PPMP20009 Course Portfolio: Week Reflection on Continuous Improvement

This report is a student's portfolio for the PPMP20009 course, focusing on continuous improvement in project management. The portfolio includes weekly learning tables with topic summaries, personal learning outcomes, and reflections on practical experiences. It covers key concepts such as developing project specifications, work breakdown structures (WBS), the role of senior management, different types of project plans (strategic, operational, tactical, and contingency), project charters, and the Statement of Work (SOW). The report also addresses configuration management and the use of project management methodologies. The student reflects on the importance of these concepts and provides insights from personal experiences, supported by references to relevant journals and standards such as the International Journal of Project Management, Project Management Journal, and SAI Global resources. The portfolio highlights the practical application of project management principles and the benefits of continuous improvement for successful project outcomes.

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Continuous Improvement
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note
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Table of Contents
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Portfolio Reflection........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
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Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this course.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
How do you
develop
specifications in a
project?
 The estimation of cost incurred and
time taken are essential to develop
project specifications.
From my experience, I have seen that the
specifications of a project must be
developed centred on the time required to
complete the project and the cost incurred.
Khodakarami, V., & Abdi, A. (2014). Project cost
risk analysis: A Bayesian networks approach for
modeling dependencies between cost
items. International Journal of Project
Management, 32(7), 1233-1245.
Describe the steps
in developing a
Work Breakdown
Structure
 The stages attained after a work
breakdown structure must have a
detailed description.
I used the structure to analyse high priority
tasks and then further subdivided those
tasks into simpler tasks to make each step
less complex.
Zecheru, V., & Olaru, B. G. (2016). Work
Breakdown Structure (WBS) in Project
Management. Revista de Management
Comparat International, 17(1), 61.
List some of the
problems in
decomposition of a
WBS
 Focussing on the stage at which
decomposing must be stopped.
 The dynamics of the team is
unstable.
 The sequential tasks are over-
discussed.
 The List of Deliverables do not
provide enough details about the
project.
 Lack of team building activities.
In my experience, lack of team building
activities give rise to problems in
completing each step of a WBS successfully.
Sharon, A., & Dori, D. (2015). A Project–product
model–based approach to planning work
breakdown structures of complex system
projects. IEEE Systems Journal, 9(2), 366-376.
Describe what is
the role of a senior
manager or top-
level manager or
executive
 Managing the project.
 Managing the team.
 The requirements of the client are
met from the outcome of the project.
The higher management must provide
administration for fulfilling the project
objectives alongside project and team
management.
Martinelli, R. J., & Milosevic, D. Z.
(2016). Project management toolbox: tools and
techniques for the practicing project manager.
John Wiley & Sons.
Are senior
management
important for a
project?
 A project must have a higher
management to be successful.
I have experienced that project fail without
a capable management body.
What is the role of  The executive identifies the scope of The executive serves the important purpose
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Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this course.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
the executive
during planning?
the project along with the goals and
objectives.
of initiating a project by defining its scope.
In your personal
experience
describe a
situation where
someone else
“owned” the event.
Describe how you
managed the
owner who was
paying for the
event. Describe
any politics or
tensions. How did
you manage the
situation?
 The client must never be involved in
the complexities experienced in the
projects as they would get perplexed.
 I gave equal importance to the
presentation aspect.
 I have documented every change
demanded by the client.
 I have made it certain my
personally approaching the client
and overseeing that all the
requirements of the event are
fulfilled.
Describe the
different types of
plans that a Project
Manager needs to
develop
 Strategic
 Operational
 Tactical
 Contingency
Every project planning includes the
strategic, operational, tactical and plans to
handle contingencies.
What is a Project
Charter? And how
do you develop
one?
 The project manager’s level of
authority along with the roles and
responsibilities of him and the entire
team is determined.
 The project scope and objectives
must be determined along with
identifying the stakeholders before
developing a project charter.
The outlines of a project are defined by the
project charter that the entire project team
follows.
If you have a plan,
how do you
 A detailed WBS can be used. I apply decomposition method to all my
tasks to make them simpler to complete. A
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Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this course.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
personally keep to
it? How do you
make sure the
work assigned is
being done?
reflection of the tasks aid in identifying the
flaws that needs to be addressed.
What is a SOW? The activities required in a project
management is documented in a SOW.
The vendors give the client a timeline of
project benchmark completion by using
SOW.
What is
Configuration
Management?
The outcome of a project can be consistent
using this method.
The constituency in a project is a needed for
quality assurance.
How can a Project
Management
methodology
enhance project
planning?
PMM aids in creating structured plans and
potent executions.
I use PMM that assists me in making the
planning phase analytical and methodical.
Journals &
Standards
 IJPM Continuous improvement plans can be easily
created with the help of this journal.
The knowledge is gained was very fruitful. Management, I. (2018). International Journal of
Project Management. Journals.elsevier.com.
Retrieved 31 January 2018, from
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/internationa
l-journal-of-project-management
 PMJ This journal is very beneficial. I was benefitted by using these journals. Project Management Journal | PMI. (2018).
Pmi.org. Retrieved 31 January 2018, from
https://www.pmi.org/learning/publications/pro
ject-management-journal
 SAI Global Detailed plans were available. The plans helped in creating a positive
outcome.
Ethics & compliance - SAI Global. (2018).
SAIGlobal. Retrieved 31 January 2018, from
https://www.saiglobal.com/en-au/ethics_and_c
ompliance/
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Portfolio Reflection
After researching several journals, projects, articles and books, I can conclude that a continuous improvement plan is beneficial for reflection and
improvement of a project.
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