ASSIGNMENT 3 Individual Professional Development Plan (PDP) In this assignment, you need to prepare an individual Professional Development Plan (PDP). This a reflective learning assignment and you need to demonstrate your ability...
ASSIGNMENT 3
In this assignment, you need to prepare an individual Professional Development Plan (PDP). This a reflective learning assignment and you need to demonstrate your ability to apply the tools you have learned in this subject to proactively planning and managing your own career as a project.
First, you will identify your career goals and objectives and then you will use your project management knowledge to plan how you are going to achieve these goals. To plan a professional development project, you need to evaluate your current competencies and define the ideal level in each competency based on your goals.
To assess the PM competencies, you can use Project Management Competency Matrix. Select 4 to 6 areas in which you have the most interest when it comes to your overall leadership development in the context of managing projects within your goal profession or industry. You can also use other professional standards associated with your current or goal profession to evaluate your current and goal levels.
Main components
· Overview of your career goals and objectives. Discuss how you plan to develop your project management competencies in the future. Include the subjects that you intend to study and the work experience to will need to gain to meet your overall development goals.
· Identification of the key leadership competencies that you need to develop in order to achieve your goals. You should choose no less than 4 and no more than 6 competencies relevant to your career. You can select your competencies from the PMBOK project management knowledge areas, or professional standards associated with your current or goal profession. Some examples of competencies you might consider: people management, risk management, planning, estimating, budgeting, communication, influencing, project control, project evaluation, project reporting, negotiation, conflict management, time management, etc.
· Assessment of the current level of chosen competencies, compared to the desired level. You need to provide justification for your assessment by describing the knowledge, experience and abilities associated with the assessed/goal competency levels. If you are using a known standard, use the definitions provided for each level of competency to compare it to your current/goal situation.
· Gap analysis between your current and future competency levels. The gap analysis results and the identified actions will become the scope of your PDP.
· Your development (project) schedule, milestones and key deliverables
· Cost assessment, expenditure to-date, progress against schedule and the scope achieved as a demonstration of competencies achieved in this subject.
· Describe your management of risk, time, quality, communication, stakeholder, negotiation and procurement needed for you to achieve your planned career objectives.
· Reflect on the team behaviours and your current progress against PDP. The effectiveness of communications and any changes you will make in subsequent units of study or work experience after this subject. Comment on your team’s competencies, areas of strength and weakness. Suggest any improvement changes you might have for team effectiveness and individual performance.
Protocols
· Word limit: 2500 words
· Keep the body of the PDP for the essential information. Include the supporting documents as appendices.
· Word limits are to be adhered to and DO NOT include the title page, table of contents, reference lists or appendices. The word count DOES include words in tables, figures, diagrams and charts in the body of the assignment.
· Clearly label each assignment as follows:
o Family name-First name-15315-Individual Assignment - date
o g. Bond-Jason-15315-Individual Assignment_2020_06_01
Suggested Submission Structure
1. Career goals
o Brief background
o Short, medium and long-term goals
o The link between the career goals and current studies and work activities
2. Competencies overview
o Key leadership competencies identification – what is the most relevant to your goals
o Self-assessment of selected competencies against professional standards or PM matrix (current and goal levels), with justification
o Gap analysis between current and goal competency levels
o Actions needed to bridge the gap
3. Professional Development Plan
o Objectives, deliverables, scope
o Timeline, milestones
o Cost, expenditure to date
o Resources, procurement
o Risk management
o Quality management
o Communication and stakeholder management
4. Reflection
o Reflection on current progress against PDP
o Reflection on own performance in this subject, with ideas for improvement
o Reflection on team performance in this subject, with ideas for improvement
o Reflection on actions identified in order to achieve PDP and any changes needed to achieve access with the goals outlined in the PDP
Here in this short video, Dr Amela Peric explains what are the required components in this assignment.
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