PPMP20011 Unit Portfolio: Project Management Standards and Negotiation

This portfolio provides a comprehensive overview of project management principles, focusing on the critical role of the project manager in commercial negotiation, conflict management, and stakeholder engagement. It delves into methods for identifying and reconciling conflicting objectives, addressing project delays and disruptions, and evaluating project management tools for conflict resolution. The portfolio also examines contractual arrangements in commercial projects, exploring diverse government and non-government agreements, and analyzes arguments using logic and persuasion. References to key resources such as the PMBOK Guide and Collaborative Project Procurement Arrangements enrich the analysis, providing a robust understanding of project management standards and frameworks and their impact on commercial negotiation. This resource is available on Desklib, a platform offering a range of study tools for students.

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Week 3 Topic: The
Role of the Project
Manager in
Commercial
Negotiation.
Collaborative Project
Procurement
Arrangements
(2015) by Derek H. T.
Walker and Beverly
M. Lloyd Walker;
3. Differentiate
methods of project
negotiation, conflict
management, and
stakeholder
engagement across
projects consisting of
differing technology
standards and asset
lifecycles.
The project manager should handle the commercial negotiation in a highly
qualified skills and executing the proper steps those could contribute in the
development of the project. Role of the project manager does not changes as
per the nature of the project, type of industry however; it do differs as per the
personalities of the individuals involved in the project. Chunnel project should
have driven by an experienced project manager who has the capability to
analyse the environment and deliver an effective and efficient conflict
management for handling the constraints of the project.
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4. Explain and apply
methods of
identifying and
reconciling
inconsistent and
conflicting objectives
and drivers that
develop, maintain,
mange relationships
The conflict management should be driven in a sequential manner for the
delivery of an effective and efficient management of the conflicts raising while
delivering the project:
Analysing the problem raising the issue of the conflict
Preparation of the strategies for encountering the issue
Active listening to the different aspects of the partners
Better decision-making considering rest of the stakeholders
Highly qualified interpersonal skills for reacting emotionlessly
Having knowledge and understanding on the ethics and reliability
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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
and communication
with key
stakeholders.
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right?
5. Explain the
consequences of
project delays,
disruptions, and
changes to planned
activities and the
methods for claims
variations, liquidated
damages, contract
entitlements, and
arbitration.
Project delays can cause disruption in the delivery of every activity and tasks
considered for the successful delivery of the project. Successful delivery of the
project considered to be of high quality. Changes and delay both can be negative
risks or opportunities for the delivery of the project with high standard. Utilizing
the project management tools such as Gantt chart, budget estimation, project
evaluation, and project auditing can be recommended as the better approach
for managing the constraints of the project.
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activities above
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6. Evaluate project
management tools
that help avoid or
provide conflict
resolution via
negotiated solutions.
Conflict management needs an effective and efficient strategy for the delivery of
the activities and project constraints as per the determined planning. The tools
those can be utilized for conflict management include: analysing the causes of
the conflict being raised, executing the stakeholder analysis considering the
causes those could influence the overall project. Consideration of the scope of
the causes those could be caused due to the conflict and performing the cause
and effect chains can be a beneficial approach. Analysis of the sectors those
could possibly lead to conflict is another efficient tool for conflict management.
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References
Alfredson T., & Cungu A. 2008. Negotiation Theory and Practice http://www.fao.org/docs/up/easypol/550/4-5_negotiation_background_paper_179en.pdf;
Kerzner H. 2013. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Control, 11th Edition. Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons.
Peña-Mora F., and Tamaki T. 2001. "Effect of Delivery Systems on Collaborative Negotiations for Large -Scale Infrastructure Projects”. Journal of
Management in Engineering. Vol:April 2001 pp.105-121
PMI. 2013a. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 5th Edition. USA: Project Management Institute.
Walker D.H.T., & Lloyd-Walker B.M. 2015. Theory and Practice Collaborative Project Procurement Arrangements. PMI Published Research.
Wikipedia 2017 Channel Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel visited __/__/____.
Ury W., & Fisher R. 2012. Getting to YES: Negotiating an agreement without giving in. Penguin Random House Australia
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