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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20011 Unit Portfolio for Week 9 Weekly Portfolio Learning Table Description of topics including reading samples Learning outcomes of the unit Learnings from your experience, this and prior unit reading, assignments Supporting documentation including your prior learning Week 9 Topic: Applying Project Management Standards and Frameworks. Collaborative Project Procurement Arrangements (2015) by Derek H. T. Walker and Beverly M. Lloyd Walker; There are various methods that have been defined for project’s execution, conflict resolution, management of stakeholders among others. These methods are going to be based on the guidelines specified under PMBoK, Agile Project Management, Waterfall and PRINCE2 among others. The methods for negotiation may include written contracts, one-time negotiations and stand-offs. There are various project management standards in the use today. However, not all are utilized for a project and one may choose a particular methodology as per their own convenience, project demands and use. Some of these popular methodologies includes PRINCE2 standards that means Project in Controlled Environments and PMBoK which means Project Management Body of Knowledge, Agile Project management, Waterfall method and countless others. Agile for instance provides managers with the ability to carry out projects in iterations whereas waterfall methodology is the simplistic methodology that allows for development of project in phases. Apart from this, commercial negotiations are impacted directly on the basis of which methodology is choose. For instance, Agile allows for a rapid and frequent two-way communication where the negotiations may change from time-to-time whereas on the other hand PRINCE2 and Waterfall method demands stricter form of negotiations. PPMP20011 Unit Profile PPMP20011 Moodle Web site 1of4
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20011 Unit Portfolio for Week 9 Description of topics including reading samples Learning outcomes of the unit Learnings from your experience, this and prior unit reading, assignments Supporting documentation including your prior learning Are any of the activities above relevant to your reflections for the learning outcomes on the right? Conflicts could be resolved using a variety of methods and some of them includes techniques of persuasion, arbitration, postponement, unilateral decisions and bartering among others. The conclusion given in the chapter 7 is reasonable as I includes various aspects that are associated with project management. Accordingly, I have also come across a ‘PraXitioner’ and this particular chapter also helped in explaining how to become a ‘PraXitioner’. Currently there are shortages for a good ‘PraXitioner’ in terms of commercial negotiations and in order to avoid such situations they would be provided with training in order to improve their negotiations, inter-personal skills and various other competencies. The Authors of the Walker and Walker book have covered some key aspects of project management as well as negotiations and the ideas presented by them are relatable in real-world scenarios. Also, RBF is a good framework for commercial negotiations as their approach is in line with strategic plans and policies that help the organizational point of view. Are any of the activities above relevant to your reflections for the learning outcomes on the right? The delays in the project may cause financial losses as well as may attract legal suits. Any changes to be done in planned project activities or budget or timeline of the project should be done through proper approval of all the parties involved. Ideas put forwarded in chapter 7 has helped in the understanding of various commercial project negotiations and has further aided in the development of plan and policies around successful execution. This week’s topic is related to previous week as it discusses more in-depth about project management especially about project negotiations as well as conflict resolution. Are any of the activities above relevant to your Various project management tools such as SWOT Cungu and Alfredson has also promoted use of various standardized and streamlined approach towards project related activities and negotiations. 2of4
(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20011 Unit Portfolio for Week 9 Description of topics including reading samples Learning outcomes of the unit Learnings from your experience, this and prior unit reading, assignments Supporting documentation including your prior learning reflections for the learning outcomes on the right? analysis, decision trees, Gantt charts, cause and effect diagrams as well as EVM or Earned Value Management should be used in the conflict resolution and project negotiations. 3of4
(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20011 Unit Portfolio for Week 9 References Peña-Mora F., and Tamaki T. 2001. "Effect of Delivery Systems on Collaborative Negotiations for Large -Scale Infrastructure Projects”.Journal of Management in Engineering. Vol:April 2001 pp.105-121 PMI. 2013a.A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 5thEdition. USA: Project Management Institute. Kerzner H. 2013.Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Control, 11thEdition. Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons. Anbari F.T., Giammalvo P., Jaffe P., Letavec C., and Merchant R. (Date Unknown) “The Chunnel Project”.PMI Case Studies in Project Management. http://www.pmi.org/~/media/PDF/Academic/case%20studies/Chunnel%20Project.ashxVisited …../…/… 4of4