Project Management Methodologies Report: Week 6 & 7 Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of project management methodologies, covering topics from Week 6 and 7. It delves into the implementation of organizational project management, including the use of frameworks like Prince2 and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). The report examines key concepts such as project governance, competency management, and change management models (Lewin's Freezing Analogy, Kotter's 8 steps, Prosci ADKAR model), and it emphasizes the importance of strategic alignment and the validation of objectives through SMART goals. It also explores the role of project governance, roadmap development, and the use of key performance indicators (KPIs). The report includes references to readings, lecture slides, and videos, offering insights into practical applications and the continuous improvement of project management practices.

Assessment 2:Portfolio
Week 6 & 7
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Week 6: Project Management Methodologies
Topic and
reading
Personal Learning
Outcome
Learning’s from experience Supporting
documentation
1. Lecture
Slides
1. Implementing
Organisational PM
2.OPM
Implementation
Framework
3.Developing
blueprint or
roadmap
4.Column Analysis
5.Project Selection
or Portfolio
Prioritization
6.Prince 2
1. Basic steps for understanding
organizations readiness has to be
ascertained.
2. A cycle of continuous
improvement has to be designed.
the OPM Implementation
Framework.
3. Divergence levels between PM
and Business Management
Practices has to be ascertained.
4. Structure of Prince 2 as 7
Principles, 7 Themes, 7 Processes,
Environment, Tailoring.
2. Recomm
ended
Readings
1.Harold Kezner,
2013. Chapter 1.8-
1.10 & 10 & 11.25.
2.PMI
Implementing
Organizational PM
PM Implementation in a broad
framework of activities including
Prince 2 description is included.
The du ties of the Project Board is
considered to be critical PM
Implementation.
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Chapter 3
3.PMI Managing
Change Preface,
Chapters 1, 2 & 3.
A comparison of Prince2 as
against PMBoK is made.
Lessons are learnt regarding
development of a roadmap activity
for the project.
1. Videos
Availabl
e
Project Governance
by Darya Duma
from Procept
Associates Ltd
Project governance by way of PM
Implementation is demonstrated
through a 9 minute video.
2. Tutorial
Key
concepts
1. Roadmap
2. Prince2 and
PMBoK
PM roadmap is critical to its
success. Prince2 allows step by
step application is detailed.
Week 7: Project Management Methodologies
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Topic and
reading
Personal Learning
Outcome
Learning’s from experience Supporting
documentation
3. Lecture
Slides
1. Core Enabling
Processes
2.Strategic
Alignment
3.Implementing
Organisational PM.
4.Implementing
Organisational PM
Outputs
5.Activities in
developing
organisation PM
6.Governance
7. Competency
Management
Validating
Objectives through
SMART Goals
8. Change Agility
9.Change Models
1. Principles, themes and
processes of PM Outputs.
2. Governance that help validating
SMART Objectives for attaining
project management goals.
3.Competency Management that
can facilitate skill development to
experience and implement PM
methodologies.
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4. Recomm
ended
Readings
1.Harold Kezner,
2013. Chapter 11.0-
11.8
2.PMI
Implementing
Organizational PM
Chapter 4
3.PMI Managing
Change Preface,
Chapters 1, 2, 3 &
4.
The readings allows extensive
understanding related to PM
competency management to
facilitate activities.
Change management models helps
project change to situation
allowing for greater scopes to be
included.
3. Videos
Availabl
e
4. Tutorial
Key
concepts
3. Competency
Managemen
t Activities
4. Change
manageme
nt models
Competency model, career
development framework, training
and experimental learning can help
organisation’s benchmark against
the other. Elements of PM
methodologies has to be validated
to improve chances of overall
success.
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Change management frameworks
are Lewin Freezing Analogy,
Kotter 8 steps to change, Prosci
ADKAR model and so on.
KPI visibility has to be enhanced
to meet SMART objectives
defined for the project. It helps
establishing PM reporting models.
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