Key Factors for Project Management Success
In my point of view, success is reflected as achieving of project goals and objectives and meets with the project time completion date. We have to set off the project goals properly based on project desires. Project success is measured before as well as throughout the completion of project. Achievement of the project objectives into the schedule as well as budget, are required to satisfy the stakeholders along with learn from the project experiences.
- b) How did your project perform in relation to Cost, Time, Scope and Quality?
Cost, time, scope and quality are considered as three constraints into a project work. I completed the project work on time with estimated budget. I maintained the project scope to achieve of goals to meet with client’s requirements. Quality is required to maintain so that a proper an achievable project document is received by the client. Cost is financial constraints which is also known as the project budget, scope is where there is required of tasks for fulfilling of project goals and time where the schedule is required for project completion. Those constraints are stated as success of project is being impacted the budget, deadlines as well as system features. The constraints are important part of the successful part of project work. The constraints are provided of framework which everyone should agree with the project.
- c) What can you learn from failures and can they ever be a positive thing?
From failure, I learned that failure helps to gain more knowledge and skills into the project. Failure is an opportunity to revaluate the work with better means of reasoning. There is lack of control over the project documents. The failure is being controllable when the project manager concerned related to the project challenges.
- d) How successful was your project in terms of how you define success for you?
The project will get successful as I delivered the entire project on time and maintain and focus on project schedule to complete as per estimated time.
- a) What did you hope to achieve (skills/knowledge/personal insights/ contacts etc.) during your time in this unit?
As I have lack of project management skills, therefore I achieved of more skills into this field so that I can able to schedule the time and allocate of team members into the project work. I created of skills matrix for the project success. I required taking of personal responsibility to review as well as update of skills as well as throughout the project lifecycle. Knowledge sharing is critical component towards the knowledge management.
- b) What did you achieveby participating in this unit?
I managed to build of team and motivate them to work more. I achieved of project management skills. I increased awareness about the project management events like conferences in addition to technical meetings. There is promotion of project management knowledge. I achieved of project management objectives and exceeded of project expectations. I faced of difficulties as well as obstacles which are the way at end of the project. The project management knowledge areas are scope management, risk management, integration, human resource, and stakeholder, time and budget management. Those are considered as PMBOK areas.
- c) Reflecting on your answers above fill in the following table:
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Compare and discuss your answers to (a) and (b). Is there a difference between the two? What are the potential causes of any difference or similarity? |
How does this made you feel? |
What lessons I have learnt about myself from this experience? |
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From both answer (a) and (b), I gained of project management skills as after working in this unit, I felt that I have lack of project management experiences. |
I am able to work more on the technical projects. I feel that when working into the project, I have some project management related skills. |
I learnt to manage time and allocate of resources to the project activities. |
Your skills and abilities
- a) What do you believe are your major strengths?
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My major strength is to manage and control all the project related tasks. |
- b) Discuss whether you able to utilise your strengths in the project. Include an explanation of how you were OR why you were not able to demonstrate them during your project.
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I have lack of project management skills. Project management professional is likely to achieve in the next 12 months. |
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Challenge |
Situation Describe your experience of the following conceptsin the context of the unit, including whether you found this challenging or not. |
Your Reaction How did you react (note both feelings and actions) to the challenges? |
Industry readiness How does having this experience better prepare you for working in industry? |
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a) Dealing with the pressures of extremely tight timeframes and limited resources. |
While working into the project, I worked under strict project deadlines. |
I felt stressed to complete work on mentioned time. |
I gained of project management skills. |
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b) Dealing with team dynamics when team members may be diverse, have differing expectations and commitment. |
There are challenges of conflicts among the project stakeholders. |
There are conflict resolution strategies which lessons to gain of success rate into the project. |
I achieved of management of the conflicts among the team members. |
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c) Defining an innovative solutionfor a social issue that is not your primary area of expertise. |
I faced challenges which there are lack of management skills to provide innovative solutions. |
There is lack of technical field into schedule of time. |
Gaining of technical fields helps me to work into the course work. |
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d) Achieving project delivery for a social issue that is not your primary area of expertise. |
There is not delivery of the project work on time. |
There is lack of knowledge to manage of project delivery time. |
I gained of project management experiences for allocation of team members. |
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e) Engaging with and eliciting feedback fromstakeholders |
I have no such knowledge to take feedback from stakeholders. |
I helped to conduct of survey. |
I analysed the collected data based on provided feedback. |
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Demonstrated Hard Skill |
Risk Management, Conflict Management and Industry Knowledge and standards The technical project management skills are required to perform of technical work into the project. |
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Situation |
I used of Ms Project to schedule the project activities for keeping the project on better progress. |
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Task |
Technical skills are required to use to allocate all the activities to project team member in addition to estimate start and end date of project. |
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Action |
I managed technical reports included of cost information, schedule of project and reports related to risk management. |
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Result |
Timely completion of project work |
Soft skill
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Demonstrated Soft Skill |
Interpersonal and leadership skills, such as Listening, Problem Solving and Creativity are required to build of stronger relationships and motivate people. |
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Situation |
Communication and interaction is required individually. |
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Task |
Leaders have higher communicational skills to communicate with the project team members. |
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Action |
Higher skills of communication is required to interact with the clients |
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Result |
There are successful completion of project work |
The chosen option is “Improve your industry exposure and networks”.
The table below provides further information about each option:
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Action |
Submit |
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Option 3. Improve your industry exposure and networks |
b)Apply for certification I have completed my bachelors in Civil Engineering and at present pursuing masters in project management. There is project management education which includes of 35 hours of formal education. I have a PMP certification, eligible for PMP and not yet eligible for CAPM. Project management professional is likely to achieve in the next 12 months. To achieve the certification I need to complete my masters in project management and also achieve three years of experience with a unique non-overlapping Professional project management experience and also need to spend at least 4,500 hours of work in directing the project. |
I advised the students to get PMP knowledge before going for the exam; it helps to get good marks. |
Next Steps
Use the table to identify two actions you will complete in the next six months.
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a)Building your CV Work / career related action to add to yourCurriculum Vitae (CV). |
(Please insert your CV) |
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b)Finding Balance Fun / exciting activity that you have never done before (does not need to be work related) |
I am taking of frequent long trip to various location with my friends. |
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OPTIONAL – email contact Provide an email address that will be active in six months if you wish to receive a follow-up email(note if this is your last unit the CQU email may not still be active). |
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