Weekly Portfolio Learning Table: Program and Portfolio Information

This assignment presents a weekly portfolio learning table, focusing on program and portfolio information systems. The document explores the importance of systems thinking, system engineering, and system management tools, emphasizing their role in project and program management. It covers topics such as SEBoK, implementation examples, and the application of both system engineering and system management to ensure effective solutions. The learning table references key resources like SEBoK, Kerzner, and various standards, illustrating how these concepts are relevant to program, project, and portfolio managers. It also highlights the use of simulation and modeling techniques and the importance of international knowledge and standards. The assignment aims to help students understand how to identify different system thinking techniques and tools to solve problems in project management.

Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Description of
topics including
reading samples
Learning outcomes of the course Learning from your experience, this
and prior unit reading, assignments
Supporting documentation including
your prior learning
Week 1: Program
and Portfolio
Information
Systems
Part 1: SEBoK
Introduction -
'Introduction to
SEBoK'
• Part 1: SEBoK
Introduction
-'Introduction to
Systems
Engineering';
• Part 7: Systems
Engineering
Implementation
Examples: Matrix of
Implementation
Examples
This topic is quite important
because it helps in the introduction
of not only system thinking but also
system engineering as well as the
system management tools, concepts,
techniques, principles, portfolio, and
program managers or the PPPM.
This topic is quite important because it
helps in depicting how systems thinking
actually presents a very powerful
perspective that can be used in the
development of ensuring solutions that
are capable of meeting the strategic
goals of the organization (PMI, 2013). It
will also help in better ascertaining the
effective application of both system
engineering as well as system
management thus helping in the
organization of complex projects and
even in the identification of
implementation systems that are used in
the creation of outputs, management of
the information flow and supporting of
both effective management of
knowledge and decision making
processes.
-This topic will also greatly help in
studying how the PPPM application
systems in the organization can be
effectively implemented as being a mix
• SEBoK http://www.sebokwiki.org
• Kerzner
• AS/NZS 15288:2015
• Various Academic Journal articles
• PMI (2013) The Standard for Program
Management – 3rd Edition
• PMI (2013) The Standard for Portfolio
Management – 3rd Edition
• AXELOS (2011) Managing Successful
Programmes 4th Edition
• AXELOS (2011) Management of
Portfolios 2011 Edition
• Nicholas and Steyn
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Description of
topics including
reading samples
Learning outcomes of the course Learning from your experience, this
and prior unit reading, assignments
Supporting documentation including
your prior learning
of the manual processes or even through
electronic means such as Microsoft
Project, IBM Maximo, Oracle
Primavera, or even through SAP ERP.
In addition to that, this topic was quite
important because it made me aware of
the modern developments through the
use of the international knowledge and
standards bases and even became aware
of both simulation and modelling
techniques (Egelstaff, 2013).
-This topic is also quite important
because it will help in explaining the
relevance of the system thinking
towards the program, project, and
portfolio manager. It will also help in
the identification of the different system
thinking techniques and tools that help
project managers to easily solve any
problems in the project.
References
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PMI (2013). The Standard for Program Management -- Third Edition Chapter 1. Introduction;
Egelstaff (2013) Academic assignments: Critical thinking and writing critically.
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