How Systems Engineering Concepts Help Project Managers Organize Projects

This unit portfolio discusses the relevance of systems thinking, different systems thinking tools, and the importance of appropriate selection of project management application systems. It also explains how systems engineering concepts and methodologies can help project managers organize projects efficiently and compares the advantages and disadvantages of different manual and electronic project, program, and portfolio application systems.

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Week 4: Describe how systems engineering concepts and methodologies can help a project manager
organise a project.
Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Approach
Applied to
Engineered
Systems';
 Part 5: Enabling
Systems
Engineering;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 1.21;
2.16-2.18; 17.18;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 6.1-6.2;
 Al-Mamary Y.H.,
Shamsuddin A,
&Aziati N., (2013)
"The Impact of
Management
Information
Systems Adoption
in Managerial
Decision Making:
1. Explain the
relevance of
systems thinking to
the project,
program and
portfolio manager.
The major importance of a project program and the portfolio manager is that
the data that is stored in the processing of the table includes the fact that the
evaluation of the data by the project manager helps the fat in efficient
projection of the topic.
Obolensky, N.,
2017. Complex
adaptive leadership:
Embracing paradox
and uncertainty.
Routledge.
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outcomes of the
unit
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prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
A Review"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 Portfolio
Management;
 Movie: Enterprise
Project Portfolio
Management
(EPPM).
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Approach
Applied to
Engineered
Systems';
 Part 5: Enabling
Systems
Engineering;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 1.21;
2.16-2.18; 17.18;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 6.1-6.2;
 Al-Mamary Y.H.,
Shamsuddin A,
&Aziati N., (2013)
"The Impact of
2. Identify different
systems thinking
tools and
techniques to aid
project managers
solve project
problems.
The different system thinking tools are sa follows:-
 18 Words
 Affinity Diagram
 Conceptual Model
 Context Diagram
 Decision Matrix
 Functional Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
 Function Means Analysis
 Functional Modeling
Khan, F. and Hashemi,
S.J., 2017.
Introduction.
In Methods in
Chemical Process
Safety (Vol. 1, pp. 1-
36). Elsevier.
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Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
Management
Information
Systems Adoption
in Managerial
Decision Making:
A Review"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 Portfolio
Management;
 Movie: Enterprise
Project Portfolio
Management
(EPPM).
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Approach
Applied to
Engineered
Systems';
 Part 5: Enabling
Systems
Engineering;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 1.21;
2.16-2.18; 17.18;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
3. Assess the
relevance of
systems
engineering to
project cases.
The system engineering determines the fact that the discipline of the
proceeding of the project is maintained and the data that are collected during
the evaluation of the project management which acts as eth major reason
which acts as the advantage.
Obolensky, N.,
2017. Complex
adaptive leadership:
Embracing paradox
and uncertainty.
Routledge.
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Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
Chapter 6.1-6.2;
 Al-Mamary Y.H.,
Shamsuddin A,
&Aziati N., (2013)
"The Impact of
Management
Information
Systems Adoption
in Managerial
Decision Making:
A Review"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 Portfolio
Management;
 Movie: Enterprise
Project Portfolio
Management
(EPPM).
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Approach
Applied to
Engineered
Systems';
 Part 5: Enabling
Systems
Engineering;
4. Describe how
systems
engineering
concepts and
methodologies can
help a project,
program and
portfolio managers
organise a project.
Engineering system helps to bring in the processing of the discipline in the
course duration of the project which ensures the fact task that is being included
in the processing of the data that includes the fact that the proceeding of the
job is processed well and the function is performed efficiently.
Khan, F. and Hashemi,
S.J., 2017. Introduction.
In Methods in Chemical
Process Safety (Vol. 1, pp.
1-36). Elsevier.
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Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 1.21;
2.16-2.18; 17.18;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 6.1-6.2;
 Al-Mamary Y.H.,
Shamsuddin A,
&Aziati N., (2013)
"The Impact of
Management
Information
Systems Adoption
in Managerial
Decision Making:
A Review"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 Portfolio
Management;
 Movie: Enterprise
Project Portfolio
Management
(EPPM).
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Approach
Applied to
5. Explain the
importance of
appropriate
selection of project
management (PM)
application systems
in regards to
meeting the
The proper selection of the project management plan includes the factor that
the processing of the data b the means of the appropriate project management
plan includes the fact that the efficiency of the data that is being evaluated deals
with the fact of the processing of the data.
PPMP20012 Unit Profile
PPMP20012 Moodle
Obolensky, N.,
2017. Complex
adaptive leadership:
Embracing paradox
and uncertainty.
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Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
Engineered
Systems';
 Part 5: Enabling
Systems
Engineering;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 1.21;
2.16-2.18; 17.18;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 6.1-6.2;
 Al-Mamary Y.H.,
Shamsuddin A,
&Aziati N., (2013)
"The Impact of
Management
Information
Systems Adoption
in Managerial
Decision Making:
A Review"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 Portfolio
Management;
 Movie: Enterprise
Project Portfolio
Management
(EPPM).
internal and
external objectives
of a project.
Routledge.
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
6. Describe how the
use of project
management (PM)
The processing helps in the better evaluation of the data that will act as the
proper evaluation of the dealings and the findings of the processing. Engineering
system helps to bring in the processing of the discipline in the course duration of
Khan, F. and Hashemi,
S.J., 2017. Introduction.
In Methods in Chemical
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Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Approach
Applied to
Engineered
Systems';
 Part 5: Enabling
Systems
Engineering;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 1.21;
2.16-2.18; 17.18;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 6.1-6.2;
 Al-Mamary Y.H.,
Shamsuddin A,
&Aziati N., (2013)
"The Impact of
Management
Information
Systems Adoption
in Managerial
Decision Making:
A Review"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 Portfolio
Management;
 Movie: Enterprise
Project Portfolio
application systems
can lead to
effective PM
knowledge
management and
decision making.
the project which ensures the fact task that is being included in the processing
of the data that includes the fact that the proceeding of the job is processed
well and the function is performed efficiently.
Process Safety (Vol. 1, pp.
1-36). Elsevier.
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Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
Management
(EPPM).
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Approach
Applied to
Engineered
Systems';
 Part 5: Enabling
Systems
Engineering;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 1.21;
2.16-2.18; 17.18;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 6.1-6.2;
 Al-Mamary Y.H.,
Shamsuddin A,
&Aziati N., (2013)
"The Impact of
Management
Information
Systems Adoption
in Managerial
Decision Making:
A Review"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
7. Compare and
contrast the
advantages and
disadvantages of
different manual
and electronic
project, program
and portfolio
(PPPM) application
systems within
each PPPM
knowledge area
over the life cycle
of a project,
program or
portfolio.
The major advantage of using the electronic PPM is that the data that is
collected through the evaluation of the electronic PPM is much more reliable
from that of the manual PPM. This ensures the fact that the data that is stored
in the processing of the electronic PPM gains the fact of major procession, which
includes the factor of data collection and management.
Krumholz, H.M., 2014.
Big data and new
knowledge in
medicine: the thinking,
training, and tools
needed for a learning
health system. Health
Affairs, 33(7), pp.1163-
1170.
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Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
21504:2016
 Portfolio
Management;
 Movie: Enterprise
Project Portfolio
Management
(EPPM).
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Approach
Applied to
Engineered
Systems';
 Part 5: Enabling
Systems
Engineering;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 1.21;
2.16-2.18; 17.18;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 6.1-6.2;
 Al-Mamary Y.H.,
Shamsuddin A,
&Aziati N., (2013)
"The Impact of
Management
Information
Systems Adoption
8. Identify how
project, program
and portfolio
(PPPM) application
systems can assist
project managers
to monitor
performance and
manage changes
within a project.
The processing helps in the better evaluation of the data that will act as the
proper evaluation of the dealings and the findings of the processing. Engineering
system helps to bring in the processing of the discipline in the course duration of
the project which ensures the fact task that is being included in the processing
of the data that includes the fact that the proceeding of the job is processed
well and the function is performed efficiently.
PPMP20012 Unit Profile
PPMP20012 Moodle
Web site
Have you any insights
you can add from other
units you have studies or
readings you’ve made?
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Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
in Managerial
Decision Making:
A Review"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 Portfolio
Management;
 Movie: Enterprise
Project Portfolio
Management
(EPPM).
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Approach
Applied to
Engineered
Systems';
 Part 5: Enabling
Systems
Engineering;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 1.21;
2.16-2.18; 17.18;
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 6.1-6.2;
 Al-Mamary Y.H.,
Shamsuddin A,
9. Propose
appropriate
project, program
and portfolio
(PPPM) application
systems to support
successful project,
program and
portfolio execution
in different industry
domains.
The main purpose of using the technology of project management application
includes the fact that the data that is evaluated in the processing of the data
management will enact to be much more efficient than the data that is not
present in the performance of the PPM
Krumholz, H.M., 2014.
Big data and new
knowledge in
medicine: the thinking,
training, and tools
needed for a learning
health system. Health
Affairs, 33(7), pp.1163-
1170.
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Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
&Aziati N., (2013)
"The Impact of
Management
Information
Systems Adoption
in Managerial
Decision Making:
A Review"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 Portfolio
Management;
 Movie: Enterprise
Project Portfolio
Management
(EPPM).
Mandatory Readings
 SEBoK Part 2:
Foundations of
Systems
Engineering -
'Knowledge Area:
Systems Approach
Applied to
Engineered
Systems';
 Part 5: Enabling
Systems
Engineering;
 Kerzner (2013)
Chapters 1.21;
2.16-2.18; 17.18;
10. Discuss
contemporary
developments in
the use of project,
program and
portfolio (PPPM)
application
systems.
This enables the factor that the data that is present in the evaluation of the data
includes the factor of the purposing of the evaluation of the data that are
required for the data justification.
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Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
 AS/NZS
15288:2015
Chapter 6.1-6.2;
 Al-Mamary Y.H.,
Shamsuddin A,
&Aziati N., (2013)
"The Impact of
Management
Information
Systems Adoption
in Managerial
Decision Making:
A Review"
Optional Readings
 AS ISO
21504:2016
 Portfolio
Management;
 Movie: Enterprise
Project Portfolio
Management
(EPPM).
References
Obolensky, N., 2017. Complex adaptive leadership: Embracing paradox and uncertainty. Routledge.
Khan, F. and Hashemi, S.J., 2017. Introduction. In Methods in Chemical Process Safety (Vol. 1, pp. 1-36). Elsevier.
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Obolensky, N., 2017. Complex adaptive leadership: Embracing paradox and uncertainty. Routledge.
Remington, K. and Pollack, J., 2016. Tools for complex projects. Routledge.
Krumholz, H.M., 2014. Big data and new knowledge in medicine: the thinking, training, and tools needed for a learning health system. Health Affairs, 33(7),
pp.1163-1170.
Herrmann, N. and Herrmann-Nehdi, A., 2015. The Whole Brain Business Book: Unlocking the Power of Whole Brain Thinking in Organizations, Teams, and
Individuals. McGraw Hill Professional.
Keyte, B. and Locher, D.A., 2016. The complete lean enterprise: Value stream mapping for administrative and office processes. Productivity Press.
Goetsch, D.L. and Davis, S.B., 2014. Quality management for organizational excellence. Upper Saddle River, NJ: pearson.
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