Assessment

Assessment 4 – Personal Reflection

Learning Outcomes

Successful completion of this assignment will result in achievement of the following subject learning outcomes:

1. Understand PMBOK knowledge areas and process groups and their role, relevance and impact on project management best practice and PMI’s Code of Ethics.
2. Critically compare and contrast project management approaches and their appropriateness for managing a variety of project types.
3. Apply appropriate project management tools and techniques, paying particular attention to risk management.
4. Critically reflect on the leadership styles necessary to succeed in a range of project management situations, and their personal capacity to succeed in those situations.

Context:

At the beginning of your learning journey on this subject, you were encouraged to maintain a Reflection Journal. This journal will provide an opportunity for you to reflect on your learning, document lessons learned, identify global project management practices you hope to adopt in your career and recognise current strengths, limitations and struggles. In short, your journal is a tool for reflecting and developing self-awareness in all matters relevant to you as a project manager and leader. Using the guidelines provided you should make a new reflection journal entry for each module.

Instructions:

At the end of Module 6, you will be required to submit a 500–600-word summary of your learning throughout the subject.

Your summary should include your assessment of the value of the reflection journal as a component of your learning experience. How has it contributed to your understanding of the subject matter? Has it changed the way you approach learning?

Identify any subject matter you found difficult to understand, and describe how you dealt with this challenge.

How has this subject contributed to your current growth as a project manager and your future capacity to perform project management effectively? What do you think are your strengths and limitations? Based on what you have learnt in this subject, describe leadership styles and their characteristics in the project management context. For two or three different project types, identify appropriate leaderships styles and explain why they are appropriate. Additionally, reflect briefly on how your own leadership style might compare to those that lead to project success.

Include references to readings and additional resources discovered. By maintaining a journal in each module, you will have a reflective resource to use in completing the assessment.

Output and Submission:

Submit your completed assessment at the end of module 6.

Assessment Criteria

This assessment will be graded using the Learning Rubric below. It is worth 20% of the marks available for this subject.