.
These procedures incorporate overseeing time, cost, quality, change, dangers, issues, providers,
clients and correspondence.
When every one of the expectations have been created and the client has acknowledged the
last arrangement, the project is prepared for closure. I understood that project Closure includes
discharging the last expectations to the client, giving over project documentation to the business,
ending provider contracts, discharging project assets and conveying project conclusion to all
partners. The final step is to embrace a Post Implementation Review to recognize the level of project
achievement and note any lessons learned for future activities.
Project managers can help their associations in enhancing how they execute extends in the
best and effective way while decreasing dangers. I think it requires substantially more than simply
perceiving priorities of an organisation.
Waterfall has been a methodology of project management for quite a long time. Waterfall is
sequential and is utilized crosswise over numerous enterprises, most regularly in development of
software. It involves static stages (necessities examination, plan and usage) that are executed in a
particular request. Waterfall takes into consideration expanded control all through each stage yet
can be exceedingly unbendable if an undertaking's extension changes after it is as of now under way.
Agile adopts a fundamentally unique strategy to extend administration. It was at first produced for
projects that require critical adaptability and speed. For this, the agile is broken up into short
delivery cycles. I think the Agile might be most appropriate for projects requiring less control and
constant communications inside group settings. Agile is profoundly interactive, considering quick
alterations all through a project as a methodology of project management. It is regularly utilized as a
part of software development since it makes it less demanding to recognize issues rapidly and to
make adjustments right on time in the improvement procedure, as opposed to waiting until the
point that testing is finished.
I think the procedure required to evaluate, archive and select the correct project
administration system for each task is point by point, tedious and complex at first, however justified,
despite all the trouble at last.
Evidence
The evidence for this learning outcome comes from the fact that in my company, I was
involved in a project development life cycle and is well aware about the methodology that can help
the organization reach its goals.

3 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
Throughout 12 weeks of learning about project management methodologies, I have
understood the fundamental knowledge of project management and other critical aspects. The need
for a project manager to be better and accurate in every field have been mentioned. The role of a
project manager has been assessed in the portfolios and their roles have been evaluated
accordingly. In the mentioned consolidated portfolio, the different methodologies have been
discussed and the reason why they are employed to tackle the impact of stakeholders has been
evaluated.

4 BIBLIOGRAPHY
Binder, J. (2016). Global project management: communication, collaboration and management
across borders. Routledge.
JOSEPH. PHILLIPS, P. M. P., CBAP, I., & PMP, C. (2018). PMP PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL
STUDY GUIDE. McGraw-Hill Education.
Kerzner, H. (2018). Project management best practices: Achieving global excellence. John Wiley &
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Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
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Mir, F. A., & Pinnington, A. H. (2014). Exploring the value of project management: linking project
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Fleming, Q. W., & Koppelman, J. M. (2016, December). Earned value project management. Project
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4 APPENDIX
4.1 Portfolio 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?
Website
For effective project
management, the leadership
skills are very important in
order to manage the project
accurately. The effective and
proper project management is
completely dependent on the
person with accurate
leadership skills, because
without a leader, the project is
suspect to the accomplished in
successful manner. The
fundamental qualities that are
essentially required by the
project manager for proper
project management involve
integrity, excellent
communication skills,
Due to lack of skills I faced
some problems while handling
my team due to which I
enhanced my leadership skills
that are essentially needed to
attain by me for managing the
project effectively. This is very
useful for me which provides
me list about the leadership
skills that are required to
become a successful and expert
project manager.
Marsh, F.
(2018). 10
Great
Leadership
Skills of Project
Management.
[online]
Available at:
https://aboutlea
ders.com/10-
great-
leadership-
skills-of-
project-
management/
#gs.XWrPyJY
[Accessed 3
Apr. 2018].

Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from this unit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior
learnings.
interpersonal skills, the
capability to share vision,
team builder, excellent
delegator and others.
Kerzner Chapter 1 The project success in defined
as the accomplishment of all
the activities within all the
constraints such as
performance, cost and time.
The project manager should be
able to handle the complete
project as per given schedule
so that all the constraints will
be clearly fulfilled which is
very necessary for the success
of each project. It is essential
to complete the project within
the original scope only.
It is difficult for me to measure
and attain the success but after
understanding that what
aspects need to be focussed to
attain success effectively which
is major demand towards the
project as a project manager.
KERZNER, H.
(2003). Project
management.
[online]
Available at:
http://www.boo
ks.mec.biz/tmp/
books/55F1OL4
WQC7HL2OB
CGHS.pdf
[Accessed 3
April. 2018].

Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from this unit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior
learnings.
Egelstaff (2013)
Academic
assignments:
Critical thinking
and writing
critically
Critical thinking and writing
involve various types of
essays, papers, assignments
and others. These all need to
be done carefully in order to
get accurate results. In order to
write this, proper knowledge
and skills are very important
in the person so that all things
can be done accurately.
In last assignment I got very
less marks due to some
problems in my assignment but
after recognizing it that the
critical thinking is very
important, I easily got good
marks in my next assignments.
Egelstaff, R.
(2013).
Preparing and
Writing
Academic
Assignments -
Richard
Egelstaff.
[online]
YouTube.
Available at:
https://www.yo
utube.com/watc
h?
v=I5UYb3d094
M [Accessed 3
Apr. 2018].
Project
Management
It is a demand of every project
manager to become accurate
It helps me to be a perfect in
the field of project manager
White, D. and
Fortune, J.

Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from this unit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior
learnings.
PMJ and better in respective field.
For this, the manager must
utilise the consistent
estimating as well as scoping
process so that and also use
helpful tools related to project
management. The project
manager needs to be honest
and realistic while managing
the project which is also an
important aspect which is
considered by all the
organizations while hiring
project manager for any
project. These tools involve
Gantt chart, WBS and other
tools.
while managing my college
project. It defines me that, the
honesty is the major
requirement of every
organization and I need to
focus at this aspect properly.
(2002). Current
practice in
project
management —
an empirical
study.
International
Journal of
Project
Management,
20(1), pp.1-11.

4.2 Portfolio 2
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from this course.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
Documentation
including your
prior learnings.
Kerzner Chapter
1
Before understanding the
concept of the project
management, it is essential to
understand what exactly a
project is. Any project can be
simply considered as a series of
different activities as well as
tasks that have some specific
objectives. There are mainly five
different process groups which
can be considered and identified
in the PMBOK Guide. These
five different process groups are
the project initiation, project
planning, project execution,
project monitoring and control
and project closure.
From this chapter, I learnt
about several concepts which
are relatedto the project
management. This chapter
provides the deep explanation
for the introduction to the
project management concept
along with the explanations for
the project success, role of the
project manager, general
systems management, various
faces of the success and the
failure of the project,
organisational work flow and
many other things. This chapter
helped me in learning all these
concepts,so overall; I found it
an attractive source for
gathering the knowledge for
the project management.
KERZNER, H.
(2009). PROJEC
MANAGEMEN
pbworks.com/f
/Project+Mana
gement+-+A+
Systems+
Approach+-+
10thEd.pdf
[Accessed 4 Apr
. 2018].
What is meant by
the success of the
project?
The notion of any project being
successful can be explained
based on the evidence which
seems to elaborate these set of
characteristics to larger extents.
When a project is delivered on
time and is completed within the
specified budget constraints, it
can be called as a success for the
project. There are some of the
essential elements which have
been combined in the recent few
years for enhancing the client
satisfaction,and this is what that
makes it more important for the
project managers.
With the help of knowing the
concept of project success, I
came to know about the
importance of the successful
completion of the project under
the specified time and the
budget constraints.
Pinto and K., J.
(1988). Project
success definition
and measuremen
techniques.
[online] Availab
at: https://
www.pmi.org/
learning/library/
project-success-
definitions-
measurement-
techniques-5460
[Accessed 4 Apr
2018].

Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from this course.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
Documentation
including your
prior learnings.
What are the
similarities
between the
project success
and the project
management?
The success of the project can be
measured in a large variety of
ways. With the passage of time,
the success of the project is
relatively a part of the project
management. The project
success can also be treated as
one of the important objectives
of the project management. The
project management success can
be called as one of the
traditional measures for the
success of the project.
I have learnt that the success of
the project entirely depends on
the methodology for the project
management which has been
chosen. This learning exercise
helped me in analysing what
the relation between the project
management and the project
success is.
Serrador, P. and
Turner, R. (2015
The Relationship
Between Project
Success and Proj
Project
Management
Journal, [online]
46(1), pp.30-39.
Available at
: https://www.pm
org/learning/l
ibrary/relationshi
-project-success-
efficiency-9480
[Accessed 4 Apr.
2018].
What are the
three major
problems with
the project
management?
Balancing the different elements
in a complicated project is one
of the difficult things. These
elements comprise of the time,
money, scope and people. Some
of the key issues which are
related with the project
management incorporate the
undefined goals, scope changes,
inadequate skills of a project
manager, accountability lacking,
improper risk management,
ambiguous contingency plans
and many more things.
There are various things which
I have learnt from this
experience such as the key
issues which are associatedwith
any project. These issues can
be focusedon preventing any
future losses related to this
project.
Bisk (2017).
Top 10 Project
Management
Challenges.
[online] Availab
at: https://www.
villanovau.com
/resources/projec
-management/
top-10-challenge
WgrR6DfhXIU
[Accessed 4
Apr. 2018].
Who can be a
good project
manager?
It is quite difficult to find a good
project manager which can fulfil
all the required responsibilities
of a project manager. Some of
the keys skills that must be
focused while selecting a project
manager to incorporate adhering
to predictable communication
schedules, setting, observing and
From this learning exercise, I
have learnt what the key skills
which are required for a better
project manager are. This thing
is helpful for deciding who can
be a good project manager and
who cannot be.
C. Baker, D. (201
[online] Availabl
at: http://99u.com
articles/51750/7-
secrets-to-being-
an-extraordinary-
creative-manager
[Accessed 4 Apr.
2018].

Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from this course.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
Documentation
including your
prior learnings.
re-evaluating the project
priorities. These are just some of
the key skills which must be
there.
4.3 Portfolio 3
Topic Learning outcomes
from the course
Personal experience
learnings
References
Kerzner
Chapter 4
This chapter describes
the various
considerations during
the initial phases of
project development
cycle. It focuses on
various cases and
skills that are required
for constructing a
team of developers for
working on a project
within a specific
period and specifying
tasks and job
descriptions.
In a team that works in
accomplishing a
project along with a
project manager an
assistant, selection of
appropriate project
office and a team of
expert developers put
their valuable efforts
to make it a success.
Along with all
these,some other
members are
providing their support
for timely completion
of the project such as
project engineer,
project coordinator,
technical assistant,
V.P. program
developer and so on.
Kerzner, H.
(2009). Project
management. 10th ed.
Hoboken, N.J.: John
Wiley & Sons, pp. 141-
183.
Kerzner
Chapter 8
This chapter focus on
some essential topics
that can enhance the
project management
tasks and project
accomplishing
activities within an
organisation and helps
in gaining competitive
benefits. It includes
various issues and
rewards, training and
then measuring their
Within an organisation
some methods are
followed that
evaluates each
personnel
performance:
 Field review
 Rankings and
Ratings
 Work standards
Each organisation
follows the four basic
practices regarding
Kerzner, H.
(2009). Project
management. 10th ed.
Hoboken, N.J.: John
Wiley & Sons, pp. 319-
355.

performance after the
delivery of the project
as per the reviews they
got from their clients.
financial
compensations that
are:
 Performance
appraisals
 Enhanced merits
 Job rankings
 Basic payments
 Strong
interpersonal skills
Essential skills
for a project
manager
A project manager
must possess skills
such as:
 Team management
 Encourage
communication
 Risk assessment
 Task and quality
enhancement
 Cost and time
management
While working in a
project-
basedorganization, I
have observed that the
quality of project
depends directly on
the skills possessed by
the project manager.
Required skills
include:
 Budget
management
 Dispute resolution
 Strong knowledge
base
 Specified vision
and enthusiasm
regarding the task
 Aggressiveness
Harrin, E. (2015). 15
Skills Project
Managers Will Need in
2015. [online] PMO
Perspectives Blog.
Available at:
https://www.strategyex.
co.uk/blog/pmoperspec
tives/15-skills-project-
managers-will-need-
2015/
[Accessed 22 Feb.
2018].
Selecting best
staff specifically
a project manager
Manager possesses
skills such as cross-
functional thinking,
active listener, team
building and time
management
capabilities, conflict
resolution and so on
can be considered as
the best project
manager.
Other than the
specified skills
effective project
management should
possess appropriate
hard and soft skills
required to lead the
project and should be
able to provide the
team with a vision to
achieve. Selection of
project manager is
dependent on
following factors:
 Organizing with
cooperation
 Experience
 Integrative
thinking
 Cooperative
leadership
pmtips.
(2018). Selecting the
Right Manager for the
Project. [online]
Available at:
http://pmtips.net/blog-
new/selecting-
manager-project
[Accessed 22 Feb.
2018].

 Conflict resolution
 Decision-making
 Creativity
Drawbacks of
selecting a wrong
project manager
Wrong selection of
project manager gives
rise to some
challenges such as:
 Unclear objectives
 Lack of
transparency in the
project completion
task
 Reduced
communication
within the
workgroups
 Unmanaged
resources
 Inappropriate
selection of
stakeholders
Challenges that have
been faced by the
organisation because
of inappropriate
selection of project
manager were:
 No clear definition
of project success
criteria or the
specified
objectives
 Lack of planning
results in delayed
project delivery by
using more than
specified resources
Pmi.org. (2014). The
expectations manager.
[online] Available at:
https://www.pmi.org/le
arning/library/expectati
ons-managers-future-
project-management-
9392 [Accessed 23
Feb. 2018].
4.4 Portfolio 4
Topic Your personal
learning outcome
from this course
Learning from Personal
Experience
References
Kerzner
(Chapter
9,11.34)
I come to know about
the factors that are
highly responsible for
the successful
completion of project
as well as the
expectation of the
company and client
with that particular
project. It also helps in
As per the information
provided under these
chapters, I come to know
about how to manage the
resources in order to deliver
the project to the client
which is fully designed and
developed as per the
specifications of the client.
KERZNER, H. (2009).
PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
[online] Available at:
http://honestyets.pbworks.com
/f/Project+Management+-
+A+Systems+Approach+-
+10thEd.pdf [Accessed 21
Feb. 2018].

understanding making
new strategies that
helps in reducing the
level of complexity of
the project.
Delivery of
successful
project
The scope of the
project must be clearly
defined at the time of
project start-up. The
scope must consist of
project objectives,
milestones, and the list
of end deliverables.
I was assigned with a
project which needs to be
completed within the time
period of 90 days so this
information helps me in
understanding that how I
can deliver the successful
project to the client that
will be beneficial for the
client as well for the
organization.
Andersen, E. (2004).
Successful IT Project
Delivery: Learning the
Lessons of Project Failure.
International Journal of
Project Management, 22(7),
pp.605-606.
Effectiveness of
project
management
The effectiveness of
project management
can be seen through the
status of the project
like- if it satisfies all
the requirements of the
client then it is
considered as highly
efficient project. Along
This study helped me in
delivering the highly
efficient project while
fulfilling the requirements
and the satisfaction level of
the customers. It would be
helpful for me if I would
get a chance to work in a
project company.
Rose, K. (2015). Effectiveness
in Project Portfolio
Management. Project
Management Journal, 46(1),
pp.e4-e4.

with this, it should also
be useful in
maintaining the quality
level of the project.
Importance of
controlling
Expectations
The expectations of the
stakeholders are
necessary for the
development of the
project but it must be
controlled in an
effective manner so
that the client should
not ask for making
changes again and
again in the project.
This could affect the
quality and scope of
the project. Fulfilling
the expectations of the
stakeholders is
important but
controlling and
monitoring the changes
in the project is also
considered greatly.
When I was working as a
project developer in a
company, I could see the
project manager’s
conditionwhile maintaining
the expectations of the
stakeholders involved in the
project. So I learned that
while a person is working
on the project, it is
important to control the
expectations of the team
members as well as the
stakeholders of the project.
Mishra, K. and Sudarsanam,
D. (2016). Project Expectation
Management – A Quality
Approach to Customer
Satisfaction. Adhyayan: A
Journal of Management
Sciences, 5(1).

Example of
best practice
When I was working in
a company, the project
was completed under
the constraints of the
time, cost and
resources while
satisfying the end-user
with the quality of the
project. This was the
best practice of the
project I have
undertaken in me learn.
This experience has helped
me in learning the
importance of the project
planning taking care of
each and every activity
required for the project
development and how the
customer satisfaction could
be achieved.
Lock, D. (2004). Applied
Project Management: Best
Practices on Implementation.
International Journal of
Project Management, 22(4),
pp.347-348.
4.5 Portfolio 5
Topic Your personal
learning
outcome from
this course
Learning from
personal
experience
References
Kerzner
(Chapter 1.14-
1.16,3)
Chapter 1.14:
The chapter 1.14
helps in
understanding the
project’s
classification.
Chapter 1.16:
The chapter 1.16
How to classify
the project at
different levels has
been experienced
by me from the
chapter 1.14 and
the various
different views of
KERZNER, H.
(2009). PROJECT
MANAGEMENT. [online]
honest yet. Available at:
http://honestyets.pbworks.com/f/
Project+Management+-
+A+Systems+Approach+-
+10thEd.pdf [Accessed 7 May

helps in
understanding the
concept that how
the views
regarding the
project can be
differed.
Chapter 3: this
chapter helps in
understanding the
way the
organizational
structures can be
represented.
the project
management has
been identified by
me in the 1.16
chapter. I
experienced that
the 3rd chapter of
book provides the
help to understand
the organizational
structure.
2018].
 Ways of
classifying
the projects
The project is
classified
according to
different levels.
There are three
classification
levels of the
project. The first
level includes the
Low complexity
and the risks of
When I was
working in the
company at I
analyzed that three
levels of
classification were
used by the
organizations for
managing the cost,
,staffing etc in the
organization.
softed (2008). Project
Classification. [online] softed.
Available at:
https://www.softed.com/assets/U
ploads/Resources/Business-
Analysis/Project-
classification.pdf [Accessed 7
May 2018].

the project,
second level
includes the
medium
complexity and
the risk and the
level three
includes the high
complexity and
Risk.
 Relation
between the
line
manager
and the
project
manager.
In the project
management, the
project manager
does not have any
type of formal
authorities.In
several
organizations the
power lies in the
hands of the line
manager often
known as the
functional
manager.
Therefore the
I worked as an
intern and it has
been experienced
by me that the
project
management is
designed to
transfer the power
form the line
managers to the
project manager.
WikiAnswers (2018). Is project
management designed to transfer
power from the line managers to
the project manager?. [online]
answers.com. Available at:
http://www.answers.com/Q/Is_pr
oject_management_designed_to_t
ransfer_power_from_the_line_ma
nagers_to_the_project_manager
[Accessed 7 May 2018].

project
management is
designed in order
to transfer the
power from the
project manager
to the line
manager.
Different
structures of the
organizations
and the merits
and demerits of
these structures.
Various
organizational
structures that are
used includes the
following:
1. Hybrid
organizational
structure: the
main advantage
of this
organizational
structure is to
align the
corporate as well
as the divisional
goals. Whereas
Hybrid
organizational
structure was
used, where is
worked as a
team member
in that
organization.
Writing, A. (2018). Different
Types of Organizational
Structure. [online] Chron.
Available at:
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/di
fferent-types-organizational-
structure-723.html [Accessed 7
May 2018].

the disadvantage
of this
organizational
structure is that
conflicts between
the corporate
departments and
units arises.
2. Matrix
Organizational
structure:
This organizational
structure helps to
achieve the specific
results from the
functional areas. The
advantage of this
structure is that
changes occurs at fast
rate but requires high
administration cost.
 Project
manager’s
role
Project manager’s
responsibility is to
assign the task to the
When I was
working as a
team member
Nealwhitten group (2013). How
is a senior project manager
different from a project

team members as per
their skills. The
project manager must
be able to recognize
the skills of the team
members and must
have the potential to
manage the project
effectively.
under certain
project, it was
the
responsibility
of the project
manager to
assign the tasks
to each team
member.
manager?. [online] The Neal
whitten Group. Available at:
http://nealwhittengroup.com/2013
/01/q-how-is-a-senior-project-
manager-different-from-a-
project-manager/ [Accessed 7
May 2018].
4.6 Portfolio 6
Topic Your personal
learning
outcome from
this course
Learning from
personal
experience
References
Kerzner-
1.8,1.10,10 and
11.25
Working with the
executives is
provided by the
Kerzner in the 1.8
chapter of the
book and the
concept of project
champions is
provided by the
Roles as well as
the responsibilities
of the executives
has been
experienced by
me, as I worked as
a project sponsor
who is also known
as one of the
KERZNER, H.
(2009). PROJECT
MANAGEMENT. [online]
honestyets. Available at:
http://honestyets.pbworks.com/f/
Project+Management+-
+A+Systems+Approach+-
+10thEd.pdf [Accessed 7 May

Kerzner in the
1.10 chapter. In
the 10 chapter of
the kerzner book,
the project
sponsor is
provided whereas
the management
control is
provided in the
chapter 11.25.
executives, I did
not get correct the
correct
information from
the project
manager due to
which the project
was not developed
completely.
Project executive’s
role has been
experienced by
me.
2018].
For projects that
are done for
external
sources, the
project manager
is first viewed
as starting out
with a pot of
gold and then as
having to
manage the
project so that
The project is
managed by the
project manager
by satisfying all
the needs of the
project that are
associated with
the end user of
that project. It is
the responsibility
of the project
manager to
I experienced from
my experience that
I worked as a
project manager in
a firm, and the
project was not
successfully
completed because
proper
requirements were
not provided to the
project team
Alexander, M. (2018). What is a
project manager? The lead role
for project success. [online] CIO.
Available at:
https://www.cio.com/article/3224
865/project-management/what-is-
a-project-manager-the-lead-role-
for-project-success.html
[Accessed 7 May 2018].

sufficient
profits will be
made for the
stockholders.
Why is this the
case? Explain.
provide all the
requirement of
the project to the
team members of
the project team,
in order to
develop the
project
successfully.
members.
When does
project
management
turn into over
management?
The project
management is
turned into over
management
when the
contribution to
ideas are not
allowed and when
the real time
feedback is not
provided.
When I was
working in the
organization as an
employee is
experienced that
the company was
not able to achieve
successful
reputation in the
market because the
employees were
not allowed to
express their
creative ideas due
to which the
proper
Alexander, M. (2017). Project
management: 5 tips for managing
your project budget. [online] CIO
from IDG. Available at:
https://www.cio.com/article/2406
862/project-management/project-
management-project-
management-4-ways-to-manage-
your-budget.html [Accessed 7
May 2018].

communication
was not held and it
results in the over
management.
Does a project
sponsor have
the right to have
an in-house
representative
removed from
his company?
Project Sponsor
do have the right
to have an –
house removed
from the
company.
It has been
experienced by me
that the in-house
representative was
removed from the
organization if
proper contact is
not maintained
between project
sponsor and
executives.
M. Neuman, R. (2018). What is
the difference between an
Owner’s Representative and a
Project Manager?. [online] The
Owner's Rep. Available at:
https://ownersrepny.com/2012/05
/24/what-is-the-difference-
between-an-owners-
representative-and-a-project-
manager/ [Accessed 7 May
2018].
What must the
project manager
provide in order
to develop a
solid project
plan?
It the
responsibility of
the project
manager to
deliver all the
required
resources to the
project
management team
along with the
I experienced that
the project was not
developed
successfully due to
the lack of the
required resources.
Westland, J. (2016). Project Plan
Template. [online] Project
Manager. Available at:
https://www.projectmanager.com/
templates/project-plan-template
[Accessed 7 May 2018].

major timetable
milestone.
4.7 Portfolio 7
Topic Your personal
learning outcome
from this course
Learning from
personal
experience
References
Kerzner- 11-
11.8
From the chapter 11
to 11.8, the planning
concept can be
understood, along
with the validation of
the assumption. The
life cycle phases can
also be understood
from these chapters.
These chapters help
to understand the
planning methods.
I analyzed that,
these chapters helps
me to understand
the planning
concepts as well as
the life cycle
phases. With the
help of these
chapters, I was able
to understand the
role of the different
participants
involved in the
project
management.
KERZNER, H.
(2009). PROJECT
MANAGEMENT. [online]
honest yets. Available at:
http://honestyets.pbworks.co
m/f/Project+Management+-
+A+Systems+Approach+-
+10thEd.pdf [Accessed 8
May 2018].
Planning steps
prior to total
program
scheduling
Statement of work,
work break down
structure, task and job
specification as well
I analyzed that the
main step from the
four steps of the
planning is work
Ray, S. (2017). What Is
Project Scheduling?. [online]
Project Manager. Available
at:

as the milestone
schedule are the main
necessary planning
steps that are required
to proceed the total
program scheduling.
break down
structure as it help
to allocate the
resources in easy
manner.
https://www.projectmanager.
com/blog/what-is-project-
scheduling [Accessed 8 May
2018].
Role of
functional
manager in
conducting the
first three
phases of the
WBS
Work is authorized
by the functional
manager in the first
level of the WBS. In
the 2nd level, the
functional manager is
responsible to prepare
the budget and the in
the 3rd level,
schedules are
prepared by the
functional manager.
It has been
experienced by me
that, it the
responsibility of the
functional manager
to prepare the
proper schedule and
plan in the phases
of the WBS.
JOHANNA
(2005). Functional
Managers, Project Managers,
Matrix Managers. [online]
Jrothman. Available at:
https://www.jrothman.com/
mpd/2005/02/functional-
managers-project-managers-
matrix-managers/ [Accessed
8 May 2018].
Designing WBS
for easy
identification of
resources.
Yes, there is a
possibility that the
WBS can be designed
in such a way that the
allocation of
resources can be
easily identified.
I analyzed that the
identification of
allocation of the
resources can be
done in better
manner if the Work
Break Down
Kukhnavets, v. (2016). How
to Improve Productivity
With a Work Breakdown
Structure? [online] Gantt
Pro. Available at:
https://blog.ganttpro.com/en/
how-to-create-a-work-

Structure is used.
This is because the
resources can be
easily broken on the
basis of the project
or task.
breakdown-structure-wbs-
with-project-planning-
templates/ [Accessed 8 May
2018].
Conflicts
occurred in the
planning cycle
and modes to
remove these
conflicts.
Many conflicts occur
in the planning cycle
such as schedule
conflicts, priority
conflicts, manpower
conflicts, cost
conflicts, personality
conflicts. By using
the collaboration
between the team
members, these
conflicts can be
removed.
When I was
working as a team
member in the
company, if
analyzed that there
were conflicts with
between the
manpower due to
the lack of
collaboration.
Picariello, G. (2015). The
Five Steps of The Project
Management Life Cycle.
[online] Bright hub Project
Management. Available at:
https://www.brighthubpm.co
m/monitoring-projects/1907-
successfully-guide-your-
projects-to-completion-with-
the-pm-life-cycle/ [Accessed
8 May 2018].
4.8 Portfolio 8
Topic Your personal
learning outcome
from this course
Learning from personal
experience
References
Kerzner Section 11.9 to 11.14
of Chapter 11
My personal experience over
project planning is that it is
KERZNER, H. (2006).

(Chapter
11.9-
11.14,
11.22-
11.29)
includes the
information about
how to create project
work breakdown
structure in order to
manage the project
complexity along
with various
problems that comes
in between its
development.
Section 11.22-11.29
of Chapter 11
includes project
planning and way to
design and develop
project charter and its
need to get planned.
the term that helps in reducing
the chances of project failure
and enhanced the chances of
satisfaction of the client.
Project Management.
[online]
Available
at:
http://honestyets.pbwork
s.com
/f/
Project+Management+-
+A+
Systems+Approach+-
+10thEd.pdf
[Accessed 8 May 2018].
Project
Managem
ent
Chapter-5
This particular
chapter includes the
role and technique to
manage change
management plan
within the
organization because
As per my personal
experience, it is very much
important to handle the
fluctuating demand and
requirements of the client
because this affects over the
overall planning of the
Martins de Andrade, P.
(2016). CHANGE
MANAGEMENT:
IMPLEMENTATION
AND BENEFITS OF
THE CHANGE
CONTROL IN THE

it is important to
manage the changes
as fluctuations in
customers’
requirements is very
common aspect that
needs to be handled
in such a manner that
it does not affect the
project in negative
manner.
manager regarding effective
completion of the project.
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENT.
[online] 6(1). Available
at:
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxi
v/papers/1603/1603.031
10.pdf [Accessed 8 May
2018].
How to
develop
project
specificati
ons
Requirements of each
feature of the project
needs to be defined
first then the way to
develop such
functionality is
discussed.
The work breakdown
structure is prepared
and cost of
developing the same
is also analyzed.
Then the deadlines to
develop such
According to my personal
experience, it is important to
consider each and every
functionality within the
project that is required by the
client in order to enhance the
satisfaction level of the client
and to manage his long term
engagement with the
organization.
Lam (2018). A Best
Practice Framework of
Output Specifications
for PPP projects.
[online] Available at:
http://www.irbnet.de/dat
en/iconda/CIB_DC2407
0.pdf [Accessed 8 May
2018].

functionalities are
documented along
with specifying their
deadlines. At the end
required key terms
and policies are
verified to effectively
analyze the required
functionalities.
Problems
in
decomposi
tion of
WBS
The detailed division
of project leads to
enhance the cost
accounts per module.
Fluctuating
requirements of the
client cannot be
estimated
It consists of wide
range of
interdependent
activities as change
in one will surely
affect the previous
one.
When I was preparing WBS
for my college project I found
various problems such as-
assigning appropriate
resources over each module
and managing their cost per
hour. It took more than an
hour to design and develop
the work breakdown structure
of my project.
Ibrahim, Y. (2018).
SEMI-AUTOMATIC
DEVELOPMENT OF
THE WORK
BREAKDOWN
STRUCTURE (WBS)
FOR CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS. [online]
Available at:
http://www.irbnet.de/dat
en/iconda/CIB16457.pdf
[Accessed 8 May 2018].
Different  Budget plan, As per my personal Passenheim, O. (2009).

types of
plans that
needs to
be
developed
configuration
management
plan, Quality
assurance
plan
 Manufacturin
g and
management
plan
 Logistics
handling plan
 Scheduling
and training
related plan
 Procurement
and
transportation
plan
experience, all plans are not
required to be made in each
and every project. Plans
always made on the basis of
project size, type and
requirements of projects as
per the client.
Project Management.
[online] Available at:
http://home.hit.no/~hans
ha/documents/theses/pro
jectmanagement.pdf
[Accessed 8 May 2018].
Enhancem
ent in
project
planning
with the
help of
With the use of
highly appropriate
project methodology,
the scale of project
planning can be
enhanced eventually.
Project methodology helps me
a lot in making appropriate
plan regarding the completion
of project within the specified
time and budget limits when I
work as an intern within an
Vukovic, Z. (2018).
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT -
SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT
METHODOLOGY.

project
manageme
nt
methodolo
gy
Project
methodologies cover
each and every phase
that needs to be
focused so that no
problem can occurs
during project
development and
delivery.
organization. [online] Available at:
http://ftp://ftp.repec.org/
opt/ReDIF/RePEc/osi/jo
urnl/PDF/Interdisciplina
ryManagementResearch
/IMR1a5.pdf [Accessed
8 May 2018].
4.9 Portfolio 9
Topic and
reading
samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Su
inc
lea
Kerzner
Chapter 20.0-
20.8 & 21.0-
21.4
The information and knowledge about quality,
its measures and effective management is
provided under 20.0-20.8 section of 20th
chapter.
Continuous improvement is very much
necessary and needs to have appropriate
planning so the information related to this
provided under 21.0-20.4th section of 21st
chapter.
As per my experience, I come to know that
continuous improvement is very much
important for any person or project in order
to get enhancement over it as it directly
enhances the quality of the project.
KERZ
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PMI
Implementing
Organizational
PM
PMI is implementing organizational PM in
order to manage most of the business
activities within the organization in mots cost
efficient manner so that the long term of the
objective can easily be achieved by the
organization.
Implementation of PM is very much
important as it directly helps the
organization in managing their varied
business resources in order to get the
effective outcome at the end.
Wal
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PMI Managing
Change
Chapter 6
It’s always good to have change but only if it’s
management and impact could be handled
more effectively by the organization. The
probability of having positive and negative
change totally depends upon the kin do
business demand and requirement.
As per my personal experience, project and
people needs to have some changes so that
their continuous improvement rate can be
analysed effectively.
Nick
[onl
http
May
Continuous
Improvement
The procedure to upgrade the current scale of
activities and status of project from the initial
stage to delivery is considered as continuous
improvement. The improvement can be
Continuous improvement helps me in
enhancing the scale of my project over
which I was working from last 5 months and
this particular improvement shows the
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Proj
at:
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Topic and
reading
samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Su
inc
lea
considered as the reflection of small efforts
made over some area.
quality impact over my project. ders
Quality and
impact of
continuous
improvement
over it
Continuous improvement is considered as the
efforts made by people in producing
something valuable and innovative. It has
great impact over the quality of project
because continuous improvement within any
of the sector define the overall growth rate of
the organization.
Continuous improvement shows the direct
reflection of quality of project. I fund
continuous improvement in myself that
directly help me in enhancing most of my
intrapersonal communication skills.
JANS
in P
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ext/
2018
How to ensure
quality as per
real life
perspective
Quality of the project totally depends upon its
throughput rate. In actual it is very much
important to focus over the quality so that the
long term objective of the project can be
managed concurrently.
Quality is something that can only be
achieved if proper efforts put over that
particular area and it directly helps in
predicting the growth rate.
Coo
The
diffe
Proj
478.
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hall/
Processes
introduced to
ensure quality
delivery
The process of ensuring quality delivery of
project totally depends upon four processes
i.e. Plan, Do, Check and Act. As per these
processes, first of all the plan is made to
evaluate all opportunity factors and then
actual workstarts beginning. After this the
gathered requirements are verified along
with its corresponding impact. At the end it is
analysed that whether the change is positive
or negative and if positive results are found
then similar strategy will be used during the
long run of the project.
My making use of this particular process, I
come to know that how to ensure the
quality delivery of the project towards the
client.
Chur
effec
Inte
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2018
4.10 Portfolio 10
Topic and
reading
samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Su
inc
lea
Kerzner
Chapter 21.5-
21.8 & 22
Section 21.5 to section 21.8 of chapter 21st
includes the information related with capacity
planning, modelling of competencies and
effective management of various projects
together with reviewing all required meetings
for the same.
Chapter 22 provide information related with
scope change management that how it can be
planned and achieved more effectively in
order to evaluate the need of the business
organization.
The main aim of both chapters is to evaluate
the performance rate of the project and its
This particular section provides me the
information that why the scope of the
project is very much important to be
considered and the need for its effective
documentation and management.
KERZ
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Topic and
reading
samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Su
inc
lea
ability to provide quality services to the client
along with managing its future growth rate
and scope.
Way to ensure
required
number of
resources
In order to complete the project along with all
specifications and requirements asked by the
client various resources are required by the
development team so that the quality of the
project can be managed accordingly-
 The requirements of the project will
be verified.
 Need of human resources will be
verified.
 Technical requirements of the project
will be evaluated and o the basis of it,
the technical resources will be
defined.
All above mentioned resources are highly
required for the effective designing,
development and delivery of the project
towards the client. If the required number of
resources are complete then the project can
be developed within the provide time and
budget limits.
As I was working over an internship project
so this particular information helps me in
reviewing that what resources are
important to be considered and whether I
consider all of them or not.
Bred
Man
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Project team
evaluation
In order to evaluate the required project team
and the skills that must be present within
them various techniques can be used such as-
By fixing a group discussion session, it
becomes easy for the team leader to evaluate
the skills and knowledge having within each
team member together with their previous
working experience so that the work ca be
assigned to them as per their area of interest.
This particular information helps me in
defining the objective of my project over
which I was Woking during my graduation. I
come to know that how to assign
responsibilities to all the team members.
POP
Man
[onl
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onom
2018
Management of
scope
While designing any of the project, it is very
much important to define and document the
scope of the project so that the long term
objective of the project can easily be achieved
and the quality can be assured
simultaneously.
This information provides me appropriate
knowledge and information about the
importance of defining the project’s scope
before starting the designing and
developing phase of the project.
Mirz
(201
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Reasons for
happening
changes
Changes within the project can happen with
the sudden change in the project scope and
another reason can be the changing
requirements of the client in between the
As I was working over a project whose
objective and scope is getting changed
automatically after some period of time so
this particular information helps me in
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Topic and
reading
samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Su
inc
lea
project development. understanding the valid reasons for the
occurrence of the same.
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