Master's in Project Management: Reflection on Development Plan

This reflective report analyzes the student's personal and professional development, focusing on the skills and characteristics needed for career advancement, particularly in project management. The report begins with a SWOT analysis to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It explores ideal placement roles, salary expectations, and the main responsibilities of a project manager. The student outlines a personal and professional development plan, identifying goals related to presentation, communication, writing, and teamwork skills, and critical thinking. The report also emphasizes the importance of networking and time management skills. The student reflects on the Future Careers module, highlighting the development of communication, critical thinking, and patience, and the acquisition of insights into various professional aspects. The report concludes with a discussion of the skills gained and their application to future career goals.

REFLECTION ON PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................4
SECTION 1..............................................................................................................................................5
SECTION 2................................................................................................................................................9
SECTION 3..............................................................................................................................................13
REFERENCE.........................................................................................................................................15

SUMMARY
The key objective of this reflective report is to analyse my success in my
studies and evaluate the characteristics that I most need to build and
acknowledge the optimal role for a positioning in an organization in this self
evaluation study. I can evaluate my strengths and weaknesses based
principally on my personal knowledge growth and the philosophy I have
studied in the courses and lectures, so for that I want to perform a Strategic
analysis , determine skills and capabilities, so to develop professional skill,
technical skills and decision making.

INTRODUCTION
This mission is a vital study which represents in reality my continued desire
for personal and professional growth (PPD). In this study, I will be outlining
practical needs that I need to address by endorsing assessment studies, and
assessing their impact as a potential trained project manager on my personal
progress.
I have always trying to be a professional project manager, and I know that
only experience and knowledge about the fundamentals of trade can do this.
This is why I wanted to pursue my post-graduate education for
project Management as Master's. This is the framework for my new road map
for professional growth.
To explore my latest personal growth plan, let's start with my swot review, as
it forms the base of every strategic plan.
Strengths (Current)
 Strong communiation skills.
 The influence of external assistance.
 For stress management, prepare in
advance.
 Extended solutions quest.
Opportunities (Future)
 Assessment of financial decision
viability.
 Get more fun studying.
 Memory enhancing strategies.
Weaknesses (Current)
 There is a lack of managerial
expertise.
 Useless political expression and lack
of seminar experience.
 And inappropriate experience at
work.
Threats (Future)
 To set priorities, use reverse
preparation.
 Feel the crisis with development.
 Care of fear.
Fig 1: shows the swot analysis for personal growth plan

SECTION 1
IDEAL PLACEMENT ROLES
I began to check the greatest position in positioning a project manager who
was responsible for effective project creation, project preparation, design,
delivery, supervision, control and completion. This position is taken advantage
of by manufacturing, chemical industries, engineering, IT and many
companies producing services and products. "Demand for project managers
will grow faster than demand for workers in other professions over the next 10
years." according to a (Dowson, n.d.) by the Instituted Product Management
Institute. It is projected that in the United States there will be almost 214 000
new project management positions each year.
For a number of reasons, project management jobs are attractive and
suitable for my future career:
 Increased demand leads to higher salaries.
 There are several other avenues of developing and going forward.
 Project managers are able to work in multiple sectors.
SALARY AND PACKAGES
There were several pay statistics relative to prior years in the survey. 5The
overall income dropped from £50,000 in 2016 to £57,500 in 2018,due to
higher-value contracts and a large rise in younger professionals.However,
there was a rise in 13% of individuals below 35 age (mentioned in appendix
1), who earn more than £35,000, so that give a huge opportunity for a break
through. Earnings differ in places depending on which county wherein the I
live or even how hard it is to operate. If i work in a large city such as London

or Manchester will get salary between £40,000 to £50,000 (for more details
shown in graph 1).
national average london manchester edinburgh cardiff plymouth
£0
£10,000
£20,000
£30,000
£40,000
£50,000
£60,000
£41,910
£48,000
£41,000 £41,910
£36,000 £36,773
PROJECT MANAGER SALARY IN UK
SALARY
Graph 1: salary package of project manager in different county
(source: https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Job/uk-project-manager-jobs-SRCH_IL.0,2_IN2_KO3,18.html )

MAIN ROLE OF A PROJECT MANAGER
 Ability to identify the scope and priorities of the project.
 Estimate the capital necessary to accomplish priorities and successfully
allocate resources.
 Prepare a budget dependent on job expectations and finances.
 Track the budget for project expenses.
 Detailed project plans and job plans are developed and managed.
 Provide consistent project reports for the plans, changes and success of
different stakeholders.
 Contracts with provider and supplier are conducted by assignments and
planned outcomes are transmitted.
 In project management, use best practises, methods and business
guidelines.
 Follow improvement and if necessary change.
 Measure project success in order to recognize growth areas.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATION FOR PROJECT MANAGERS
 Graduated with an IT, business or similar degree. Diploma.
 Project management and associated practise for 5-8 years.
 Certification is preferred for PMP (Project Management Professional).
 A demonstrated ability to creatively fix challenges.
 Extensive experience of project management automation techniques,
approaches and best practises.
 Try to analyse the proposal during its entire life cycle.
 Analytical capabilities are excellent.
 Strong and very intelligent leadership skills.
 Fulfillment of programme in accordance with the reach, schedule and
timetables showed.

IDEAL PLACEMENT BASED ON INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
Fig 2: shows the position of project manager in different sector.
Jobs provided by main industry are shown in appendix 5, and the position are:
Project coordinator: managerial entry level role for drafting and
disseminating reports. The project planner is a management committee
assistant.
Project Planner: This individual uses a project plan software tool. This role
entails reviewing and handling timetables and other records without
departments or personnel management.
Assistant Project Manager: I would need a assistant who works together
and performs activities which the project manager cannot do in very large
projects.

SECTION 2
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The time for university students to explore and create a new future for
themselves is defined as the prime time for transformation. The university
typically gives time to decide what students want and set course for a
moratorium (Welchman, 2000), a kind of "waiting" for Erickson. The principle
of Personal Development Planning (PDP) is rooted in the universities, in
addition to skills acquisition in some subjects (Allan, 2009). I've discussed the
priorities of higher learning and the current context by showing a model of four
skills in appendix 2. I agree that my talents and abilities have developed
tremendously as I think of my career growth and the degree of commitment
has grown to this exercise. Environmental plans are difficult to manage based
on my abilities in different fields. It is also a very useful area of activity that I
believe has greatly enhanced my essential competences in spatial planning
and provides a solid basis for my further professional development as shown
in table 1.
Goal Activities Success criteria
presentation
skills
 Attend presentations skills
course through the university
programme.
 Improve technique and
Resources.
 Conduct a presentation to
colleagues and lecturer.
 i need to build a master
plan that each group
member knows, practises
and understands in order to
solve the challenge
successfully and
successfully.
Communication
skills
Supporting resources.
Writing skills
Learning with dialogues
 Watched video
 Written questions
 Faster at extracting
information
Careers skills CV and career information.  Attended IT Excel course

Career definition and destination.
Job application and interviews  Budget produced
 Excel used for assignments
To develop
teamwork skills
 Group presentation.
 Conflict resolution.
 Decision making.
 Problem solving
 This relates specifically to
team leaders in the sense
of team activity, which must
empower others to help
accomplish team
objectives.
Table 2: shows that professional and personal development plan
CRITICAL THINKING
The basis for what i build in individual societies and in our organizations, are
critical thinking skills. Paul and Elder define critical thinking as a way to think
about the study of project management, content or problems, by competently
taking responsibility for structures inherent in thinking, in which the thinker
improves the quality of his thinking, and sets intelligent standards (Bernstein,
1999). The following can be compared to the abandon of the park,
immediately preceeded by preconception, partial opinions, bigotry, and even
excellent prejudice: "These people complain that neither" thoughts are
expensive; they cause a lack of quality of life and of wealth.
 Ask important questions and concerns by making them clear and concise.
 Compare and evaluate relevant information and try to interpret it
accurately.
 They arrive at reasonable conclusions and decisions and compare them
with relevant criteria and standards.
 think freely in a different thought system
NETWORK SKILLS
Networking consists of individuals adopting a strategic approach to
developing and maintaining relationships that will support their personal,
professional and career goals. In the contemporary employment context

where there is decreased job security, increased movement (or mobility)
between jobs and rapid techno-logical change, looking at relationships
strategically, both at work and beyond work, for a project manager having
network degree has become increasingly important as they can work in many
sectors as shown in appendix 4. Networking is not only an important
influence in finding and keeping jobs, it also influences career success and
fulfillment. Rather than just suggesting that students grow their social media
networks, a more deliberate approach of relationship management is
proposed here.
PRESENTATION SKILLS
 For the following reasons, university students can become the most
skilled presenters:
 Giving lectures form part of the learning and evaluation.
 This means that students at the university can give both lectures and
practise.
 A presentation clearly requires high level linguistic skills in a
communications form.
 There is frequently support for presentations by technology that both
exposure and access to students at universities.
TEAM WORK SKILLS
A special aspect of work is teamwork, the individualistic emphasis often
placed on schools is quite different. More opportunities for studying and
evaluating in teams are available from universities. Furthermore a degree in
company or management includes an understanding team contribution. Three
things from teamwork are immediately evident:
Synergy effect: teams can produce much more than the quantity and quality
of work they produce themselves.

Competency field: A balanced team can develop the skills necessary for a
successful organization. A successful team isn't such a collection. They
include a mixture of qualifications and skills.
Team Roles: Various people take different roles when working in a team,
sometimes by choice, and sometimes automatically.
TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS
"Time management refers to how much time I spend for certain activities I
want to organize and plan for. It may seem uncomfortable to spend precious
time training on time management in my work, but the advantages are
enormous:
 A more efficient and high productivity.
 Towards a reputation as a professional.
 To reduce stress. Reduce stress.
 Built up advancement opportunities.
 Greater chance to reach important goals for life and work.
So, I gained a knowledge that Communication is sometimes pointed to as one
of the most prevalent explanations for failure of a project, i.e. late, budgetary
and/or bad results. When contact is transparent, truthful, clear, precise and is
used vertically and horizontally, productivity grows, the second presumption
stops and a secret programme is created. This lead to less tension and
dramatically higher completion rates for the project team.
Point of clarification, I decide how intentionally or implicitly we want to
communicate. Be vigilant then what you mean and how you view other
people. Watch how they react to your words and correct them if appropriate
when talking to the project team.