PPMP20009 Course Portfolio: Project Success Factors & Methodologies

This document represents a project management course portfolio, likely for the PPMP20009 course, focusing on key aspects of project success, planning, and methodologies. It includes a learning table that reflects on topics such as project management effectiveness, the importance of controlling expectations, and the distinction between planning and forecasting. The portfolio also incorporates personal learning outcomes, experiences, and supporting documentation, referencing academic sources like Kerzner's work on project management. Furthermore, it touches upon the role of a Project Management Office (PMO) and ethical considerations within project environments. The reflection emphasizes the integration of literature and practical experience in developing a comprehensive understanding of project management and its success factors.

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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note
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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 can project
management
deliver successful
projects?
 By achieving the goals and objectives
of the project.
In my experience, a project is successful if
the outcome fulfils the requirements of the
customer by meeting the pre-set goals and
objectives.
Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., 2017. Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
How would you
describe project
management
effectiveness?
 The project management must be
able to manage the resources to
achieve the required outcome from
the completion of the project.
I have observed that an effective project
management will be reach the desired
outcome by managing the available
resources.
Is controlling
expectations
important for
success? Why?
How?
 Controlling the expectations can lead
to a professional approach to the
projects where the participants will
give their utmost effort in reaching
the goals.
I have learnt that success can only be
achieved when people give their utmost
efforts. This can only be achieved by
controlling the expectation so the
participants and keeping them at an
appropriate level.
What is an example
of best practice in
your life?
I give preference to the task rather than
creating high expectation that I may or may
not get from completing the task.
Below are twelve
instructions. Which
are best described
as planning, and
which are best
described as
forecasting?
Give a complete
definition of the
work.
Planning
Lay out a proposed
schedule.
Planning
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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.
Establish project
milestones
Forecasting
Determine the
need for different
resources
Planning
Determine the
skills required for
each WBS task or
element
Planning
Change the scope
of the effort and
obtain new
estimates.
Forecasting
Estimate the total
time to complete
the required work.
Forecasting
Consider changing
resources.
Planning
Assign appropriate
personnel to each
WBS element
Planning
Reschedule project
resources.
Planning
Begin scheduling
the WBS elements.
Planning
Change the project
priorities.
Planning
Journals &
Standards
 IJPM Project success is discussed in these journals. I have learnt that project success depends Management, I. 2018. International Journal of
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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.
more on the participants rather than the
external factors.
Project Management. [online]
Journals.elsevier.com. Available at:
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/internationa
l-journal-of-project-management [Accessed 3
Apr. 2018].
 PMJ Project success is discussed in great detail.. Through analysis, I have learnt that project
success can be judged from its outcome.
Pmi.org. 2018. Project Management Journal |
PMI. [online] Available at:
https://www.pmi.org/learning/publications/pro
ject-management-journal [Accessed 3 Apr.
2018].
 SAI Global The journals provide guidance on how to
achieve success in projects.
The journals have guided me to create an
understanding of project success.
SAIGlobal. 2018. Ethics & Learning - SAI Global.
[online] Available at:
https://www.saiglobal.com/en-au/ethics_and_c
ompliance/ [Accessed 3 Apr. 2018].
Portfolio Reflection
The various literature that I have studied and the experience that I have gathered aids me now and will always be assisting me in developing an idea
of different projects and the ways through which success can be achieved from them.
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