University Project Management Portfolio PPMP20011 - Week 2 Analysis

This project portfolio, completed by a student, analyzes key aspects of project management, focusing on negotiation, conflict management, and stakeholder engagement. It differentiates methods for project negotiation, including planning, discussing, and agreement, highlighting the importance of clear goals and cultural sensitivity. The portfolio also explores conflict management scenarios, emphasizing methods like accommodation, avoiding, and collaborating. Furthermore, it examines stakeholder engagement methods such as interviews and questionnaires. The document also explains the consequences of project delays, disruptions, and changes, including methods for claims variations and arbitration. Finally, it evaluates project management tools like Asana and Basecamp that aid in conflict resolution and facilitate negotiated solutions, providing a comprehensive overview of project management principles and practices. The portfolio incorporates insights from various sources, including Kerzner, Burke, and Snyder.

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PORTFOLIO WEEK 2
Name of the University
Name of the student
Author Note
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Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Description of
topics including
reading samples
Learning outcomes
of the unit
Learnings from your experience, this and prior unit reading,
assignments
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
3. Differentiate
methods of project
negotiation,
conflict
management, and
stakeholder
engagement across
projects consisting
of differing
technology
standards and
asset lifecycles.
 Understand
the five
methods of
project
negotiation
including
planning,
discussing,
proposing,
bargaining,
agreement
and review
 Evaluate the
conflict
management
scenarios
 Evaluate the
stakeholder
engagement
process
across
projects
After evaluating the assignments and prior reading, from my
experience I can very well understand the differences in the
methodologies of project negotiation, stakeholder engagement and
conflict management. In project negotiation across projects
consisting of variable asset lifecycles and technologies, I learnt that
the project goals should be clearly stated and the goals should run
within the tolerances that have been agreed upon. Information
should be gathered as much as possible. If the project team has a
number of people from different cultures, proper investigation
should be carried out regarding the social conventions. In case the
project asset lifecycle fails to meet the desired deadline, proper
escalation routes should be clarified. I also learnt that the Project
managers should be open to negotiations in case of any
misunderstanding and must always listen to grievances regarding
the asset lifecycle. The proposal also needs to be communicated
openly. In conflict management scenarios, the methods are quite
different from project negotiation. I learnt that the accommodation
phase of it is effective but certain sacrifices have to be made to
reach a shared goal. Avoiding the issue, collaborating, competing
and compromising are other methods of the conflict management
scenario. In the stakeholder engagement methods, I learnt that
primarily there are four methods namely One on one interview,
Semi structured interviews, focus groups and questionnaires. The
experience was interesting as well as educational for me.
Kerzner, H., &
Kerzner, H. R.
(2017). Project
management: a
systems approach to
planning, scheduling,
and controlling. John
Wiley & Sons.
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Description of
topics including
reading samples
Learning outcomes
of the unit
Learnings from your experience, this and prior unit reading,
assignments
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
4. Explain and
apply methods of
identifying and
reconciling
inconsistent and
conflicting
objectives and
drivers that
develop, maintain,
manage
relationships and
communication
with key
stakeholders.
 Methods of
managing
relationships
with
prospective
stakeholders
 Understand
and identify
the
developing
as well as
conflicting
drivers for
stakeholder
management
As per my knowledge, commercial negotiation does require
interpersonal as well as soft skills. Everything is not about
procedures and contracts without any emotion involved.
From my experience, there are tangible drivers and intangible
drivers to motivate the parties who are involved in the process of
negotiation. I learned that tangible drivers such as fiscal impacts,
workload, contractual and organisational issues can facilitate the
negotiation process. Less tangible drivers such as resistance to
change, political alliances and emotional issue can also have an
effect on the negotiation process.
Burke, R. (2013).
Project management:
planning and control
techniques. New
Jersey, USA.
5. Explain the
consequences of
project delays,
disruptions, and
changes to planned
activities and the
methods for claims
variations,
liquidated
damages, contract
entitlements, and
 Understandi
ng the
methods for
contract
entitlements,
arbitration
and claimed
variations
 Evaluating
the final
consequence
From my understanding of the subject, I deduced that there are
several reasons (internal as well as external) which are responsible
for project delays. The consequences can range from time overrun,
poor quality of the project, litigation, arbitration and if the problems
persist, then it can also result in the total abandonment of the
project.
Snyder, C. S. (2014).
A guide to the
project management
body of knowledge:
PMBOK (®)
guide. Project
Management
Institute: Newtown
Square, PA, USA.
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Description of
topics including
reading samples
Learning outcomes
of the unit
Learnings from your experience, this and prior unit reading,
assignments
Supporting
documentation
including your
prior learning
arbitration. s if the
project is
delayed or
any changes
are proposed
to the
planned
activities
6. Evaluate project
management tools
that help avoid or
provide conflict
resolution via
negotiated
solutions.
 Understandi
ng the tools
that are
utilized for
project
management
 Evaluating
how the
tools assist
in conflict
resolutions
and help in
finding a
solution
through
negotiation
After prior reading and from my experience, I can deduce that
management tools such as asana, casual, basecamp, Omni plan and
Todoist can be utilized to manage conflicts and facilitate the
process of resolution of the issues. These tools are perfect for
grouping tasks, managing the workflow of the organisation and
establishes the project hierarchy perfectly to help in conflict
resolutions.
Snyder, C. S. (2014).
A guide to the
project management
body of knowledge:
PMBOK (®)
guide. Project
Management
Institute: Newtown
Square, PA, USA.
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References
Burke, R. (2013). Project management: planning and control techniques. New Jersey, USA.
Kerzner, H., & Kerzner, H. R. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Snyder, C. S. (2014). A guide to the project management body of knowledge: PMBOK (®) guide. Project Management Institute: Newtown
Square, PA, USA.
Snyder, C., & Dionisio, C. S. (2017). A project manager's book of forms: A companion to the PMBOK guide. John Wiley & Sons.
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