BSBPMG515, 516, 519: Assessment Kit 3 - Project Management

This assessment kit, designed for Project Management Practitioner students, covers key aspects of project management including human resources, information and communication, and stakeholder engagement. The kit includes knowledge questions on topics such as performance management, learning and development strategies, recruitment and selection, and communication styles. Furthermore, the assessment explores various human resource management strategies, techniques for improving performance (team rewards, coaching, training, and company induction), and methods for reviewing project communication outcomes. Students are also tasked with comparing project management information systems. The assessment emphasizes practical application, requiring students to provide examples and recommend situations for applying the discussed concepts. This assessment aims to evaluate the students' understanding and application of project management principles, with an emphasis on BSBPMG515, BSBPMG516, and BSBPMG519 units of competency.

PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
PRACTITIONER
Assessment Kit (3 of 4)
BSBPMG515 Manage Project Human Resources
BSBPMG516 Manage Project Information and
Communication
BSBPMG519 Manage Project Stakeholder
Engagement

Project Management Practitioner BSBPMG515, 516, 519: Assessment Kit 3 of 4

Project Management Practitioner BSBPMG515, 516, 519: Assessment Kit 3 of 4
contents
ASSESSMENT INFORMATION.............................................................1
Competencies Being Assessed......................................................................1
Assessment Process...................................................................................... 2
Progress Checklist......................................................................................... 3
ASSESSMENT COVERSHEET..............................................................4
Supervisor/Manager Support and Communication........................................5
ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS..........................................................6
1. Knowledge Questions.............................................................................6
2. Tasks...................................................................................................... 9
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Assessment Information
Competencies Being Assessed
BSBPMG515 Manage Project Human Resources
1. Plan human resources relevant to projects
2. Implement project personnel training and development
3. Lead project team
4. Finalise human resource activities related to projects
For a full view of this unit of competency please visit
https://training.gov.au/Training/Details/BSBPMG515
BSBPMG516 Manage Project Information and Communication
1. Plan information and communication processes
2. Implement project information and communication processes
3. Assess information and communication outcomes
For a full view of this unit of competency please visit
https://training.gov.au/Training/Details/BSBPMG516
BSBPMG519 Manage Project Stakeholder Engagement
1. Identify and address stakeholder interests
2. Manage effective stakeholder engagement
3. Manage stakeholder communications
For a full view of this unit of competency please visit
https://training.gov.au/Training/Details/BSBPMG519
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Assessment Process
The assessment is designed to help you gather evidence of your competence
against the requirements of the unit of competency (as outlined above) while
applying your learning in the workplace. Your evidence may take a variety of
forms and must be:
 Authentic – your own work
 Valid – related to the competency
 Sufficient – appropriate quantity and quality
 Current – recent proof of your skills and knowledge
When should I submit this assessment?
It is recommended that you submit this assessment within the first nine (9)
months of your enrolment. You have twelve months to submit all the
assessments for the Diploma of Project Management. Please advise AIM if you
anticipate needing more time so that your records can be updated.
Use this assessment kit to complete your responses to the assessment, attaching
additional evidence and documentation as appropriate. Please ensure all
additional documents are clearly labelled so that your assessor understands the
relevance to specific parts of the assessment.
Assessment Submission and Feedback
Submit your assessment online via myAIM. Once submitted, your assessment will
be assessed and feedback returned to you via myAIM.
You will receive an assessment of either Competent or Not Yet Competent. If you
receive a Not Yet Competent assessment you will be provided with one (1) more
opportunity to submit your work.
If you are assessed as Competent, you will be eligible for a Statement of
Attainment. If you are enrolled in a full qualification, you will be issued with a
Certificate and Transcript upon successful completion of all of your units.
Video evidence
You are required to submit video evidence for part of this assessment. Ideally you
will upload your video evidence to YouTube (as a private link) and supply the link
to your assessor.
Seek permission from any participants that are involved and ensure they are
aware of the purpose of the video, i.e. to assess your competence in a task.
Technical tools for completing this assessment
To complete this assessment you need access to:
 A computer with internet
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 Programs for word processing and other relevant programs to develop
project management documentation and reports as required (please use
work tools wherever possible)
 A camera or video recording device such as a mobile phone.
Progress Checklist
This checklist is designed to help ensure you don’t miss anything when
completing your assessments and preparing them for submission.
Item Complete?
Read and ensure you understand the AIM Student
Handbook. Particularly in terms of your rights and
responsibilities. Access the Student Handbook on the
AIM website.
Read the assessment information, particularly the
competency being assessed
Complete the cover sheet
Answer the knowledge questions within this assessment
kit
Complete the tasks within this assessment kit.
Compile your complete submission, ensuring that all
additional documents and attachments are appropriately
labelled. Also ensure any media submissions such as
video and audio are ready for submission.
Save this assessment document with the following
name:
Surname_firstname_Assessmentkit3of4
Save additional documents with the following
name:
Surname_firstname_Assessment3of4_tasknumber_docum
enttype
For example:
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Smith_Jane_ Assessment3of4_Task2.2.1_projectcharter
Or
Smith_Jane_ Assessment3of4_Task2.2.1_meetingminutes
Submit your assessments via myAIM.
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Assessment Coversheet
Program title: Project Management Practitioner
Unit of competency:
BSBPMG515 Manage Project Human Resources
BSBPMG516 Manage Project Information and Communication
BSBPMG519 Manage Project Stakeholder Engagement
Program date:
Name: Email:
Telephone: Mobile:
Organisation:
A brief description of your organisation:
A brief description of your
team/department:
A brief description of your role:
You will submit your completed assessment online through myAIM. By making this
submission you agree to the following declaration:
Declaration:
o I have read and understand the information contained within the Student
Handbook
o All responses and evidence submitted here are my own work and contain no
material written by another person, except where due reference is made
I understand that the Australian Institute of Management Education and Training will
retain information relating to my assessment and not disclose it to third parties without
my permission, with the exception of my employer on request (where my employer is
financing my course) and AIM service providers (such as my assessor) acting in
confidence on my behalf.
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Supervisor/Manager Support and Communication
Having the support of your supervisor/manager will assist you in completing your
assessment and applying your learning back into the workplace.
Please note: This is not a compulsory part of the assessment process.
Communication with
your
Supervisor/Manager
Participant Comment Supervisor/Manager
Comment
Review your experience
of the training
Discuss the assessment
requirements and its
applicability to the
workplace
Identify the resources
and support needed to
complete the assessment
Agree a plan of action for
successful completion
within the timeframes
Discuss your satisfaction
with the training and
assessment process
Participant
Name:
Date:
Supervisor/Manager
Name:
Phone#
Date:
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Assessment Requirements
1.Knowledge Questions
Instructions
 Answer all parts of each question
 Use your own words and give examples wherever possible
 The quality of your answer is more important than how long it is
 Enter your answers in this document
Answer the following questions:
1.1. Summarise the following human resource management methods:
a) Performance management
Performance management is one of key methods for the human resource
management of any company (Iamratanakul, 2018). By using this method, the
HRM can simply develop or improve performance of different employees in the
workplace of the business.
b) Learning and development strategies
Learning and development strategies enables to human resource
management of company in enhancing existing workability and efficiency of
employees. The HRM mostly encourages its different employees about learning
new things in the workplace to develop their different skills and abilities.
c) Recruitment and selection
Recruitment and selection also key method od human resource department of
a company for hiring different talented and skilled employees in the workplace.
1.2. Explain the following human resource management strategies in project
management and provide examples of situations where they are applied:
a) Management by Wandering Around (MBWA)
Management by Wandering Around is basically strategy to the HRM for
spending few times with different employees of the company in the terms of
listening their various problems and difficulties. Employees feel valued by HRM
when this management conducts MBWA practices.
b) Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
KPI is a very productive tool for the HRM of a company for always
maintaining an effectiveness within employees’ performance.
c) Performance review meetings
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Performance review meetings is another key strategy of HR department for
arranging meeting with employees to review their existing performance in the
terms of improvement.
d) Group decision-making
Many times, group discussion also has conducted by human resource
management of companies for checking effectiveness of employees’
communication skills and values of interaction.
1.3. Explain the following techniques for managing and improving
performance and recommend situations when they should be applied:
a) Team rewards
Team rewards is a way of a company for appreciating different employees of
a team against their extra-ordinary performance. This technique generally
encourages employees within workplace.
b) Coaching
Coaching is one of key techniques for a business to teach employees about
many new methods of productive work. By participating in a coaching session, a
employee can simply enhance its workability.
c) Training
Training sessions helps to people of an organisation to develop their existing
performance and productivity.
d) Company induction
Company induction technique mainly used by different companies for
motivating their employees to work hard in workplace.
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1.4. Provide an explanation and examples of each of the following
communication styles:
a) Interactive communication
Interactive communication ability, currently each within market place tries to
develop this ability in its employees, because after having this ability, employees
will be motivated to properly interact with each other.
b) Push communication
Push communication basically helps to people for communicating with each
other with support of different tools. For example; letters, emails, faxes, memos,
reports etc.
c) Pull communication
The pull communication ability is all about giving group access for the
common information, so this also helps in removing different errors from the
workplace.
1.5. Outline the following methods for reviewing outcomes related to project
communication:
a) Team evaluation
Team evaluation method is very necessary method for analysing productivity
of a team work. When we evaluate any team, then we can simply find out key
strengths and weaknesses of that team work as well.
b) 360-degree feedback
This is a method to give feedback to anyone for the purpose of improvement.
360-degree feedback method helps us for informing a person about its each
error.
c) Contractor and supplier evaluation
Contractor and supplier evaluation is another key method for knowing
different key factors and aspects of contractors and suppliers (Çelik and Meral,
2019). This method basically helps to business for choosing appropriate
contractor and supplier in the business environment.
1.6. Research, compare and contrast at least two (2) project management
information systems. Identify the one that would be most applicable to
projects in your organisation and explain why.
Workzone and Scoro are two key PMIS (project management information
systems), in which Workzone is helpful in creating task dependencies and
subtasks, enables the project manager for quickly seeing statuses of work
through Gantt charts. On the other side, Scoro information system of project
management helps us for using real time dashboard of KPI, it enables to project
manager about sub-tasks and deadlines. In these both systems, Scoro system of
project management would be most applicable for projects in the organisation,
because it provides real time dashboard of KPI which is too efficient in the terms
of managing in any project’s performance very excellent.
1.7. Describe the following levels and what each level means in terms of
stakeholder engagement
a) Seek participation
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