PPMP20009 Project Management: A Weekly Portfolio of Learning Outcomes

This PPMP20009 unit portfolio presents a student's weekly reflections on their learning journey in project management. It includes the identification of learning outcomes, module topics, descriptions of experiences, and supporting documentation of prior and current learning. The portfolio emphasizes the importance of critical reflection and the progressive elaboration of understanding throughout the unit. Topics covered include the nature of project management, its various activities, and the roles of a project manager. Key concepts, reading samples, and journals are referenced to support the learning process, providing a comprehensive account of the student's development in project management. Desklib offers similar resources for students seeking solved assignments and study materials.

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Weekly portfolio
In this unit you are required to complete a weekly portfolio. A portfolio provides evidence of previous experience and presents a dynamic record
of your growth and professional learning over the duration of this Unit. Your portfolio provides an account of your learning based on your prior
and current learnings and your critical reflection.
A portfolio is increasingly being used in Universities as a means of:
 Being able to tell much more about you than exam results;
 As a means of reflecting your development through the unit;
 To reflect your attitude and values as well as your skills and knowledge.
(Race 2010, p. 58)
Timmins states that ‘A portfolio is a cohesive account of work based learning that contains relevant evidence from practice and critical
reflection on this evidence. Its primary purpose is to ‘display achievement ofprofessional competence or learning outcomes and knowledge
development’(Timmins 2008: p. 115).
You’ll find much more information about the use and application of portfolios on the Internet. However, it will requireyou to take some time to
think through how you are going to complete the portfolio on a weekly basis. It is very easy to trivialise the portfolio and write nearly the same
thing each week. But that won’t gain you many marks. Instead you should try to focus on the topic and learning outcome for the week and your
reflections regarding them.
Task
Your task is to write a weekly portfolio reflecting upon your learnings from the prior week. In your portfolio you will identify:
1. The learning outcomes and module/topic of the unit;
2. A description of your experience, including reading samples or records;
3. Your learning from your experiences;
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4. Any supporting documentation of prior or current learning.
Instructions for completing the portfolio
1. Type your name and student id at the top of the page in the header section.
2. You can then delete this first section, save the file so that it can be used each week, and concentrate on writing your weekly portfolio.
3. Each learning outcome and the topics appropriate for the learning outcome have been included as the first column of portfolio table on
the next page. You should review these columns and make changes as the unit progresses and you gain more familiarity with the
learning outcomes and unit content. You will find that you will progressively elaborate on the content of the second, third and fourth
columns as you work through each of the weeks of the unit.
4. Please appreciate it takes time to complete the portfolio therefore you must think always of what is required and be taking notes to update
your portfolio as you read, study videos, or undertake other unit related activities. You are expected to be working 12 to 16 hours each
week on this unit so you have plenty of time to get the portfolio right!
5. The portfolio will be discussed in the unit online videos and tutorials – please listen carefully and you may find the portfolio is easier to
complete than it first appears.
6. You may disagree with the allocation of the learning outcomes to the topics in the portfolio table. This is your right and you are free to
move things around as you become more familiar with the portfolio and the unit material.
7. At the beginning of the unit all of the learning outcomes maybe not appropriate for the first week, so you should reflect upon what you
believe is required from the portfolio for the first week. As the weeks progress then you will find that you will add more learning
outcomes. The content of the first weekly learning portfolio table in this file includes all of the topics and reading samples to save your
time in typing.
8. At the end of the unit you should review your weekly portfolios and then consolidate them into a single submission. This is the
assessment that gets marked. Since the objective of the portfolio is to show your learning journey as well as your reflections then you
should not be surprised to find that your opinions have changed during the unit. You do not have to change your portfolios from prior
weeks.
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Future directions
In the future you should expect that portfolios will be used increasinglyat the academic post graduate level. Eventually they may even replace
exams. Therefore there are a number of things to note for the future:
1. You will be required to complete more portfolios in otherunits as you progress inyour academic career;
2. As portfolios begin to replace exams you will need to make your portfolio comprehensive and deeply reflective to gain a good grade;
3. You may find that other unit assessments, such as presentations, will be aligned with the content of your portfolio submissions as a
means of validating your knowledge.
Acknowledgement and references
This portfolio structurewas based on an example (a psychology unit) located at Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada
Race P. (2010) A Practical Guide to Assessment, Learning and Teaching.Abingdon, England: Routledge.
Timmins F. (2008) Making Sense of Portfolios: An Introduction to Portfolio use for Nursing Students. Glasgow, Scotland: McGraw-Hill
Education.
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Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
Why Project
Management?
It is quite an interesting area that
involves many different activities
which work together to satisfy a
specific goal.
Project management is a field that
involves the coordination of other
areas so as to achieve a specific goal
on a specified timeline.
Information technology project
management by Schwable
Advanced project management: a
structured approach. Written by
Harrison, F., & Lock, D. in the year
2017.
Kerzner Chapter 1 A project consists of different
activities that are brought together so
as to attain a goal.
A project consists of different
requirements. These requirements
should be present at all times. This is
one of the key roles of the project
manager.
Project management in practice.
Written by Meredith, J. R.,
Egelstaff (2013)
Academic
assignments:
Critical thinking
and writing
critically
Project management involves a series
of steps that begin with the inception
of the project and conclude with the
termination of the project.
Some of the key features in project
management include, the constant
updating of the progress made,
constant motivation of workers so as
not to lose sight of the objectives and
ensuring that the environment is
conducive to achieve the set goals.
The fast forward MBA in project
management. Written by Verzuh, E.
2015
Journals &
Standards
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Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation including
your prior learnings.
 IJPM Most projects are considered as
temporary.
Projects are temporary because they
need to be assessed after some time
frame.
International journal of project
management
 PMJ All the departments involved in a
project have to work in unison to
achieve the expected results.
For a project to be successful the
whole project team must work
together.
Journal by jorg sydow
 SAI Global Different projects require different
amount of time and coordination.
For complex commercial projects all
the experts involved are supposed to
be at the project managers briefing
whereas for simple projects only one
member of a team can represent the
others.
John tuppers project management
systems (2011)
Portfolio Reflection
You can write anything here that assists you to reflect upon your learning journey using each week’s portfolio as evidence of the learnings that
have occurred.
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