Project Management assignment
One is required to have this in the documentation.
This is an individual report that provides a critique of the processes involved in the group exercise and reporting. This should draw upon your personal diary/log of the experience itself and the theory and consideration of alternative methodologies for idea generation and screening. It should also consider theory and experience of the interpersonal aspects of working in a group with respect to the dilemmas, uncertainties and breakthroughs, if any.
Woah…I may be the queen of most complains/ critiques but how to critique my experience in this assignment? Worst still, it requires 1000 words and carries 25%!!! PUH! *shoots ownself*
Here goes:
The whole journey as to produce this assignment was definitely a wonderful one even though there were some hard times experienced along the way. Personally, I enjoy this assignment a lot as it requires a lot of critical thinking on ways of managing projects. To me this assignment is quite different from the assignments of other modules as it does require technical skills which not my forte. Therefore, this assignment is like a blessing among all the other ‘tortures’ I have to experience.
As mentioned previously, there were of course hard times in the process of completing this assignment. One of it would be the abundant readings and researches that are needed to be done to have a better understanding of project management. A lot of time spent in the library going through books on project management to ensure that the case study could be tackled correctly. There was also much reading in the internet. I managed to find some project management related journals online but to my despair, it is not distributed for free. There is a need for subscription and payment is a must as well. Unfortunately for that or else, more knowledge could be gained and there is a possibility to use it in the assignment report as well.
Frankly, I was a bit skeptical to know that the group for this assignment will be assigned randomly by the lecturer. Being new to this intake, I hardly know half the class. Therefore, I was afraid that there would be problems in communication and other forms of disputation. Fortunately, I was blessed with two very understanding groupmates! Perhaps it was due to the fact that I was the only girl in the group and therefore, I was treated nicely. Time finally proved to me that both of them were not only gentlemen but they were able to contribute to the group assignment and is also very committed – which is something I am very thankful.
Group meetings that we held were always attended by every one and what surprised me the most was the responsibility they both held as a group member. If they would be late for a group meeting, I as group member will be aware of it. Other than that, the tasks given during a group meeting will definitely be completed in the next meeting. They were really efficient in work. I had to change my perception of them as I thought they would be just like my other group members from my previous assignments which were quite stressing and disappointing.
The first few group meetings that were held were basically more of research basis because we sat as a group for hours to brainstorm and find solutions to the given case study. Sadly, we had the wrong scope and reorganizing the whole idea of the documentation was needed. It was immediately noticeable as there was constant contact between the three of us to discuss the assignment. Having Keith as a group leader certainly helped us as he for sure contributed in ensuring that everything was in place and is not left behind schedule. Therefore, the practices of human resource and time management were definitely applied. Naturally, communication management ran smoothly may be for the fact that we only have three people in a group along with frequent meet ups among us which helped us to facilitate communication. It also helped us be comfortable when working with each other since the communication barrier is no longer there.
Regretfully, there is one think that I believe we lacked as a group and it would be risk management. We somehow overlooked the risks that may occur and did not provide any attention to the risks. Of course, time management played a role too. At the very beginning, things were running well and towards the end of the assignment, time management was rather poor. It might be due to the other assignments that we have in hand and it affected us in managing time. Towards the end of the assignment, we had to rush and one of us was not feeling well. It was a risk that was not taken care of and it is obvious that our time management was not executed properly. With much understanding among us as group members, we manage to complete this assignment in time.
As for the methodology chosen which was PMBOK, I find it rather straight forward and understanding it is not much of a problem. The lectures in classes did help me to have a further understanding on the methodology itself. Since it is related to the 9 knowledge areas, it was simpler to understand seeing that it is very closely related to the module outline. However, I would like to have an opportunity to try Prince2 in future. It is slightly different as it is processed based and through the exploration of PMBOK and Prince2, many confessed that Prince2 is more complicated. To be fair, I would prefer to have my own hands on experience using Prince2 before accepting the opinion of others.
After much reading and having my own experience of project management, I realized that the tools and information related to this module such as the 9 knowledge area is not only useful to manage projects. In my opinion, I think it could be applied to one’s personal life as well. Maybe not all areas will be useful to be applied in our lives. Nevertheless, some point maybe quite useful. The two most famous knowledge area which is time and cost management could easily prove that it can be applied to our daily life and of course, it will enhance the quality in life. Also, scope management is highly important because we should have our ‘scope’ in life and make certain that we are working towards our goals! With scope management, we will able to analyze on ways to reach our goals in life and by having a benchmark/ baseline, we will then be able to judge if we have reached the goal or not. Undeniably, it will help one in having a new way of looking at life as a ‘project’ to deal with!
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