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Reflective Report
Learning Outcomes
1. Apply project management knowledge and skills
2. Plan and execute a project based on a project proposal
3. Critically analyse and reflect on strengths and weaknesses in knowledge and skills related to project management
4. Apply enabling processes used in certain project contexts.
Task:Reflect - Act - Plan
The project life cycle asks us to Plan, Act and Reflect.
In this assessment,you will do the reverse and Reflect, Act then Plan your next steps.
Reflect
You will reflect on your experiences in this unit and discover how reflective practice can be a practical tool for driving your career path. Review your competency levels and analyse how these have improved from beginning of the unit. You will consider the challenges you faced when discovering, designing and delivering your project and reflect on your project performance.
Act
Then you will use your reflections to take action by either applying for a job, building your online profile or engaging with industry. Utilise the template provided and capture your reflections and evidence of your actions as responses to guided prompts.
Plan
Why stop here? Challenge yourself - what do you want to achieve in the next six months? Balance is important, can you commit to having fun?
1. Comparing to the baseline
Complete the five values, dream job and skills audit again (you will use this to compare changes to your baseline submitted earlier).
Have your values changed since completing the unit? Provide a statement as to how and why these have changed or not.
1.2 PMI Talent Triangle Self Audit
Complete the three tables of the talent triangle self-audit. Compare your responses to those in your baseline.Reflect on your analysis of the two self-assessment results and provide a response in the text box below each table.
1.2a Technical Project Management
Has your Technical Project Managementcompetence changed since completing the unit?
Provide a statement as to how and why these have changed or not.
1.2b Strategic and Business Management
Have your Strategic and Business Management competence changed since completing the unit? Provide a statement as to what these are and why you think these have changed or not.
1.2c Leadership
Have there been any changes to your Leadership Skill Set since completing the unit? Provide a statement as to what these are and why you think these have changed or not.
2 Reflecting on Performance
2.1 Defining success and failure
a)What does success mean to you personally? [Note this is not project success - when answering consider what would have to occur for you to say you were personally successful.]
b) How did your project perform in relation to Cost, Time, Scope and Quality?
c) What can you learn from failures and can they ever be a positive thing?
d) How successful was your project in terms of how you define success for you?
2.2What I achieved in PPMP20018
a) What did you hope to achieve (skills/knowledge/personal insights/ contacts etc.) during your time in this unit?
b) What did you achieveby participating in this unit?
c) Reflecting on your answers above fill in the following table
2.3 Your skills and abilities
a) What do you believe are your major strengths?
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.
3 Experiencing challenges in projects
This unit was designed so you will experienceseveralchallengesthat project managers face. These include tight timeframes, diverse teams and requirements that are not necessarily well defined. Being challenged places us under stress, to a certain point this increases performance. However,as stress increases it will start to diminish our performance. The challenging nature of the unit may have raised differing emotions, you may have felt overwhelmed, excited, frustrated, or a sense of achievement. You may have felt different emotionsat different stages of the unit, this is perfectly normal when managing projects.
Reflecting on how we each react to stress is important. It enables us to recognise when we are under stress and how we can manage our reactions effectively.
Experiencing challenges of project management in the university context, although uncomfortable enables us to be better prepared for the realities of industry. For example, this unit allowsyouto make mistakesthat are better experienced for first time at university than in industry. Can you think of something you wish you handled better this term?
However, we only gain value if we reflect on our experiences and understand how we can utilise these learnings in future work environments.
4 Reflective practice for job applications
Use the table below and the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) form of addressing Selection Criteria to describe your application of one hard skill (technical project management) and one soft (leadership/interpersonal) skill during the project.
5 Action and Next Steps
5.1 Action
During the unit you were asked to embrace an action mindset. We are challenging you to do the same.You must complete the actions and submissions for one of the options. Some options will provide a choice of actions to complete.Submission act both as evidence of completion of a task and need sufficient details to enable them to be checked, e.g. if you speak to someone provide their details including name, organisation and contact details.
It is better to act in a small way that takes you one step further long your career path than have big plans that are never actioned.Do not submit an extravagant plan or fictionalised exaggeration, as it will waste your time and marks. Choose the option thatyou can gain value from and is achievable.
Choose one of the following options:
Option 1. Apply for a job
Option 2. Build your profile
Option 3. Improve your industry exposure and networks
Read the action and tasks related to each option and nominate which option you have chosen to work on in this box:
5.2. Next Steps
Use the table to identify two actions you will complete in the next six months.
Only include actions that you have not yet done. For example, is there another skill that you want to put on your CV that you have not had the opportunity to demonstrate - then note the skill and describe how you plan to get an opportunity to demonstrate it in the next six months.
These should be specific - do not say ‘travel Australia' - tell us where you want to go, what you want to see etc.
a)Building your CV
Work / career related action to add to yourCurriculum Vitae (CV).
b)Finding Balance
Fun / exciting activity that you have never done before (does not need to be work related)
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).
Attachment:- Report Template.rar