PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio: Weeks 1-11 - Project Management Concepts

This student's PPMP20012 unit portfolio delves into the core concepts of project and portfolio management, exploring the relationship between systems engineering and project management methodologies. The portfolio covers topics from week 1 to week 11, including the role of systems engineering in organizing projects, the impact of PM application systems on knowledge management and decision-making, and the advantages and disadvantages of various PM application systems. It further addresses the use of PM application systems for monitoring performance and managing changes, and proposes suitable PM application systems for different industries. Finally, the portfolio discusses contemporary developments in the use of PM application systems. The assignment incorporates readings from various sources, including SEBoK, and explores the relevance of systems thinking to project, program, and portfolio managers. The student reflects on the application of these concepts, providing insights into effective project execution and change management.

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Week 4 Topic: 4. Describe how systems engineering concepts and methodologies can help a project, program
and portfolio managers organise a 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
4. Describe
how systems
engineering
concepts and
methodologies
can help a
project,
program and
portfolio
managers
organise a
project.
This week’s content identifies the difference between the project management
and system engineering. It has been identified that system engineering and
project management are interrelated to each other. Alike software engineering
there is a great overlapping deal.
Based on the organizational operational environment, the project manager and
portfolio manager should select the most suitable discipline standards. If the
standard relationship between the two are missed then managerial leadership is
required to be incorporated by the portfolio managers. A significant overlap
between the system engineering and project management are elaborated and
described in SEBok.
It is also learnt that for managing complex project activities the project manager
and program manager plays active roles. In order to deliver customer values and
meet the consumer expectation the program managers should deliver active
roles. The system engineering that is working on the project can effectively plan,
monitor, confront risk and deliver technical aspects associated to the project. In
order to accomplish the project work within estimated timeline and budget the
work load should be divided among the project team members based on their
skills and knowledge areas.
Apart from this, proper methodologies are also required to be followed by the
program and project associates.
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References
Houston, S. M. (2017). Project, Program, and Portfolio Management. In The Project Manager's Guide to Health Information Technology Implementation (pp.
11-18). Productivity Press.
McEwen, L. A., Griffiths, J., & Schultz, K. (2015). Developing and successfully implementing a competency-based portfolio assessment system in a
postgraduate family medicine residency program. Academic Medicine, 90(11), 1515-1526.
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