Reflection from Week Two to Eleven

Question: This assignment needs to fill up the portfolio templates for every week. and there are about 10 portfolio's and at last one final consolidated portfolio has to be submitted in a word file (consolidated portfolio should be an essay). Answer: From the portfolio of week-2, I have come to understand the underlying basics of project management. It allowed me to understand and relate the things that I do every day with the concept of the project management. The concept of the project success got clear after doing the week-2 portfolio. The difference between the practices of the project management at the present time is hugely different from each other which learned after doing the task. Through the analysis of the example of the project, success got clearer. I also learned about the connection between the project success and management. From the portfolio of week-3, I have come to know more about the project management. I did realize that the primary reason behind any project is to satisfy the client so that the organization can make the profit. Better efficiency, client satisfaction, increased reputation through client satisfaction and much more are the benefits that an organization gets through the utilization of project management. Through the example of my personal life, I have also described the connection of the underlying concept of the project management. While creating the portfolio, I also understood the definition of the system, project, and program. The project lifecycle and methodology are very crucial for any project management in order to carry out the project successfully and reach the objective. The study also allowed me to recognize the connection between the project management and continuous improvement. I also added a personal experience so that I can make others understand that I have completely understood the connection. The week-4 portfolio was about the staffs and managers that any organization hires. I was asked to provide the requirements that any good manager and staff must have. While gathering the information for carrying out the tasks I came across a lot of information about staff's requirements for being a great employee such as commitment, concentration, loyalty and much more. The project managers are needed to have a lot more quality than an ordinary staff. The leadership is one among them. To be a leader, the managers must be able to guide a team rather just giving orders. If any issue happens the manager must look into the matter rather just creating pressure on the staffs only then an energetic work environment can be created. From the portfolio of week-5 I came across the information about the influences that drives the project toward success. Few of the factors seemed confusing to me such as dividing time among the activities but after some effort, I understood that the use of the proper time division among the activities actually was one of the most significance tasks in driving the projects toward success. I also did know that the success of a project can be distinguished with proper procedures. The name of the processes was the bit confusing to me at first but after reading those processes' description, it was as clear as water to me. In the portfolio of week-6, I have done classification of the projects that assisted me to understand the factors that divide the business, developmental and technical projects from one another. While giving the description and connection of project manager with the functional manager, senior manager and line manager, I got the right idea about the organizational structure. I have utilized that knowledge for describing my career path. Before completing the project, my knowledge regarding project driven and the non-project driven organization was not that much clear. After searching the information and understanding the gathered information it became entirely clear to me. In the week-7 portfolio, I have discussed the steps of planning, confliction and work breakdown structure. While completing the portfolio, I have gathered the knowledge of the steps that is used in the planning phase which was unknown to me. Through the gathered knowledge I connected my supply chain automation project with the conventional steps. I realized that there was no flaw in my planning phase. Work breakdown structure is very crucial to any project. It divides the project into small and relatively easy aspects. In the week-8 portfolio also I have discussed the work breakdown structure. The project plan has a connection with the project charter; I realized it while doing the portfolio. Sow means settlement of work and it is used for enhancing the project planning. In the week-9 portfolio, I have discussed the continuous improvement. Through the gathered information I have perfectly established a connection between on particular thing that I do in my life and continuous improvement. At the time of creating the portfolio, I have come to know that the continuous improvement has an influence on quality. I have also studied the history of quality. In the Week-10 portfolio, I have discussed and understood about resources, the team that is associated with the project, scope creep, changes during project lifetime and much more. The scope creep is very harmful to any organization's project. In the week-11 portfolio, I have described the utilization of the agile project methodology. For that reason, I needed to get the sound understanding of the agile methodology, and I have successfully described the example.