PPMP20009 Course Portfolio: Week 11 Project Management Insights

This project portfolio, submitted for the PPMP20009 course, focuses on project management principles, specifically resource planning, scope management, and change management. The portfolio includes a weekly learning table detailing various project management topics, personal learning outcomes, and reflections on practical experiences. The student explores how to ensure adequate resources, manage project team skills, handle scope changes, and address project changes, drawing from both academic literature and personal experiences. The document references key journals and standards, such as the International Journal of Project Management and the Project Management Journal, to support the analysis and conclusions. The student reflects on the importance of detailed project scope and effective resource planning for project success.

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Week 11
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note
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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.
How do you ensure
you have the right
number of
resources for the
project?
 By analysing past projects and
creating a projection of the resource
needed.
I have experienced that resource planning is
essential as any deficiency in critical
resources will create huge problems for the
project.
Umble, E. J., Haft, R. R., & Umble, M. M. (2003).
Enterprise resource planning: Implementation
procedures and critical success
factors. European journal of operational
research, 146(2), 241-257.
How do you ensure
your project team
have the correct
skills and
knowledge to do
their job?
 For trivial work, people can be
recruited by analysing their previous
work. However, for critical job roles,
the expected team members must be
interviewed before joining the team.
Any team consists of back and critical office
job positions. I have seen that extensive
interviews must be conducted for critical
positions.
How do you
manage scope
change and ensure
there is no scope
creep?
 Using project management software
available online.
 Understanding the actual needs of
the client.
 Understanding the requirements of
the project.
In my experience, the scope of the project
must be well defined from the beginning to
avoid any change to the scope in the future.
Clark, K. B. (1989). Project scope and project
performance: the effect of parts strategy and
supplier involvement on product
development. Management science, 35(10),
1247-1263.
Why do changes
happen in a
project?
 Not meeting the objectives of the
project.
 Not meeting the requirements of the
client.
 Contingency plans are absent.
My experience suggests that changes are
needed only when the scope of the project
is not appropriately defined.
Have you ever in
your personal life
experienced the
need for change?
How do you handle
this? What did you
do?
I needed a change from my daily schedule.
My work-life balance was becoming a
problem. Thus, I implemented the work
breakdown method for my daily life. I was
able to increase my efficiency and
productivity due to proper time
management.
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Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this course.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
Journals &
Standards
 IJPM Resource planning and project scope
management is well explained in these
journals.
The knowledge that I gained was very
beneficial.
Management, I. (2018). International Journal of
Project Management. Journals.elsevier.com.
Retrieved 31 January 2018, from
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/internationa
l-journal-of-project-management
 PMJ The journals help in properly addressing the
need for resource planning.
I used these journals for proper resource
planning implementation.
Project Management Journal | PMI. (2018).
Pmi.org. Retrieved 31 January 2018, from
https://www.pmi.org/learning/publications/pro
ject-management-journal
 SAI Global Project scope and its management is available
in these journals.
I was able to create suitable and detailed
project scope.
Ethics & compliance - SAI Global. (2018).
SAIGlobal. Retrieved 31 January 2018, from
https://www.saiglobal.com/en-au/ethics_and_c
ompliance/
Portfolio Reflection
I can conclude after reading several literature that resource planning is crucial for the success of a project and the project scope must be detailed
enough to prevent any changes.
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