PPMP20009 Unit Portfolio: Change, Resources, and Scope Management

This PPMP20009 unit portfolio delves into various aspects of project management, focusing on change management practices, resource allocation strategies, and scope control techniques. It addresses the importance of careful planning, project governance, leadership roles, and stakeholder engagement in implementing changes within organizations. The portfolio also explores how to ensure the project team possesses the necessary skills and knowledge through training and development programs. Furthermore, it discusses managing scope changes, preventing scope creep, and understanding the reasons behind project changes, drawing from both theoretical frameworks and personal experiences. The reflection highlights the learning outcomes related to change management approaches and their practical applications. Desklib provides this and other solved assignments to aid student learning.

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Weekly Portfolio 2
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
a) Kerzner Chapter
20.0-20.8, & 21.0-
21.4;
What is change
management?
Change management approaches are not just
applicable in the business organizations but
also applicable in real world. However the
personal change management approach and
organizational change management approach
differs somewhere from each other.
I have learnt that there are many change
management prcatices those are to be
followed by the project managers to make
necessary changes in the business
organizations. The processes followed for
incorporating changes in the business
organizations are as follows:
 Careful planning
 Defining project governance
 Assigning roles of the leaders
 Keeping stakeholders within a loop
Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., 2017. Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley &
Sons.
Q1. Kerzner Chapter
21.5-21.8, & 22;
How do you ensure
you have the right
number of resources
for the project?
With the changing time period the
requirements and demand if the consumers
may change. It is the responsibility of the
project managers to allocate necessary roles
to the project activities accordingly.
Based on the skills, experience and
knowledge of the project team members
the resources should be allocated to the
activities.
Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., 2017. Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley &
Sons.
Q2 How do you
ensure your project
team have the
correct skills and
knowledge to
Proper skills and knowledge test program
should be arranged by the HR managers and
the project manager while hiring experts for
the development of the project team.
Not only during the hiring but also after
hiring them time to time skill test programs
should be arranged for the project team
members. As per the necessity proper
Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., 2017. Project
management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley &
Sons.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009Unit Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and reading
samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your
experience.
Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
do their job?
Q3. How do you
manage scope change
and ensure there is
no scope creep?
Q 4.Why do changes
happen in a project?
Q5. Have you ever in
your personal life
experienced the need
for change? How do
you handle this?
What did you do?
The steps to be maintained for the successful
implementation of the project scope creep
include:
 agreement and common vision to
the changes
 strong executive leadership
 strategic education program
 a concrete plan for measuring
project success
Changes will be required if the consumers
asked for changes.
When I was assigned for a school assignment,
I had to bring personal level changes in my
carrier.
training and development program should
also be arranged for them to improve their
skill and knowledge areas.
Again for managing the scope creep the
other steps to be undertaken include:
 Ownership
 individual encouragement
 New roles and responsibilities of
the consumers
In order to gain competitive advantages
and commercial success from the
competitive market the changes are
required.
I handle all the difficulties during that phase
due to frequent support and motivation of
the teachers and class mates.
Portfolio Reflection:
From the detail learning of this portfolio I have learned the reason and requirements between the change management approaches.
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