PPMP20008 Assessment 3: Lessons Learnt in Project Management

This report reflects on the experiences and lessons learnt during the PPMP20008 course, focusing on the student's role and participation rather than a specific case study. It begins with an introduction to reflective practice and its importance for graduates, particularly those in project management. The report then outlines a framework for gathering and documenting lessons learnt, comparing planned actions with what actually occurred. Two key lessons are identified: the impact of study materials and feedback on motivation, and the importance of effective leadership and team motivation. For each lesson, improvement strategies are proposed, evaluated against SMART criteria (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound), and discussed in terms of their feasibility and potential impact. The report concludes by emphasizing the significance of team participation, motivation, and leadership in successful project management.

PPMP20008
2019 TERM 1 ASS_3
LESSONS LEARNT
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1. INTRODUCTION
The process of reflection involves analysing, evaluating as well as describing a person’s own
thought, beliefs, perceptions, assumptions. Reflective learning explains the concept of studying
a person’s own experience in order to improve the way they act and work (Beech, McGill and
Brockbank 2017). It has been noticed that, the process of reflective practice helps to improve a
person’s personality as well as personality by increasing the confidence and also make the
person proactive. Moreover, reflective practice is mostly adopted by the leaders for self-
improvement and self-assessment (Stewart 2014). Furthermore, the process of reflective
practice enhances the process of understanding, learning and teaching along with this, the
process plays a vital role in the professional development of the teachers. In addition to that, the
process of reflective practice can be classified as one of the major tool in the practice based
professional learning, where unlike a formal learning and knowledge transferring method, the
person learns from his/her own experience (Bierwolf 2017). With the introduction and
implementation of proper learning method, the issues occurring during the reflective practice
process can be minimized.
According to me, a master’s degree in the project management can help the student to learn
many things in the course work of PPMP20008.
The important two lessons learnt that has given emphasis in the discussed paper are the
valuable support and proper motivation from the leaders and supervisors in the information
collection process.
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 and
identify the lesson learnt,
when i made my mind to
make my career in
professional project
management.
I planned to involve the
process of gathering the
lessons by gathering proper
tutors as well as effective
team members who will
support as well as guide me
I planned to document the
learnt lessons in form of a
soft copy.
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in my entire learning process.
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
I collected and identified the
necessary information and
data in the mean time of
developing my team for
managing the projects.
Gathering the required
information and data related
to the project was the effort of
the entire team and the tutor,
who was also the supervisor
for the project.
I documented the lessons
according to my plan, in form
of soft copies. I was involved
in updating the collected
information throughout the
learning process.
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3. LESSONS
3.1 Lesson
1. Situation 2. The situation made me
feel…
3. What I learnt from
reflecting on the situation
During the entire session, I
felt that the class room
training was good. However,
the online lessons provided
by tutor was not that inspiring
as I used to face late
feedback issues and
sometime due to the software
problem It was taking longer
to get the study materials.
This situation made me feel
unsatisfied as getting late
study material hindered my
study and the late feedback
somehow demotivated me.
One of the major thing i learnt
from the entire session is that,
classroom study is more
effective than studying online.
3.1.1 IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY 1
(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
Though the
session was
really inspiring
and motivating;
adopting the
specific strategy
In order to
measure as well
as effectively
implement the
discussed
strategy,
Though I got to
experience both
traditional as well
as online method
of teaching, there
are many student
The strategy i
have chosen can
successfully as
well as
eventually
implemented by
The undertaken
strategy will be
advantageous
and will
implemented by
10/06/2019.
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of effective
strategy such as
upgrading the
software and
improving the
feedback system
can enhance the
study experience
in a better way.
performance
measurement
matrix can be
turned as one of
the best method.
Apart from that,
regular review of
the existing
software can also
be adopted.
who are adopting
the online
teaching method
only. Hence, this
strategy will
turned beneficial
as well as
achievable.
addressing the
countered
situation.
3.2 Lesson 2
1. Situation 2. The situation made me
feel…
3. What I learnt from
reflecting on the situation
In the entire learning session
i got to know that my tutor
was a great motivator and
only because of his
motivation i and my team
members could be able to
keep track on our
responsibilities towards the
project.
The situation made me feel
really happy. The motivation
by the tutor helped a lot in
getting back my self-
confidence. Not only in the
ongoing sessions, but also in
the exam my supervisor
constantly motivated me and
my team members.
I have learnt from the session
that effective leadership, team
management and proper
strategies can trigger the
situational issues.
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3.2.1 IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY 2
(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
Effective
leadership is the
only vital strategy
that is essential
for improving the
above discussed
lesson.
In order to
measure the
working
methodology of
the strategy,
performance
measurement
matrix can be
suggested.
Leadership is a
quality that does
not require
additional time
as well as cost,
rather it requires
personal effort.
Hence, this
particular
strategy is
achievable.
According to the
leveraging
situation, this
particular
strategy can be
implemented
successfully.
The discussed
strategy will be
implemented by
9/06/2019
6. CONCLUSION
Therefore, from the above discussed session of lesson learnt, i got to know the effectiveness of
good team participation, motivation along with effective leadership quality, which are the vital
elements in order to the successful implementation of any kind of real time project management.
Moreover, one major thing that i realized during the session is that, in case of lack in any kind of
discussed element, the entire lesson will fail to reach at its objective.
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