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 compares and contrasts the advantages and disadvantages of different manual and electronic project, program, and portfolio application systems within each PPPM knowledge area over the life cycle of a project, program, or portfolio.

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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 significant significance of an undertaking program and the portfolio chief is
that the information that is put away in the handling of the table incorporates
the way that the assessment of the information by the venture supervisor helps
the fat in productive projection of the subject.
Obolensky, N.,
2017. Complex
adaptive leadership:
Embracing paradox
and uncertainty.
Routledge.
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outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
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 distinctive framework thinking instruments are as per the following:-
• 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 framework building decides the way that the train of the procedure of the
undertaking is kept up and the information that are gathered amid the
assessment of the venture administration which goes about as eth significant
reason which goes about as the preferred standpoint.
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.
Designing framework acquires the preparing of the teach in the course span of
the venture which guarantees the reality assignment that is being incorporated
into the handling of the information that incorporates the way that the
procedure of the activity is handled well and the capacity is performed
proficiently.
Khan, F. and Hashemi,
S.J., 2017. Introduction.
In Methods in Chemical
Process Safety (Vol. 1, pp.
1-36). Elsevier.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio for Week 4
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 correct choice of the undertaking administration design incorporates the
factor that the preparing of the information b the methods for the suitable
venture administration design incorporates the way that the effectiveness of the
information that is being assessed manages the reality of the handling of the
information.
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 handling helps in the better assessment of the information that will go
about as the correct assessment of the dealings and the discoveries of the
preparing. Building framework acquires the preparing of the train in the course
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.
span of the venture which guarantees the reality undertaking that is being
incorporated into the handling of the information that incorporates the way that
the procedure of the activity is prepared well and the capacity is performed
effectively.
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 real favorable position of utilizing the electronic PPM is that the information
that is gathered through the assessment of the electronic PPM is considerably
more solid from that of the manual PPM. This guarantees the way that the
information that is put away in the preparing of the electronic PPM picks up the
reality of real parade, which incorporates the factor of information
accumulation and administration.
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 handling helps in the better assessment of the information that will go
about as the correct assessment of the dealings and the discoveries of the
preparing. Designing framework gets the handling of the train in the course span
of the venture which guarantees the reality undertaking that is being
incorporated into the preparing of the information that incorporates the way
that the procedure of the activity is prepared well and the capacity is performed
proficiently.
PPMP20012 Unit Profile
PPMP20012 Moodle
Web site
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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 principle reason for utilizing the innovation of venture administration
application incorporates the way that the information that is assessed in the
handling of the information administration will order to be considerably more
effective than the information that is absent in the execution 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 empowers the factor that the information that is available in the
assessment of the information incorporates the factor of the purposing of the
assessment of the information that are required for the information
legitimization.
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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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