Student Report: PPMP20008 Lessons Learnt and Improvement Strategies

This report is a reflective analysis of a student's experience in the PPMP20008 unit, focusing on lessons learned in project management and leadership qualities. The student outlines a framework for identifying and documenting lessons, detailing their initial plans and the actual outcomes. The report explores two key lessons: the vastness of project management and the importance of leadership qualities. For each lesson, the student describes the situation, their feelings, and what they learned, followed by a detailed improvement strategy based on SMART attributes (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound). The first improvement strategy focuses on team coordination for more efficient study, while the second emphasizes time management to enhance preparation. The conclusion highlights the importance of these strategies for academic success, emphasizing group coordination and time management. The report includes references to academic sources supporting the discussed concepts.

PPMP20008
2019 TERM 1 ASS_3
LESSONS LEARNT
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Tutor:
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INTRODUCTION
A reflective practice is normally the ability to speak about ones action so to engage in continuous
learning process. Learning from the practical and theoretical activities in the class. It helps to
understand the lesson better. The two lesson learned in the post graduation class are project
management, leadership qualities. These lessons gave me insight on the qualities for a great
manger.
2. LESSONS LEARNT: FRAMEWORK
2.1 How I planned to gather and document lessons learnt
When
I planned to identify and collect
lessons learnt
Who
I planned to involve in the
process of gathering lessons
How
I planned to document lessons
I planned to collect the notes just
after the semester started. I
would collect the notes that
where available in the lecture
and on the moodle. Whenever i
will take the lecture i will make
the notes of what was taught.
The weekly class lessons will be
downloaded from the net to be
referred in future.
As it was a group lesson and
taught in groups for better
practical knowledge. I will
divide the work of collecting the
information between all. The
major part will be done by me.
Those collected information will
be shared among us when we sat
for group studies.
The lesson were available on
moodle so it became easier for
me to document it on word file
from there. On weekends while
studying I will make notes on
the laptop and search and save
related journals from the net.
2.2 What actually happened?
When...
I identified and collected lessons
learnt
Who...
I involved in the process of
gathering lessons
How...
I documented lessons
Well everything went pretty well
and i was able to follow how i
scheduled to do it. I collected
the lesson from the moddle and
online journal. I segregated
according to the topics so that I
can be easily identified while
studying. The topics had sub
topics thus i gather all the terms
from the study material.
There was no problem in doing
group studies. The group
members where were
cooperative. We all met but
everyone was having incomplete
info. This made the situation
chaotic and we need to gather all
information again.
Just the way thought to do. The
topic was vast so i made notes of
the important points and kept in
one folder on my laptop. The
explanation of the topics, sub
topic and terms where noted on
the word file and label
accordingly so to identify easily.

3. LESSONS
3.1 Lesson 1
1. Situation 2. The situation made me
feel…
3. What I learnt from
reflecting on the situation
Project management is a vast
topic. The lesson has 12 weeks
time in one semester to under
what is project management and
how to deal with it. Project
management is a method of
initiating, planning, executing,
controlling and closing the work
to achieve the goal of the
project. The challenge was to
achieve the goal with success.
There were tests, quiz, group
discussion to be completed in
the sem. The initial process was
slow for me to understand but
slowly i started to follow the
subject nicely and started doing
great at the tests and quiz. But
still there is gap between my
learning and practical
implementation techniques in
the real world.
The test made me nervous and at
one point i started to feel that i
am totally unprepared. I was
scared of the situation realising
that i am not able to follow. But
after practising with the note and
studying i was able to perform
better in my next quiz and test.
The reflecting made me realise
that only slide are not enough
for the test or quiz. I started to
make more notes on the specific
topics and gathered more
information from the Google
scholar. Those journals helped
me a lot in scoring 80% in the
exam. The best part of this study
is to understand how we can not
only manage work place but our
personal life as it can be more
fruitful. Project management
helps in bringing discipline in
life that helps us to manage not
only our professional life but
also our personal life.
3.1.1 LESSON 1: IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY
(a) Improvement
strategy
Explain what the
specific strategy is
that you will
implement to
address the lesson
identified above
(b)
Measurement
How to measure if
the strategy works
(c)
Achievable
Why the strategy is
achievable
(d)
Relevant
Explain the
relevance of
strategy to address
the lesson
(e)
Timing
When the strategy
will be
implemented
Team coordination
is one strategy that
helps in completing
the studies more
The strategy of
group studies has
always worked
well with me. In
To achieve the goal
which is related to
the participation of
other members it
It minimises the
works load and
equally distribute
the responsibilities.
No after realising
the importance of
group study i shall
be implementing

efficiently. As it
involves the
contribution from
all the members to
participate in data
collection,
segregation and
defining the
meaning and
making notes that
will help in
studying the topic
easily.
this process we are
able to learn more
than what we could
have done alone.
The strategy
worked and helped
us to understand
each points
perfectly making
me score good
percentage in the
test.
becomes very
important that
everyone is on e
the same page. This
has always been
successful if
everyone
cooperates.
Thus bring the best
use of the time.
this strategy every
time in all my
studies for getting
the best results.
This strategy has
been boon to all
students as it helps
in bring all the
student of high or
average marks on
same page. This
helps them to level
in the studies.
3.2 LESSON 2
1. Situation 2. The situation made me
feel…
3. What I learnt from
reflecting on the situation
Leadership Qualities is about
how well the leadership qualities
can make a person more
effective leader. It teaches to
have positive attitude towards
the work and people. How one
can influence in a business
setting to create a positive effect.
It teaches to respect the team
members, work with integrity
and honesty. The work was to be
done in a group again and that
gave a chance to practically
apply the lesson learned. This
time the group was new non
corporative. So it was hard to
convince them.
As i enjoyed this topic i was not
feeling any tension of
completing it with good marks.
The study was to be completed
in group studies and that was
problem as the coordination was
missing in the new group
formed.
I learnt that every lesson is
important as they bring the best
polished person in us. I started
to prepare my own notes and
stopped being dependent on
others. I have to manage the
time to get the lesson done. I
started to take the lesson notes
from the slide and started to find
more related articles and
journals on the net. That helped
me to present the topic
efficiently in the group studies.
4.2 LESSON 2: IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY
(a) Improvement
strategy
Explain what the
specific strategy is
that you will
implement to
address the lesson
identified above
(b)
Measurement
How to measure if
the strategy works
(c)
Achievable
Why the strategy is
achievable
(d)
Relevant
Explain the
relevance of
strategy to address
the lesson
(e)
Timing
When the strategy
will be
implemented
Time Management:
There are many
I started by making
a proper time table
To get the work
done this strategy
The strategy will
help in not on in
I shall be
implementing this

lessons to be
completed in one
semester thus to
manage the time is
really important. I
divided the lessons
in the groups and
chapters. The notes
to be prepared was
divided in the
group and that was
communicated to
each other through
email.
based on the
importance of the
lesson. The most
important lesson
according to the
weightage was
given more time.
The topic of this
lesson was wisely
divided among the
team members.
This helped a lot of
time in making the
notes.
worked well. This
helped in achieving
the goal in the time.
With effective team
coordination and
timely preparation
was able to achieve
the good marks in
the test.
this lesson but to
make a better
achievement of
points in other
lesson also. Time
management is an
important skill and
by doing this in this
lesson was able to
be prepared for
future.
strategy every time.
To achieve a good
grade it is
important be
prepared for all the
test and to be
prepared it is
important to
manage the time.
This strategy helps
in understanding
the priorities and
making the time
slot accordingly.
6. CONCLUSION
In conclusion, the overall experience of applying the strategies to win the situation was very
important. The group coordination and time management plays an important role in any studies.
The sems are full of lessons and topics that need to be completed in the given span of time. Thus it
becomes very important that we follow some strategy to complete the work on time. The lesson of
project management and leadership qualities completed with the help of these strategies. A
successful semester is marked with good grades and that come with good preparation.
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