PPMP20009 Project Management: A Unit Portfolio of Weekly Learning

This document represents a student's weekly portfolio for a project management unit (PPMP20009), showcasing reflections on various topics and learning outcomes. It includes discussions on the history and benefits of project management, methodologies, continuous improvement, and the role of a project manager. The portfolio entries cover experiences, supporting documentation, and personal insights gained from readings, videos, and practical applications. Topics range from project management's contribution to the world and the differences between systems, programs, and projects, to quality assurance and resource management within projects. The student reflects on both successes and failures, highlighting the importance of continuous improvement and adapting to change. Desklib offers a range of similar solved assignments for students.

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Weekly portfolio
In this unit you are required to complete a weekly portfolio. A portfolio provides evidence of previous experience and presents a dynamic record of your
growth and professional learning over the duration of this Unit. Your portfolio provides an account of your learning based on your prior and current
learnings and your critical reflection.
A portfolio is increasingly being used in Universities as a means of:
 Being able to tell much more about you than exam results;
 As a means of reflecting your development through the unit;
 To reflect your attitude and values as well as your skills and knowledge.
(Race 2010, p. 58)
Timmins states that ‘A portfolio is a cohesive account of work based learning that contains relevant evidence from practice and critical reflection on this
evidence. Its primary purpose is to ‘display achievement ofprofessional competence or learning outcomes and knowledge development’(Timmins 2008: p.
115).
You’ll find much more information about the use and application of portfolios on the Internet. However, it will requireyou to take some time to think
through how you are going to complete the portfolio on a weekly basis. It is very easy to trivialise the portfolio and write nearly the same thing each week.
But that won’t gain you many marks. Instead you should try to focus on the topic and learning outcome for the week and your reflections regarding them.
Task
Your task is to write a weekly portfolio reflecting upon your learnings from the prior week. In your portfolio you will identify:
1. The learning outcomes and module/topic of the unit;
2. A description of your experience, including reading samples or records;
3. Your learning from your experiences;
4. Any supporting documentation of prior or current learning.
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Instructions for completing the portfolio
1. Type your name and student id at the top of the page in the header section.
2. You can then delete this first section, save the file so that it can be used each week, and concentrate on writing your weekly portfolio.
3. Each learning outcome and the topics appropriate for the learning outcome have been included as the first column of portfolio table on the next
page. You should review these columns and make changes as the unit progresses and you gain more familiarity with the learning outcomes and
unit content. You will find that you will progressively elaborate on the content of the second, third and fourth columns as you work through each of
the weeks of the unit.
4. Please appreciate it takes time to complete the portfolio therefore you must think always of what is required and be taking notes to update your
portfolio as you read, study videos, or undertake other unit related activities. You are expected to be working 12 to 16 hours each week on this unit
so you have plenty of time to get the portfolio right!
5. The portfolio will be discussed in the unit online videos and tutorials – please listen carefully and you may find the portfolio is easier to complete
than it first appears.
6. You may disagree with the allocation of the learning outcomes to the topics in the portfolio table. This is your right and you are free to move things
around as you become more familiar with the portfolio and the unit material.
7. At the beginning of the unit all of the learning outcomes maybe not appropriate for the first week, so you should reflect upon what you believe is
required from the portfolio for the first week. As the weeks progress then you will find that you will add more learning outcomes. The content of
the first weekly learning portfolio table in this file includes all of the topics and reading samples to save your time in typing.
8. At the end of the unit you should review your weekly portfolios and then consolidate them into a single submission. This is the assessment that
gets marked. Since the objective of the portfolio is to show your learning journey as well as your reflections then you should not be surprised to
find that your opinions have changed during the unit. You do not have to change your portfolios from prior weeks.
Future directions
In the future you should expect that portfolios will be used increasinglyat the academic post graduate level. Eventually they may even replace exams.
Therefore there are a number of things to note for the future:
1. You will be required to complete more portfolios in otherunits as you progress inyour academic career;
2. As portfolios begin to replace exams you will need to make your portfolio comprehensive and deeply reflective to gain a good grade;
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3. You may find that other unit assessments, such as presentations, will be aligned with the content of your portfolio submissions as a means of
validating your knowledge.
Acknowledgement and references
This portfolio structurewas based on an example (a psychology unit) located at Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada
Race P. (2010) A Practical Guide to Assessment, Learning and Teaching.Abingdon, England: Routledge.
Timmins F. (2008) Making Sense of Portfolios: An Introduction to Portfolio use for Nursing Students. Glasgow, Scotland: McGraw-Hill Education.
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Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from thisunit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
Why Project
Management?
After reading about the history about
project management, describe what you
think about project management? What
has been the contribution to the world?
The project management is the process of
defining each steps for the compilation of
the project. It starts from the requirements
gathering for the project and ends with the
compilation of the project.
The good project management can help to
deliver the quality projects, the outcomes of
these projects helps to solve different
problems around the world.
YouTube Video: Value Driven Project
Management by Dr. Harold Kerzner
What are the benefits of using project
management?
The project managers can have the more
control over the progress of the project
using the project management and related
methodologies. The main benefits gained
from the use of the project management is
that it helps deliver the outcome that will
meet all the requirements.
Kerzner, H., 2017. Project Management
Organizational Structures. Project
Management Case Studies, pp.105-128.
Kerzner Chapter 1 Could you say that the method you
approach things with has similarities to
project management?
There are difference between the approach
to do things in the daily life and the stages
of the project management. The project
management consists of certain steps those
has to maintained in a formal way for the
compilation of the project. In the daily life,
the approach of doing things is largely
dependent on the perception of the
respective person.
Thompson, S. and Cox, E., 2017. How Coaching
is Used and Understood by Project Managers in
Organizations. Project Management
Journal, 48(5), pp.64-77.
How would you describe project
management and change?
The change in the project management
generally refers to the change in the
requirement of the project. This change in
the requirement is called the scope creep of
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Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from thisunit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
the project.
Egelstaff (2013)
Academic
assignments:
Critical thinking
and writing
critically
Have you ever wanted to change
something?
Yes, sometimes changes in the things are
required.
Holt, G.D., 2016. Historical British antecedents
of innovative construction project organisation
and social structures. Construction
Innovation, 16(1), pp.46-66.
Describe an example where you introduce
change and how you achieved it.
The way of maintaining the daily routine has
been changed by me. Previously, I did not
maintain any daily routine. That approach
was wasting my time and resources. The
maintaining of daily routine in a written way
helps me to achieve the targets in the daily
basis.
Journals &
Standards
How would you describe a “System”,
“Program and “Project”?
The main difference between the program
and the project is the specificity. The project
refers to the ways for achieving the specific
objective, on the other hand the program
refers to the compilation of the multiple
projects under a single domain. The system
is the whole process through which the
project or the program runs.
 IJPM Have you ever experienced a failed
project?
Yes, I have experienced failed project.
 PMJ Describe it and why it failed? What could
have been done differently to not fail?
The project we have made to achieve the
specific goal was not successful as at the
end the outcome of the project did not
meet the initial requirements.
 SAI Global Describe a project life cycle? Can you
name any?
The project life cycle defines the stages a
project goes through. Generally there are
five stages in the project life cycle-
initialization of the project, execution of the
project, monitoring, control ,closing of the
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Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from thisunit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
project.
Why do you think we need project
management methodologies?
In order to achieve the goals in the different
projects along with the meeting the
requirements , different approaches are
needed in the different project. Various
project management methodologies can
provide various approach for the different
projects.
How does having project management
methodologies relate to continuous
improvement?
The project management methodologies
helps to achieve the goals of the project
along with the continuous improvements.
The follow up of the progress of the project
is done on the daily basis. In order to gain
the clarity on the requirement the meetings
are done between the team members and
the project stakeholders. These steps helps
to the improvement of the projects.
Have you ever experienced continuous
improvement in your life?
Yes, I have experienced the continuous
improvement in my life.
Describe an example where you strived
for ‘continuous improvement”
TI strive for the continuous improvement in
my academic career.
Have you ever failed in an exam, a test, or
done badly in an activity and then wanted
to improve? What did you do to improve?
Yes , I have done badly in a n exam and later
I wanted to improve my performance. The
hard work and the perseverance help me to
achieve the improved result.
References
Holt, G.D., 2016. Historical British antecedents of innovative construction project organisation and social structures. Construction Innovation, 16(1), pp.46-
66.
Kerzner, H., 2017. Project Management Organizational Structures. Project Management Case Studies, pp.105-128.
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Thompson, S. and Cox, E., 2017. How Coaching is Used and Understood by Project Managers in Organizations. Project Management Journal, 48(5), pp.64-
77.
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