PPMP20009 Course Portfolio: Week (X) Learning and Reflection

This assignment is a student's portfolio for the PPMP20009 course, focusing on project management principles. It covers essential aspects like the importance of project management, critical thinking, and critical writing. The portfolio includes reflections on learning outcomes, insights from journals like the International Journal of Procurement Management (IJPM) and Project Management Journal (PMJ), and understanding standards like SAI Global for risk management. The student emphasizes the significance of project planning, methodology, and the ability to analyze ideas from different perspectives. The learning experience highlights the need for risk mitigation and the value of applying project management knowledge to real-world scenarios. The assignment incorporates readings from Kerzner (2013) and Snyder (2014) to support the learning process.

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009 Course Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this course.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
Why Project
Management?
Learning includes understanding the process
and importance of project management.
Project management is essential for ensuring
that the proper experience and knowledge
can be utilized in setting up a proper
expectation for the project to be delivered.
I believe that project management is an art
of managing a project and the project
deliverables in a proper way. It is a
structured and scientific approach for
managing and implementing a project. It is
an application of processes, methods,
knowledge and skills for achieving a set
project objectives. It mainly deals with the
timely delivery of the project by proper
planning and implementation approaches.
The entire project life cycle is divided into a
number of phases, successful
implementation of which helps in
completion of a project in a scheduled time.
Therefore, it can be said that the project
management strategically helps in timely
completion of the project and therefore it is
important to be considered while
implementing a project.
Kerzner, H. (2013). Project management: a
systems approach to planning, scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Kerzner Chapter 1
Egelstaff (2013)
Academic
assignments:
Critical thinking
and writing
critically
Learning Includes:
 Critical thinking and critical writing
plays an important role in evaluating
the thoughts and belief of an
individual
 It is a skill that helps in understanding
the logical connection between new
ideas.
Critical thinking has considerably helped me
in analysing the different perspectives of a
single idea and taking a correct decision. It
is generally a self directed, self-disciplined
and self-monitored process of thinking. It
helps me in understanding the links
between the ideas and determining the
importance and relevance of the different
Kerzner, H. (2013). Project management: a
systems approach to planning, scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009 Course Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this course.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
 It helps in analysing the different
perspective of different individual
and reflects upon their thought.
 It helps in analysing the different
ideas before accepting any
individual’s personal reasoning.
arguments with those ideas. It further helps
in recognising, building and appraising the
different arguments in relation to a
particular idea or a process.
Critical writing on the other hand considers
evidences in making reasoned conclusions.
It helps in evaluating the logical connections
between the different ideas and options
available.
Critical thinking and critical writing have
considerably helped me in enhancing my
thinking process and the capability of
analysing the different situations and ideas.
Journals &
Standards
 IJPM Learning includes:
 Importance of published journals in
course learning
IJPM or International Journal of procurement
Management gives an idea about the different
procurement and supply management
strategies that can be employed in a project.
The International journal of Procurement
Management is an open access article that
sheds light to the importance of ethical
standard s and human resource
management of a project.
It helps in understanding the process of
reengineering procurement modelling and
analysis of a project.
Snyder, C. S. (2014). A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge: PMBOK (®)
Guide. Project Management Institute.
 PMJ Learning includes:
Understanding the objectives of PMJ or
project management journal
Understanding how the process of project
management works
The project management journal is famous
for publishing qualitative papers along with
the quantitative works, which are purely
conceptual and includes diverse research
methods and approaches. This concepts and
knowledge are very useful for integrating
the various types of projects and program
Snyder, C. S. (2014). A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge: PMBOK (®)
Guide. Project Management Institute.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20009 Course Portfolio for Week (Insert week number)
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this course.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
management. This journal is a great help
for understanding the process and concept
of project management.
 SAI Global Learning include:
Understanding the SAI Global standards and
compliance
It is a standard and compliance for risk
management in a project. It is a commercial
database of Australian standard that
includes drafts and auxiliary material
available and can be accessed in many
online Australian libraries. It helps in
understanding the different risk
management policies and standards that
can be strategically implemented in
understanding the risks associated with the
projects.
Portfolio Reflection
Project management is a process of identifying the project requirements, planning of the project for properly implementing it. The project management is a
concept that helps in controlling and managing the project thorough the entire project life. The learning of this week has helped me in understanding the
importance of project management. The project-planning phase is very important for properly estimating the schedule and resource requirement of a
project. Use of a proper project management methodology is important for estimating the success of the project. This learning has helped me to
understand the need and value of following a proper project management plan in implementation of the particular project. The idea of critical learning and
critical thinking has helped me to visualize and analyse an idea through different perspectives. Critical thinking and critical writing is important to
understand logical and practical connection between the different ideas. It is however, a self-motivated process that evaluates the importance of the
thinking differently. This is important for understanding the different aspects of a project or a process. The journals have further helped me in
understanding the different fields of project management, which includes the project procurement management and importance of risk management. Risk
management is very important to consider in project management as it helps in evaluating the risks associated with a project that should be mitigated in
order to eliminate the risk of project failure or delay in the schedule of the project. This week’s learning has therefore been a great experience for me.
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