Project Management Methodologies - Consolidated Portfolio

The consolidated portfolio presents a comprehensive understanding of project management methodologies and their importance in achieving successful project completion. The portfolio includes evidence from personal experience and reading samples, and highlights the significance of project charter, project specification, quality maintenance, and other project management tools.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT 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

1 INTRODUCTION
A project is exactly not a routine operation but it is a specific heat of operations that
are designed to reach a singular goal. A team is assigned including people who have to work
together sometimes within the same organisation oh sometimes across multiple geographies.
Therefore it is essentially important to learn how to effectively implement a team for
successfully managing an entire project. The following assignment would thus hold the
project management methodologies that have been long overcoats of 10 weeks and divided
into three separate regions of learning outcomes. The first learning outcome would explain
the reasons why organisations adopt project management methodologies with evidences. II
learning outcome would present and critically analyse the impact of project management
methodologies appoints the stakeholders of an organisation with evidences. III learning
outcome with explain and justify the major elements of a project management methodology
that might meet the needs of an organisation. With the help of these learning outcomes
achieved by learning the project management methodologies over a course of 10 weeks a
consolidated portfolio can be obtained.
2 COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
2.1 Learning Outcome 1: Explain reasons why organisations adopt Project Management
Methodologies
Summary
It is important for every organisation to adopt certain project management
methodologies in order to complete any project that is adhered to them. The first learning
outcome to deal with the reasons why an organisation adopts project management
methodologies. This would include the learning outcomes that I have achieved from the topic
and reading samples comma the personal learning outcomes from my experience and the
supporting documentation that I have received within my course. This learning outcome has
been achieved over a course of 4 weeks. The works would include all that I have learnt in this
duration of 4 weeks in a summary with proper evidence. From the reading samples that I
have gone through, I have been able to differentiate between a process and a project (Mir and
Pinnington 2014). I have learnt that every organisation needs to have an ardent project
manager who plays a significant role in maintaining and organisations performance with their
implementation of a successful project. I have come across the fact that the performance of an
organisation stands on a project manager's shoulders and how ably he can carry out the major
activities for the development process of a project. This would lead to the cooperation and
development of coordination among the other members who are involved in the project. A
project is only successful when it is completed within the given time and the proposed budget
that has been allocated for it before (Muller 2017). However it is also to be kept in mind that
this should previously be clear to the customers with all the specification about the project
and this has to be done by the project manager. It is also necessary that the project is
implemented suitably and easily with the gathered information required for the project and
knowledge been transferred to every work force involved in the project. However I have also
come across that successful implementation of any project is related to cognitive approaches
that can be used to develop the solution to complex issues. I have come across the fact that

appropriate methodologies must be used to develop a suitable Framework that can be used to
support the working standard applicable in the organisation (Pace 2017). Therefore from the
first week I have gathered extensive knowledge about the way in which project management
can be used to achieve completion of a project following all the life cycle stages necessarily
involving all the managerial staff.
In the second week of learning I have gained knowledge about how a project
management can come across different barriers. A project in come across complex problems
such as time constraints, cost constraints and realisation of benefit. This leads to my
introduction in to effective decision making in project management. The books have also
guided me and highlighted the fact that developmental process of any project management
starts from the very beginning of the project. Therefore it is essentially necessary that special
focus is given to the requirements and implementation of the selected designed and later on
appropriate verification of the design chosen for the project (Lam, O'Donnell and Robertson
2015). Therefore with the successful initiative of the manager the completion of the project
can be done very easily. The primary onus of the project manager is to maintain every
responsibility of a project right from the start to the end maintaining absolute responsibility
throughout the project with proper decision making in case of critical issues and awareness of
handling the points of failure in a project.
In the third week of my learning outcome after evaluating everything from the
chapters that I have gone through I have learnt that it is not just the responsibility of a project
manager to make a project reach its utmost success (Osei-Kyei and Chan 2017). The people
chosen with their respective skills for the project completion also have the responsibility to
complete the projects within deadline combating all the issues and being helpful throughout.
However it is also the responsibility of a project manager to choose the employees according
to their respective skills in a particular project.
Week 4 of my learning outcome makes me experience that a project manager can be
thoroughly successful by the maintenance of suitable policies and standards. This would help
a project manager in making decisions. Everybody involved in the project starting from the
stakeholders to the employees are dependent on a project manager for a thorough
communication or knowledge transfer. It could be said that the technological advancement
change can only be brought about by a project manager for the betterment of an organisation
through successful project management.
Evidence
As an evidence I can present my own experience that I have seen through my learning
outcomes. Project management is very much dependent on following of industry standards
and terms along with policies (Hornstein 2015). My own tenure in the organisation as an
intern have taught me that project management application in an organisation is very much
associated with strategy following. OPM organisational project management and
implementations of it as per my information gathered is very much associated with
leadership. This is associated with the success of an organisation. A successful project
management methodology adopted and executed leads to the success of any organisation as
per my own experience suggests.

2.2 Learning Outcome 2: Critically analyse the impact of Project Management
Methodologies upon stakeholders
Summary
Through week 5 to week 8 I have learnt the impact of project management
methodologies appoint stakeholders and now I will critically analyse it.
From the learning of week 5 I have seen that organisational project management has a
huge impact on the budget of an organisation (Murphy and Nahod 2017). The budget
prepared prior to the start of a project management is made keeping in mind the position of
the organisation and how much the clients can afford in contributing to the project
maintaining economic justification of the entire project. Every project runs on a specific
budget and it is also to be kept in mind that a client who has offered an organisation to carry
on with the project has a specific budget set in mind for the completion of it. If the
preliminary proposed budget is not justified then the clients can move on to some other
organisation asking for the quotation of the same project and if found feasible it can move on
to the next organisation (Kerzner and Kerzner 2017). This would very naturally be a
disadvantage for the previous organisation affecting its stakeholders. Therefore it is necessary
to develop the required skills using all important elements of the project methodology along
with applying the organisational knowledge in a well strategic manner so as to every aspect
of the project management satisfies the budget justification and also supports consistent
progression throughout all stages of the project.
The learning outcomes of week 6 suggest that project portfolio analysis should
depend on current state and future state determination of an organisation. Well planned
application of a project management and project methodology maintenance is also essential
in an organisation level. Proper application of the project methodology enhances the
efficiency of the entire Project Management process and also helps in the smooth
advancement of major factors of the project deliverables (Kerzner 2018). Also the existing
organisational structure is also needs to be maintained since the advancement of any project
would be based on the central factor. All associated stakeholders depend on this enabling
processes and competency management forming the integral parts of a project management.
In addition to this the work breakdown structure functional management has a specific
significance that can prevent managing project conflicts. Therefore I can clearly say that this
unit has been helpful in providing important insights regarding very important aspects of
management of project functions and how it can affect the stakeholders associated with the
organisation.
Evidence
There are evidences regarding this matter as during my internship I have gone through
these experiences that made me understand that overall success of a project depends ultimate
Lee on the entire performance of the team members. Does it is very natural that the collective
set of performance of every individual associated with the project is needed. Therefore it can
be inferred that associated stakeholders are one very important part of project management
and the roles and responsibilities of the associate stakeholders are very important aspects that
need to be considered during the execution of the overall project management system
(Kerzner 2017). As I have served as an intern before I have learnt from my personal
experience that project activities affect all the hierarchical structure of a project management

process regarding the work breakdown structure as well as the generation of project
milestone. Therefore there are proper evidences that puts forward the fact that project
management methodologies have impact not only on the organisational structure and the
clients that offer the organisations the projects they require but also every stakeholder who
are associated throughout the project management process in the organisation.
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
The learning outcomes achieved during week 9 and week 10 explain and justify the
major elements of a project management methodology that meets the needs of an
organisation. It is a general idea that a project is based on the goal that it has to achieve, the
requirements of the entire project and the cost structure or the budget required for completion
of the entire project. It goes without saying that for achieving prosperity of a project with
respect to the contemporary market various types of plans must be made to use (Gonzalez-
Aleu et al. 2018). One of the major tools that help a project to become successful is a project
charter. A project charter is nothing but a set of plans that are needed for the completion of
the project. This can be based either on operation, change management or quality
improvement (Fleming and Koppelman 2016). The project charter will help to compare the
expenditure of a project between the existing and the previous year. This is given me the
inside that every project management methodology tool has certain importance in achieving
success that would also lead to the success of the organisation.
Another project management tool that comes into the aid of a successful project is the
project specification which helps in understanding the goal of the project with respect to the
proposed budget.
Quality maintenance is a project management tool that helps the organisational authority to
bring about improvement in economic standards of the organisation as well as the project
providing updated products in reasonable cost uplifting the financial standard of the company
as well as gaining the trust of the clients. Quality movement age to control quality and the
team of the project plays an important role in this aspect.
Evidence
Although they may not be any personal experience based on project management
tools in my own life, after joining classes it is occurred to me with gradual learning that
different aspects of project management such as Cost Management, quality management and
operation management are essentially necessary for successful management of a project
(Ceptureanu et al. 2017). This learning outcome and its processes can also pose as evidences
of management tools necessary for continuous improvement of a project, in this case which is
achieving a successful learning experience.
3 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
Throughout 10 weeks of learning about project management methodologies, I have
understood the fundamental knowledge about how a successful project management is

achievable with proper project management methodologies. The learning outcomes
throughout the scores on the time span of 10 weeks explain to me how a successful project
can be managed by any project manager who has proper knowledge and specific and
appropriate skills. The first 4 weeks presents the learning outcomes explaining why
organisations need to adopt project management methodologies in order to become
successful through the projects they achieve for the clients. The next 4 weeks of the learning
outcomes presents to me how the project management methodologies impact the stakeholders
that are involved with the project and throughout the organisation. The last two weeks of the
entire learning experience presents to me the justification and explanation of major elements
of a project management methodology of the project management methodology tools that is
needed to meet the needs of an organisation. Does through the learning outcomes that I have
gained over the course of 10 weeks is sufficient for me to understand the proper utilization of
project management methodologies in order to make a project successful for any
organisation.
4 REFERENCES
Ceptureanu, E.G., Ceptureanu, S.I., Luchian, C.E. and Luchian, I., 2017.Quality Management
in Project Management Consulting.A Case Study in an International Consulting
Company. Amfiteatru Economic, 19(44), p.215.
Fleming, Q.W. and Koppelman, J.M., 2016. Earned value project management. Project
Management Institute, 65(3), pp.98-100.
Gonzalez-Aleu, F., Van Aken, E.M., Cross, J. and Glover, W.J., 2018. Continuous
improvement project within Kaizen: critical success factors in hospitals. The TQM Journal,
69(1), pp.69-100.
Hornstein, H.A., 2015. The integration of project management and organizational change
management is now a necessity. International Journal of Project Management, 33(2),
pp.291-298.
Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., 2017. Project management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
Kerzner, H., 2017. Project management metrics, KPIs, and dashboards: a guide to
measuring and monitoring project performance. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
Kerzner, H., 2018. Project management best practices: Achieving global excellence. John
Wiley & Sons.
Lam, M., O'Donnell, M. and Robertson, D., 2015. Achieving employee commitment for
continuous improvement initiatives. International Journal of Operations & Production
Management, 35(2), pp.201-215.
Mir, F.A. and Pinnington, A.H., 2014. Exploring the value of project management: linking
project management performance and project success. International journal of project
management, 32(2), pp.202-217.

Muller, R., 2017. Project governance.Routledge.
Murphy, M.E. and Nahod, M.M., 2017. Stakeholder competency in evaluating the
environmental impacts of infrastructure projects using BIM. Engineering, Construction and
Architectural Management, 24(5), pp.718-735.
Osei-Kyei, R. and Chan, A.P., 2017.Perceptions of stakeholders on the critical success factors
for operational management of public-private partnership projects. Facilities, 35(1/2), pp.21-
38.
Pace, M., 2017. Project Management Methodology's Influence on Project Success: A
Correlational Study (Doctoral dissertation, Capella University).
Papke-Shields, K.E. and Boyer-Wright, K.M., 2017. Strategic planning characteristics
applied to project management. International Journal of Project Management, 35(2), pp.169-
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Too, E.G. and Weaver, P., 2014. The management of project management: A conceptual
framework for project governance. International Journal of Project Management, 32(8),
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Walker, A. 2015. Project management in construction. John Wiley & Sons.

5 APPENDIX
5.1 Portfolio 1
Topic and
reading
samples
Your personal
learning outcomes
from this unit
Learning from your
experience
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
i) Lecture
Slides
My personal learning
 Detail
knowledge
about life cycle
of project
 Understanding
about the key
outputs in the
project along
with statement
of business
scope
 Understanding
about the
principles of
project
From the chapters and
the week’s studies I have
been able to gather
information in details
about the life cycles that
the projects goes through
and the manner in which
the process is
implemented. In
addition, i have gathered
suitable information as to
how the projects can be
completed with suitable
information regarding the
process. However, the
stages can be listed as
initiation continuing with
planning and execution
of the process with
accessing control and
then comes the closure.
In the other words, i have
also gathered detail
information regarding the
manger’s role. The
manger has a significant
role to play in regards to
the maintaining of the
organisations
performance. This helps
in the achievement of the
objectives set for the
organisation. The project
manager needs to be
effective more for the
integration of the major
activities for the
developmental process.
This leads to cooperation
and development of
coordination among the
PPMP20009 -
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
METHODOLOGIES
– Week 1, Lecture
Slides

Topic and
reading
samples
Your personal
learning outcomes
from this unit
Learning from your
experience
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
others members involved
in the project.
ii) Kerzner
Chapter 1
According to Kerzner,
the success of a project
is very much
apprehensive with the
maturity of project
concerned as well as
the successful
completion of the
project with the desired
outcome.
From the very chapter,
the information that i
have gained is that a
project can be called
successful if it can be
completed within the
given time and within the
money that had been
allocated to the project.
These are the key
concerns. On the other
hand, it is mandatory to
specify the level of
specification about the
project so that it can be
clear with the customers.
This would decide
whether the customer
would accept the project
after completion. I have
also gathered information
as the manner in which
the flow of the project
can be maintained easily.
In addition, this would
help in making easy the
implementation of the
suitable methodology for
the project.
Kerzner, H 2013,
Project Management:
A system approach
to planning,
scheduling and
controlling, John
Wiley & Sons, New
Jersey, USA
iii)Egelstaff
(2013)
Academic
assignments:
Critical
thinking and
writing
critically
Personal learning
includes
 Detail
information on
the framework
of quality that is
applicable in
Australia
 Information on
the application
I have been able to
develop my expertise in
the field of critical
writing. In addition, i
have learnt the
application of the same
in essential field. It is
associated with the
Egelstaff (2013)
Academic
assignments: Critical
thinking and writing
critically

Topic and
reading
samples
Your personal
learning outcomes
from this unit
Learning from your
experience
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
of parameters of
AQF according
to the current
situation
 Development of
critical practice
of writing
description of the type,
development of the skills
related to cognitive,
approaches that can be
used to develop the
solution to complex
issues Along with the
judging the knowledge
bodies. On the other
hand, i also have been
able to gather knowledge
on utilising the
knowledge on basic
English writing, stock of
words, writing patters
and plagiarism.
iv PMI  Information on
the
implementation
and application
of the system
of project
management in
organisation
 Identification
of the
methodologies
and effective
implementation
of the same in
suitable
associated
projects
The decisions of the
managers are essential in
the completion of the
projects successfully.
Another significant part
of the initiative is that the
completion of the project
successfully is also
dependent on the
understanding of the
application of the
PMBOK in the project.
This has to be followed
with the selection of the
appropriate
methodologies.
Therefore, it is
significant to develop a
suitable framework that
can be used to support
the working standard that
is applicable in the
organisation. In addition,
this would help in
supporting the
development of the
practitioner.

Topic and
reading
samples
Your personal
learning outcomes
from this unit
Learning from your
experience
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
5.2 Portfolio 2
Topic and
reading
samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learnings.
i) Lecture
Slides
Learning
outcome
 Concern
for project
failure
 Manageme
nt of the
multitude
of the
projects
 Knowledge
about
project
methodolo
gy
I have gained
knowledge about the
different barriers related
to project management.
In addition, the role of
the people has been
assessed very well. The
identified constraints are
time, cost and
realisation of benefit.
All the factors are
interlinked to the
complex situation,
whichis also related with
poor morale, humanity,
commitment of
employees along with
functional promise and
production. Decisions of
project multitude
management put stains
on initial objectives
reducing the constraints
of decision-making.
PPMP20009 -
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
METHODOLOGIE
S – Week 2,
Lecture Slides
ii) Kerzner
Chapter 2,
& 21;
Kerzner
highlighted that
the application of
the project
management can
be directly linked
with the modern
development
application
The
contemporaryorganizati
on of the planis
connected with
development of policy,
guideline managing, and
generation of industry
based template and
methodology
application. The
different tire projects are
Kerzner, H 2013,
Project
Management: A
system approach to
planning,
scheduling and
controlling, John
Wiley & Sons, New
Jersey, USA.

Topic and
reading
samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learnings.
done with the help for
different methodologies.
Enterprise project
management
methodologiesare used
to deal with complex
issues of organisations.
As learning from the
chapters, I have learnt
the maturity model of
project for the better
development.
iii) Project
Managemen
t Journal
Vol. 42, No.
5, 4-16
Personal Learnings
 Knowledge about
project
management
evolution
 Knowledge about
different
methodologies
regarding the
different phases
 Project
management
implication
I have been able to
collect information and
enrich my knowledge
with the developmental
process of project
management right from
the very beginning.
However, the significant
part is that the
development of the
entire project is very
much focused on the
requirements and
suitable implementation
of the selected design
and later on appropriate
verification.
Walker D., Dart C.
J. (2011)
Frontinus--A
Project
Manager From the
Roman Empire Era
iv Tutorial  Concern for
successful
accomplishment of
the projects
 Approaches to
different project
management
 Issues regarding
project
management
With the successful
initiative of the
manager, the completion
of the project can be
done very easily.
Therefore, the role is
significant. The manger
has to evaluate the
functional roles and
monitor the decisions
that are taken so that the
project can be

Topic and
reading
samples.
Your personal learning
outcomes from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learnings.
completed within time.
From the study and the
week’s learning, I real
life examples have
provided enough
insight.Project managers
have responsibilities to
ensure that the critical
think is applied to
project in solving the
issues of the procedures.
Therefore, there is a
requirement of
monitoring the project
right from the beginning
so that itcan be
completed within the
time.
5.3 Portfolio 3
Topic and
reading
samples.
Your personal
learning outcomes
from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learnings.
i) Lecture
Slides
Learnings include:
 Requireme
nt of
project
managemen
t
 Concerns
related to
staff
 Managerial
selection
Development of the project is
very much dependent on the
people responsible for the
developments. The project team
leaders and the concerned leaders
are the significant ones who are
responsible for the effective
management of the project and
completion of it within the time.
Therefore, there is great
significance as to selection of the
suitable team members and the
leaders.
The employees staffed for the
projectmust have the
understanding of the problems
and the performance required.
The employees have to be
PPMP20009 -
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
METHODOLOGI
ES – Week 3,
Lecture Slides

Topic and
reading
samples.
Your personal
learning outcomes
from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learnings.
technically sound to make expert
decisions in regards to the
projects. On the other hand, the
execution of the project in a
systematic manner must be the
forte of the selected manager.
ii) Kerzner
Chapter 4,
& 8;
 According
to Kerzner,
mistakes in
project
managemen
t
arecommitt
ed due to
inexperienc
ed
managers.
The project manager must abide
by the responsibilities and the
code of ethics, which are
concentrated on the four basic
like that of responsibility,
respect, fairness along with
honesty.The manger’s
performance adversely has to be
abided by all the rules and the
regulations.The project team
members have to be selected in a
proper way so that the project
can be completed within time and
according to the need of the
customer.
Kerzner, H 2013,
Project
Management: A
system approach
to planning,
scheduling and
controlling, John
Wiley & Sons,
New Jersey, USA.
iii)
Bredillet C.
N. (2010)
Blowing
Hot and
Cold on
Project
Manageme
nt.
My learning
 Value can
also be
generated
through
successful
completion
of project
 Project
managemen
t is driven
by certain
forces
Detail value has been gathered
from the chapters on the
progression based on value of the
selected project. The services
have to be value based which
would help in the development of
the project. This value has to be
done by the mangers.
The project manager has to be
acting like a guide to the team
members and provide them
motivation for the successful
completion of the project. I have
realised that the role of the
project management is essential
in selection of suitable program.
Proper approach has to be
selected based on the information
that has been gathered for the
completion of the project.
Bredillet C. N.
(2010) Blowing
Hot and Cold on
ProjectManageme
nt

Topic and
reading
samples.
Your personal
learning outcomes
from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learnings.
iv Tutorial  Initiation of
project
managemen
t
 Developme
nt in
program
and systems
 Methodolo
gies
required
due to
project
managemen
t
During my working tenure in the
organization I have witnessed the
requirement of system and
program in a project otherwise it
will lead towards failure of the
project.
The learning from the project
outcome has resulted in the
understanding of project
methodology application. It is
beneficial for ensuring the
personal life application to
experience improvement.
5.4 Portfolio 4
Topic
and
reading
samples.
Your personal
learning outcomes
from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learnings.
i)
Lecture
Slides
Learnings include:
 Knowledge
about OPM
 Advantage of
OPM
 OPM
implementation
My tenure in the organisation
as an intern have taught me
that project management
application in an organisation
is very much associated with
strategy following. The
execution is necessary in case
of enhanced cost control,
comparative advantage,
delivery performance,
improvement in
communication and strategy
alignment. OPM
implementation as per my
information gathered is very
much associated with
leadership. This helps in
success of the OPM. I have
understood that OPM can be
relied on for improving the
PPMP20009 -
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
METHODOLOGIES
– Week 4, Lecture
Slides

Topic
and
reading
samples.
Your personal
learning outcomes
from thisunit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learnings.
core strategy procedures.
ii)
Kerzner
Chapter
9, 11.34;
Kerzner highlights
that, the project
management is very
much dependent on
following of industry
standards and terms
along with policies
My internship has taught me
that it is essential to maintain
professional standard which
helps in synchronizing with
the specific requirements of
the project. It is the duty of the
managers to follow the
requirement specifically and
contribute to the proper
management of the operation.
The competencies required are
credibility, visibility,
accessibility and priority. The
manager should implement all
the required parameters which
is associated with the
organisational need of the
parent organisation.
Kerzner, H 2013,
Project Management:
A system approach
to planning,
scheduling and
controlling, John
Wiley & Sons, New
Jersey, USA.
iii
Tutorial
 Knowledge on
project
manager
potential
 Change in
approaches of
project
management
 Efficiency in
project
management
From the experience
gathered in have
clearly understood that
managers decision
making is such a
capability that helps in
enhancements of the
project and completion
of it within time. Also
suitable enhancements
could help in reducing
the cost involved in the
project. Technological
aid can be a drastic
help to the project
managers in case of
decision making for the
improvement of the
project. This could
help in improving the
operational efficiency
along with decision
making. Nevertheless I
have also learned that
monitoring and

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reporting and again
monitoring is
associated with step by
step progression of the
project.

5.5 Portfolio 5
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i) Lecture
Slides
Learning include:
 Critical
success factor
for project
management
 Development
of project
blueprint
 Project
feasibility in
terms of cost
involvement
From the current weak
learning, I have
identified the
interconnection of the
entire process of project
implementation with
effective consideration
of all the critical success
factors, understanding of
the OPM business case
and feasibility
determination. While
working in the
organization, I have
gathered knowledge
about the importance of
development of a project
blueprint, which is very
important for guiding
the overall courses of
the project. Apart from
this, a project blue print
will act as guiding road
map of the project. The
financial feasibility of
the project in terms of
the cost involvement is
also essential to be
considered by the
project management
authority (Papke-Shields
and Boyer-Wright,
2017). Therefore,
judging the project
feasibility will help in
having detail perception
of economic justification
of entire project.
PPMP20009 -
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
METHODOLOGIES
– Week 5, Lecture
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ii) Kerzner
Chapter 9,
11.34
Kerzner highlights
that, project success is
concerned with the
best practices that can
be applied in terms of
The knowledge gathered
by me from the learning
courses has helped me in
understanding the
importance of proper
Kerzner, H 2013,
Project Management:
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to planning,
scheduling and

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maintaining the
sustainable
progression from the
beginning
maintenance of the
sustainable progression
of different best
practices that will be
best suited to the overall
operations in project
management. During my
organization internship,
I found that maintenance
of a clear vision is
integral part of the
project implementation,
which the project
manager is responsible
for taking care of. For a
project to be continued
with the successful
progression along with
maintaining the
sustainability in all its
steps and phases, it is of
urgent importance to
adopt and implement all
the best practices that
will be helpful in
generating the best
possible outcome of the
project (Kerzner and
Kerzner, 2017).
controlling, John
Wiley & Sons, New
Jersey, USA.
iii)PMI
Implementing
Organizational
PM Preface &
Chapter 1
Learning include:
 Important
elements of
project
methodology
 Organizational
knowledge
application
 Use of tools
With the help of my
learning experiences I
have gathered
knowledge for
developing my skills for
using all important
elements of the project
methodology along with
applying the
organizational
knowledge in well-
strategic ways. As the
most important elements
of project methodology,
the aspects of planning,
time scheduling, scopes,
PMI Implementing
Organizational PM
Preface & Chapter 1

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templates and
resources
requirements, cost &
resources and logistics
are very important to
take into effective
consideration along with
proper maintenance of
the risk and ethics
related aspects. With
proper application of all
these essential elements
it will also be possible to
make successful
application of
organizational
knowledge. In addition
to these, I also have
gathered knowledge
regarding importance of
applying tools and
templates for consistent
progression of the all the
stages of projects.
iv Tutorial  WBS element
arrangement
 Project
schedule
development
 Development
of project
milestones
Being an intern, I have
learnt from my personal
experience that Work
Breakdown Structure or
WBS is important for
being used in organizing
the project activities in
sound hierarchal
structure, which will
help to keep an effective
overview of entire
project works. This is
closely connected to the
development of project
scheduling. With this
regard, as I have
understood, generation
of the project mile stone
is another highly
significant requirement
of the project
management and the
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project mile stones are
collectively useful in
better encouraging the
project priorities
scheduling.
5.6 Portfolio 6
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i) Lecture Slides Learning include:
 Implementation
of the
organizational
PM
 Current state and
future state
determination
 Project portfolio
analysis
 PRINCE 2
application
As per the experience that I
have gathered, overall
success of a project work
solely depends on proper
and well-planned
implementation as well as
maintenance of a highly
organised project
management authority.
Implementing of such an
organised project
management demands
proper discussion and
analysis of project
implementation plans.
From my experience as an
intern I have understood
that determination of the
current as well as future
states in a project is very
important for consideration
of the overall scopes of the
project. In addition to this,
proper skills and efficiency
of analysing the project
portfolio is a very
important step in case of
leading a project to entire
success and this will help in
effective evaluation &
analysis, prioritization and
proper set selection in
project, which are the best
PPMP20009 -
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
METHODOLOGIES
– Week 6, Lecture
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supportive elements for a
project work (Kerzner,
2018). Application of
PRINCE 2 is highly
essential for proper
delivery of business
projects. All these are
linked to determination of
future state and time of the
project.
ii)
KerznerChapter
1.14-1.16, & 3
Kerzner highlights that,
the project management
application is associated
with the maintenance of
the methodologies in the
organizational level
As I have found from my
learning courses, there is an
integral connectivity
between well-planned
application of project
management and project
methodology maintenance
in an organizational level.
These are closely linked
and rather inseparable parts
of managing all the phases
of the project along with
determining the roles and
responsibilities of the
project members in each
phase. I have found that
with developing
complexity of projects, it
becomes important to
conduct a proper
application of the project
methodology systems for
enhancing the efficiency of
overall project management
process as it helps in
smooth advancement of
major factors of project
deliverables (Osei-Kyei
and Chan, 2017). Hence,
according to the knowledge
gathered by me,
maintenance of project
methodology is very
Kerzner, H 2013,
Project Management:
A system approach
to planning,
scheduling and
controlling, John
Wiley & Sons, New
Jersey, USA.

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important.
iii)Project
Management
Journal
Volume 44 No 1,
pages 17-34 for
the article by
BesnerC. &
Hobbs B.
(2012)
Contextualized
Project
Management
Practice: A
Cluster Analysis
of
Practices and
Best Practices
Learning include:
 Project
contextualization
 Understanding
the project
aspects
 Cluster analysis
of a project
During my internship, I
noticed that the project
managers are aimed at
developing their efficiency
in project contextualisation
mainly based on
conduction of large-scale
survey of the related
aspects. Proper planning
and implementation of the
project contextualisation is
advantageous for providing
a better perception of the
project management related
practices along with
examining all the variations
in those practices. As one
of the most important part
of successful
accomplishments of a
project work, a wide range
of areas regarding
techniques and tools are
encompassed by the
context of project
contextualisation and thus,
it helps in better
understanding all the
important aspects of project
functions. I also have
noticed the project
management to take
additional efforts in
performing cluster analysis
of a project and have
understood that cluster
analysis, being a statistical
technique, assists in
focusing on specific
observations regarding
various essential project
areas(Osei-Kyei and Chan,
Project Management
Journal
Volume 44 No 1,
pages 17-34 for the
article by Besner C.
& Hobbs B.
(2012)
Contextualized
Project Management
Practice: A Cluster
Analysis of
Practices and Best
Practices

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2017.
iv Tutorial  Classification of
the projects
 Project manager
role in the
organization
 Project and non-
project driven
organizations
 Organizational
structural impact
This unit has helped me in
gaining knowledge on
importance of project
classification along with
roles and responsibilities of
project managers in
clarifying such
classifications. In case of
non-project and project
driven organizations, the
different project centric
interests are needed to be
properly identified. The
existing organizational
structure is an influential
factor in this case, which
the project managers are
responsible for considering.
5.7 Portfolio 7
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i) Lecture
Slides
Learning include:
 Core enabling
process
 Implementation
of
organizational
PM
 Competency
management
From learning outcomes
various important things
concerning importance and
values of project management
have been achieved by me,
which have helped me
continuation of my work in
proper ways. The core enabled
system in the operations of
project management has
helped me in successfully
carrying out all the project
related operations of the
organization. While
implementing project
management, I have found that
PPMP20009 -
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
METHODOLOGIES
– Week 7, Lecture
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it is very important for the
management of the company
to be utmost sincere and
careful of every detail step of
project management. The
skills and efficiency of the
management in case of
providing valuable guides to
the projects can be more
enhanced with the help of
active collaboration of all
team members involved in
perspectives of project
management (Muller, 2017).
Every detail step and phase of
project management is
required to be managed with
high competency. Thus, the
management authority
requires sufficient
understanding of project
perspectives through helpful
attributes of managing
projects.
ii) Kerzner
Chapter 1.8-
1.10, &10 &
11.25
 Kerzner
highlights that,
the project
management is
based on the
proper enabling
of the core
ideas and the
competency
management
As I have learnt, the high level
efficiency and well-strategic
capabilities of project
management assist them in
carrying out all the operational
procedures according to the
requirements of the company.
In addition to this, the
concerns of the project
managers regarding proper
enabling of the core ideas act
like influential positive
indicators along with
providing helps to the
managers in case of working
as per needs of the
organization. Therefore,
concentrating on the
generation of core ideas are of
Kerzner, H 2013,
Project Management:
A system approach
to planning,
scheduling and
controlling, John
Wiley & Sons, New
Jersey, USA.

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the core competencies that the
project managers are required
to possess essentially (Murphy
and Nahod, 2017). The core
competency of successful
project management is in most
of the part based on active
collaboration between all the
members of the project team.
Therefore, the focused process
of communication acts as
motivators among all those
team members in the project.
The project management is in
various ways responsible for
dealing with all the
development initiatives of the
in the organization. This is one
of the most important factors
that these initiatives have
positive impacts on overall
development process of the
organization.
iii) PMI
Implementing
Organizational
PM Chapter 3
Learning include:
 Value
generation
through the
project
 Project
management
driving forces
As I have learnt, value
creation is one of the most
significant part of entire
project management and this
is also a fundamental driving
force behind the project
management process. The
aspects of desired value, core
purposes and benefits and the
outcomes and outputs are
some of the scopes of value
creation in project(Murphy
and Nahod, 2017. Effective
planning, implementation and
maintenance of functional
competency are the main
driving force of project
management, which are the
responsible factors to lead
project managers in bringing
PMI Implementing
Organizational PM
Chapter 3

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ultimate success of the project.
iv Tutorial  Project
management
associated
stakeholders
 System and
program
development
and execution
 Need of
program
manager
responsibility
During my internship I have
understood that associated
stakeholders are one very
important part of project
management. In the areas of
development and execution of
a highly effective project
system the roles and
responsibility of the associate
stakeholders are very
important aspects to be
considered. Developing and
execution of the overall
project management system is
also the responsibility of the
managers.
5.8 Portfolio 8
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i) Lecture
Slides
Learning include:
 Core
enabling
process
 Change
ability in
project
 Change
management
As I have pointed out, the
execution and maintenance of
all the core processes of the
project is one fundamental
requirement of project
management and these core
processes are identifying and
meeting all stakeholders,
setting as well as prioritising
project goals, defining all
deliverables and creation of the
project scheduling (Ceptureanu
et al., 2017). Proper identifying
of the related issues and the
aspects of risk management are
also the part of core enabling
processes. Apart from these,
changing in the capabilities of
PPMP20009 -
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
METHODOLOGIES
– Week 8, Lecture
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maintenance of various stages
and steps of the projects
accompanied by the change
management process
implementation are important
factors in project management.
ii)
Kerzner
Chapter
11.0-11.8
Kerzner highlights
that, the project
management
dependency on the
associated
managing ability of
the involved
personnel
During my internship I have
experienced that overall
success of the project is mainly
dependent on ultimate
performance of team members
and therefore, the overall
performance of a project can be
termed as the collective set of
the performance of all
individuals associated with the
project (Pace, 2017). This
consideration makes it clear
that the project manager is
responsible for providing a
well-planned and highly
effective guidance to all the
involved personnel in case of
the overall project work.
Therefore, the entire work of
the project management solely
depends on associated
managing ability of the
involved personnel. In this
ways, the entire area of project
management is dependent on
managing ability of project
management.
Kerzner, H 2013,
Project Management:
A system approach
to planning,
scheduling and
controlling, John
Wiley & Sons, New
Jersey, USA.
iii. PMI
Managing
Change
Preface,
Chapter
4;
Learning include
 Management
aspects of
the projects
 Key
decisions
The present learning unit has
helped me in understanding that
management aspects of projects
are highly important to take
into effective considerations,
which essentially involve the
aspects of appraisal,
preparation, execution,
evaluation along with winding
up all the detail steps in a
project. For management of all
PMI Managing
Change Preface,
Chapter 4

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those very important project
aspects, the responsibility of
making all the important key
decisions is on the project
managers. The criteria of the
key decisions include planning,
selection, deciding, monitoring
and controlling all related
aspects. The tasks of successful
project management necessary
involve all the above mentioned
managerial aspects of the
project management. The
ability of adoption of time
specific key decisions is
another very important ability
with this regard.
iv
Tutorial
 WBS
functional
managers
 Project cycle
conflicts
 Division
phased and
department-
phase
I have achieved valuable
knowledge on importance
of analysing and applying
the Work Breakdown
Structure in the wide areas
of project management.
This specialised
hierarchical structure helps
in logically dividing all
activities as well as sub-
activities that are in a
project system. Valuable
comparison can be done
between the important
operations done and what
are left to be done. Thus,
WBS structure helps in
deciding the most important
steps to be taken in future
works, which also assists in
managing conflicts of
project life cycle, involving
the concepts of defining,
implementation as well as
handover and closeout
(Pace, 2017). Managing
project functions in
department-phase and
division-phase are valuable

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parts of managing projects.
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i) Lecture
Slides
As mentioned by, a
project is developed
based on its goal,
requirements and cost
structure. Hence, in
time of planning, it is
necessary to provide
detailed information
related to goal and
cost of project for
achieving prosperity in
market. Various types
of plan are there,
which are-
 Operational
plan
 Change
management
plan
 Quality
improvement
plan
The above-mentioned
plans help to
development in quality
of project, which earns
success in
contemporary market.
As suggested by
Fleming and
Koppelman (2016),
project charter is
basically a tool, which
helps to compare
expenditure of venture
In time of developing it, I have
tried to forecast the expenditure
of venture and present cost of
project’s ingredients. In context
of my personal plan, I have
tried to collect opinion of my
team members and choose the
most appropriate one for
getting fruitful outcome. I
observe performance of
employees for completing it
within deadline.
PPMP20009 -
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MANAGEMENT
METHODOLOGIES
– Week 9, Lecture
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between present and
previous year.
ii) Kerzner
Chapter 11.9-
11.14, 11.22-
11.29
Project specification is
an important part,
which assists to
understand its goal as
well as budget.
Therefore, I have
focused on the budget
and requirement of
project for developing
its specification.
According to Kerzner
and Kerzner (2017),
work breakdown
structure (WBS)
provides detail
information of project.
Hence, I try to
measure efficiency of
members related to
project specification
and based on skill of
team members, I
develop the structure
of work breakdown.
There are many
problems related to
decomposition of
WBS, which are-
1. Lack of proper
summarization
of project
2. Lack of proper
planning
Due to having enough
experience in genre of project
management, senior executive
has planned about the
completion project. Moreover,
Hornstein (2015) stated that
senior manager is able to
manage cost or expenditure of
project in a proper manner. It is
quite natural incidents that
senior executives play
important role as they can
easily find out solution for
critical aspects in project.

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iii)PMI
Implementing
Organizational
PM Preface &
Chapter 5
iv Tutorial SOW is the main focus of
project, based on which, entire
project is completed and
configuration management is
way of analyzing the structure
of project. Statement of work
assists to understand main
requirement of project like
good quality or costs and
project management authority
develop their plan based on it.
It is known to all that an
appropriate method is able to
earn positive result as in this
context, plans are executed
maintain method. Therefore, it
can be deduced that a project
can be completed in an efficient
way if the authority is able to
maintain proper methodology
like PMBOK or Prince2.
Methodology of project
management can enhance
planning of project effectively
5.10 Portfolio 10
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 Quality can be considered as an
attribute, due to which, organizational
authority is able to bring improvement
in their economic standard. It has been
found that if authority of enterprise
provides updated products with
PPMP20009 -
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MANAGEMENT
METHODOLOGIES
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reasonable cost, it can uplift financial
standard of company. , customers
prefer to use trendy products and they
like to use service of venture, which is
able to meet above-mentioned
requirement. Hence, continuous
improvement of products is a part of
continuous improvement as well as it
helps the venture to achieve reputation
in contemporary merchandise market
Slides
ii)
KerznerCha
In a project, organizational authority
has tried to develop their product
quality for holding their position in
market. As per my experience,
continuous improvement is a way,
through which, organizations are able
to develop their product or service as
per needs of customers. As
commented by Kerzner (2017), many a
times, it is seen that customers do not
feel satisfied using venture’s product.
In this context, authority has gathered
review of consumers and makes
changes accordingly. It can be stated
as continuous improvement
iii)Project
Management
Journal
Volume
 Quality movement aids to control
quality and team of TQC has played an
important role in this aspects. In the
previous days, as per viewpoint of Too
and Weaver (2014), venture authority
produced products directly without any
background research. Therefore,
customers liked it, however, at present;
customers want to receive modern
products, which can be provided by
venture only after introducing concept
of continuous improvement.
Therefore, quality movement leaves an
effect on the management procedure of
project

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iv Tutorial  In my own life, I do not have any kind
of knowledge based on project
management and continuous
improvement. After joining class, I
have gradually started to learn about
the different aspects of project
management like cost management,
quality management and operation
management. Thus, at present, I am
able to provide clear conception on
project management. This incident
clearly shows my improvement from
previous days to present days. As I
have developed knowledge in project
management area, it can be mentioned
as continuous improvement.
5.11 Supporting documents