CQUniversity: PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio on PM Application Systems

This portfolio for PPMP20012 analyzes contemporary developments in project management (PM) application systems, emphasizing the relevance of systems thinking and systems engineering concepts. It explores various systems thinking tools and techniques, such as affinity diagrams and conceptual diagrams, to aid project managers in problem-solving. The portfolio discusses how systems engineering methodologies can assist in organizing projects and highlights the importance of selecting appropriate PM application systems to meet internal and external objectives. It also compares manual and electronic project, program, and portfolio (PPPM) application systems, examining their advantages and disadvantages across different knowledge areas and project lifecycles. Furthermore, it investigates how PPPM application systems can help monitor performance and manage changes within a project, proposing suitable systems to support successful execution in diverse industry domains. The document concludes by reflecting on the contemporary advancements in the utilization of project, program, and portfolio application systems.

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio for Week 10 and 11
Week 10 and 11: Discuss contemporary developments in the use of PM application systems.
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
 Sterman Chapters
1, 2, 13 and 15;
 Insight Maker
Optional Readings
 INCOSE
Web Sites
 -
1. Explain the
relevance of
systems thinking to
the project,
program and
portfolio manager.
System thinking could be defined as a framework, which could be used for
viewing the interconnection between the details of the project rather than
focussing on the details of the project. This technology could be considered as
the analytic based detailing of the underlying principle (Kerzner & Kerzner,
2017).
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H.
R.
(2017). Project
management: a
systems
approach to
planning,
scheduling, and
controlling. John
Wiley & Sons.
Mandatory Readings
 Sterman Chapters
1, 2, 13 and 15;
 Insight Maker
Optional Readings
 INCOSE
Web Sites
 -
2. Identify different
systems thinking
tools and
techniques to aid
project managers
solve project
problems.
18 Words – It is a tool, which would help the team for defining the main
purpose and the system context.
Affinity Diagram – This tool would be used in order to understand the
terminology for understanding the situation and the technique in order to solve
the problem.
Conceptual Diagram – It is the model to represent the problem, which would
deal with the factor of the detailing, which would lead to the problems within
the organization. The diagrams that are used helps in understanding the
purpose of the system.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio for Week 10 and 11
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
 Sterman Chapters
1, 2, 13 and 15;
 Insight Maker
Optional Readings
 INCOSE
Web Sites
 -
3. Assess the
relevance of
systems
engineering to
project cases.
The System Engineering could be defined as the process of the disciplined
approach for the making of the designs of the various kinds of model, which
would be used for the system based processing.
Mandatory Readings
 Sterman Chapters
1, 2, 13 and 15;
 Insight Maker
Optional Readings
 INCOSE
Web Sites
 -
4. Describe how
systems
engineering
concepts and
methodologies can
help a project,
program and
portfolio managers
organise a project.
The System Engineering could be defined as the process for the disciplined
based approach for the making of the designs of the models. The major purpose
of the system engineering would be to set the origin of the project. The
managers of the portfolio would have to ensure the exact investment of the
funds within the project (Pahl & Beitz, 2013).
Pahl, G., & Beitz, W.
(2013). Engineer
ing design: a
systematic
approach.
Springer Science
& Business
Media.
Mandatory Readings
 Sterman Chapters
1, 2, 13 and 15;
 Insight Maker
Optional Readings
 INCOSE
Web Sites
 -
5. Explain the
importance of
appropriate
selection of project
management (PM)
application systems
in regards to
meeting the
internal and
external objectives
of a project.
The basic importance of the selection of the project for the application within
the project management with relation to the external and internal objectives of
the project. The section of the methodology would include the consideration of
the facts that the entire process of completing the task should be planned at the
beginning of the project.
Mandatory Readings
 Sterman Chapters
1, 2, 13 and 15;
 Insight Maker
6. Describe how the
use of project
management (PM)
application systems
The primary and the biggest problem in the making of the decisions could be
removed by the procedural based usage of the application system of project
management. The entire working of the project management could be
processed by the pre planning before working behind the processing of the
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio for Week 10 and 11
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
Optional Readings
 INCOSE
Web Sites
 -
can lead to
effective PM
knowledge
management and
decision making.
project.
Mandatory Readings
 Sterman Chapters
1, 2, 13 and 15;
 Insight Maker
Optional Readings
 INCOSE
Web Sites
 -
7. Compare and
contrast the
advantages and
disadvantages of
different manual
and electronic
project, program
and portfolio
(PPPM) application
systems within
each PPPM
knowledge area
over the life cycle
of a project,
program or
portfolio.
The electronic based portfolio comprises of the terminologies, which would
include the basic facts of the various evidences that would be collected during a
particular project that would be helpful for the processing of the full project.
Mandatory Readings
 Sterman Chapters
1, 2, 13 and 15;
 Insight Maker
Optional Readings
 INCOSE
Web Sites
 -
8. Identify how
project, program
and portfolio
(PPPM) application
systems can assist
project managers
to monitor
performance and
manage changes
within a project.
The managers of the portfolio can make us of the technology of the system
engineering and then the proper terminology of the funding could be assessed.
This would ensure about the proceeding and the best investment of money for
the project if the funding would be provided in an efficient manner (Marcelino-
Sadaba et al., 2014).
Marcelino-Sádaba, S.,
Pérez-Ezcurdia,
A., Lazcano, A.
M. E., &
Villanueva, P.
(2014). Project
risk
management
methodology
for small
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio for Week 10 and 11
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
firms. Internatio
nal journal of
project
management, 3
2(2), 327-340.
Mandatory Readings
 Sterman Chapters
1, 2, 13 and 15;
 Insight Maker
Optional Readings
 INCOSE
Web Sites
 -
9. Propose
appropriate
project, program
and portfolio
(PPPM) application
systems to support
successful project,
program and
portfolio execution
in different industry
domains.
The size of the documentation would help in ensuring the fact that the process
of the business would be supported. The comparison of the information that
would be gathered would be beneficial for the project.
Mandatory Readings
 Sterman Chapters
1, 2, 13 and 15;
 Insight Maker
Optional Readings
 INCOSE
Web Sites
 -
10. Discuss
contemporary
developments in
the use of project,
program and
portfolio (PPPM)
application
systems.
The primary need for the development of the project would consider the fact of
the pre-planning of the project and would also consider the entire function of
the work. This would hence ensure that the project would be performed in an
efficient manner (Harrison & Lock, 2017).
Harrison, F., & Lock, D.
(2017). Advance
d project
management: a
structured
approach.
Routledge.
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References
Harrison, F., & Lock, D. (2017). Advanced project management: a structured approach. Routledge.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Marcelino-Sádaba, S., Pérez-Ezcurdia, A., Lazcano, A. M. E., & Villanueva, P. (2014). Project risk management methodology for small firms. International
journal of project management, 32(2), 327-340.
Pahl, G., & Beitz, W. (2013). Engineering design: a systematic approach. Springer Science & Business Media.
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