Week 4 Portfolio: Systems Engineering Concepts and Project Management

This report, a student's Week 4 portfolio for the PPMP20012 unit, delves into the application of systems engineering concepts and methodologies within project management. It emphasizes the importance of system thinking, which involves understanding the interrelationships between processes rather than isolated states. The report highlights how systems thinking bridges technical and managerial aspects, facilitating effective communication and integration within projects. It distinguishes between concepts (axioms) and methodologies (taxonomies) in systems engineering, referencing SEBoK. The analysis covers the use of various tools and techniques, such as expert judgment and data analysis, to identify risks, manage requirements, and enhance project success. It also differentiates between project and portfolio management, outlining the advantages of portfolio management, such as optimized resource allocation and better coordination. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of selecting the right project management techniques for successful project completion and effective communication.

(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio for Week 4
Week 4: Describe how systems engineering concepts and methodologies can help a project manager
organise a project.
Reading samples Learning outcomes of the unit Learnings from your weekly study,
experience, this and prior unit readings and
assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
 Fleming, Q. W., &
Koppelman, J. M.
(2016, December).
Earned value
project
management.
Project
Management
Institute.
 Brioso, X. (2015).
Integrating ISO
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on project
management,
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and
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Engineering, 123,
76-84.
 Hornstein, H. A.
(2015). The
integration of
project
management and
organizational
change
management is
now a
1. System thinking has a great deal of
influence in the project and portfolio
management. System thinking is
seeing the inter relationship between
the two processes, rather than
observing the sate or pattern of those
processes (Kerzner,2013). I helps to
build the general principals and rules
in the situation where diverse systems
are indulges to make a significant
process (Fleming& Koppelman,2016).
It has some important in the field of
project management. The complex
project processes need both technical
and managerial skills for taking the
control of the process (Brioso, 2015).
The system thinking is a gateway
which enables the participation of
both technical and managerial person
in the project process. The system
thinking process helps the technical
person and the management of the
process to share and understand each
other’s idea (Hornstein, 2015). This
understanding helps to integrate the
processes in the project in an effective
There is a slight difference between the concept and the
methodology. Concept is the theoretical statement about
some process or activities or a entity, where as the
methodology defines the logical steps or the systematic
approach towards proving the concept or searching a way to
solve a problem or implement a method.
The axiom is a statement that is widely accepted and proven.
Whereas the taxonomy is classifications of some entity. In
this context, the concept can be regarded as the axiom as it
the accepted statement (SEBoK, 2018). The methodology can
be regarded as taxonomy as to reach to the desired result
the methodology can be approached in various ways.
According to the system engineering body of knowledge the
concept is the set of activities related to the system
engineering in which the requirements of the clients and
stakeholders of the organization and the space and problem
space of the project is closely related.
The methodology, according to the engineering body of
knowledge is the is the a body of tools and methods applied
for finding solution of a problem. `the methodology is
generally derived from the theoretical framework. It helps a
structured approach to the problems in the project and apply
some conceptual methods of system thinking in order to
solve those problems.
Project and portfolio manageemt are both the parts of the
Al-Mamary, Y. H.,
Shamsuddin, A., & Abdul
Hamid, N. A. (2013). The
impact of management
information systems
adoption in managerial
decision making: A
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Systems, 8(4), 010-017.
Kerzner, H. (2013).
Project Management: A
Systems Approach to
Planning, Scheduling and
Controlling.
2006. Editorial John
Wiley, Hoboken, New
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Yakabovicz, E. (2017,
July). Systems Security
Engineering: What Every
System Engineer Needs
to Know. In INCOSE
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Reading samples Learning outcomes of the unit Learnings from your weekly study,
experience, this and prior unit readings and
assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
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2), 291-298.
 Jaferi, F., Parsa,
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way. project management. The portfolio management deals with
the different processes while the project management deals
with the similar types of the projects.
International
Symposium (Vol. 27, No.
1, pp. 434-445).
SEBoK, S. (2018). SEBoK.
Retrieved from
http://www.sebokwiki.or
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 2. Surprisingly, it has been found in most
cases , the project managers are not
using system thinking tools while the
development of the project (Jaferi,
Parsa & Sajadi, 2016). However, the
system thinking tools and the
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techniques can help the project
managers to complete the project in
an effective way. There are different
system thinking tools and techniques
for the management of the project.
However, the application of relevant
tools and techniques are dependent
on the perception and experience of
the project manager. Some of the
system thinking tools and systems are
expert judgement, analysis of data
from already published paper,
alternative analysis, bottom up
estimation and application of the
project management software. The
use of theses tools will provide the
resources for the decision making and
the resource break down structure.
The identification of the possible risks
associated in the project and the
dependencies of the systems can be
determined by the application of the
system thinking tools.
 3. In order to enhance the chances of the
success of the project it is important to
identify and manage the requirements
of the project. The understanding of
the requirement of the project is an
important factor for the successful
compilation of the project. The project
management tools and methodologies
help to understand the requirement
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properly and enable the way to
manage the required resources for the
project. This helps to reduce the scope
creep of the project and the cost and
time for the compilation of the project.
It explore sthe way which will lead to
the project managers to achieve
success in the project through a
professional way. There are some
fields in the project management
process where the factors are
associated with both the management
domain and the technical domain.
Project management methodologies
will help to solve the problems for
those attributes.
 4. There is a difference between project
management and portfolio
management. In project management
the managing of the similar projects
and processes are done. While in
portfolio management the
management of the different kinds of
projects and processes are done.
There are certain advantages of the
portfolio management such as the
allocation of the resources can be
optimized among the different
projects and processes, better co-
ordination can be done among the
different processes without conflicts
(Al-Mamary, Shamsuddin & Abdul
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Reading samples Learning outcomes of the unit Learnings from your weekly study,
experience, this and prior unit readings and
assignments
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Hamid,2013). However, the portfolio
has organizational wide scope which
can be changed according to the
strategy of the organization.
 5. There are certain internal and external
objectives of the project management
such as managing of the employees
and the resources in the project in the
organization and delivering the
services or the products which meet
the requirements of the consumers .
The selection of the right project
management technique will be helpful
in the successful compilation of the
project (Nejib et al.,2017). It helps
the flow of communication between
the processes in the project to be in
the right way (. Apart from that it also
helps to understand the requirements
of the project and provides better
management of the resources. A good
project management technique will
help the project manager to define the
roles of all team members of the
project team and assigning the right
role for everyone.
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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20012 Unit Portfolio for Week 4
Reading samples Learning outcomes of the unit Learnings from your weekly study,
experience, this and prior unit readings and
assignments
Supporting
documentation
including any
prior learning
References
Al-Mamary, Y. H., Shamsuddin, A., & Abdul Hamid, N. A. (2013). The impact of management information systems adoption in managerial decision making: A
review. Management Information Systems, 8(4), 010-017.
Kerzner, H. (2013). Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling. 2006. Editorial John Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey,
ISBN, 471225770.
Nejib, P., Beyer, D., & Yakabovicz, E. (2017, July). Systems Security Engineering: What Every System Engineer Needs to Know. In INCOSE International
Symposium (Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 434-445).
SEBoK, S. (2018). SEBoK. Retrieved from http://www.sebokwiki.org
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