PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio: Analyzing PM Application Systems - Week 8

This assignment, a unit portfolio for PPMP20012, examines the role of Project Management (PM) application systems in monitoring performance and managing changes within projects. The solution discusses how these systems utilize various monitoring tools, including app-based metrics, code-level performance, and network-based monitoring, as well as server and application-based metrics. It highlights how PM application systems facilitate change management by identifying required changes and ensuring their successful implementation. The assignment also considers the potential drawbacks of these systems, such as hindering performance monitoring if information is not updated. The assignment also covers the relevance of systems thinking to the project, program and portfolio manager and also proposes appropriate PM application systems to support successful project execution in different industries. The assignment also discusses contemporary developments in the use of PM application systems.

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio for Week 8
Week 8: Identify how PM application systems can assist project managers to monitor performance and
manage changes within the project.
Reading samples Learning
outcomes of the
unit
Learnings from your weekly study, experience, this and
prior unit readings and assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
Mandatory Readings
 PMI (2013) The
Standard for
Program
Management --
Third Edition
Chapter 8;
 PMI (2013) The
Standard for
Portfolio
Management --
Third Edition
Chapter 7;
Optional Readings
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Web Sites
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1. Explain the
relevance of
systems thinking to
the project,
program and
portfolio manager.
It is found that application system generally helps in managing the performance
of the project by utilizing different types of monitoring tools including app based
metrics, code level performance as well as network based. In addition to this, it
is reflected that there are some other significant monitoring tools that are
generally based on the server as well as application based metrics for
monitoring the performance of the solution. Furthermore by successfully
leveraging the code profiling as well s other type of data collection based
techniques, it is found that the application of the monitoring tools can provided
with the help of detailed transaction related tracing.
Application system generally helps in managing change by determining the
various changes that are required and then making those changes by properly
monitoring that the changes that are generally needed within the project are
generally done successfully or not.
Furthermore, the application system can also hinder performance monitoring if
the details about the changes or the recent information about the project are
not updated. Due to lack of information the, performance monitoring system
does not undertake the performance monitoring properly. In addition to this, If
the performance based on the application system is not analyzed properly then
it generally creates aa number of issues and challenges
Luo, X., Wang, J., Dooner,
M., & Clarke, J. (2015).
Overview of current
development in electrical
energy storage
technologies and the
application potential in
power system operation.
Applied energy, 137, 511-
536.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H.
R. (2017). Project
management: a systems
approach to planning,
scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley &
Sons.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio for Week 8
References
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Luo, X., Wang, J., Dooner, M., & Clarke, J. (2015). Overview of current development in electrical energy storage technologies and the application potential in power system
operation. Applied energy, 137, 511-536.
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