The candidate will demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to develop and maintain professional competence.
You will develop a professional development plan with career objectives and an action plan. To assist in the development of your plan, you are required to seek feedback on your professional competency. You are required to keep a journal containing your refection on and explanation of the process of planning professional development.
In your journal, describe the process of seeking, receiving, analysing the feedback and applying the feedback to your professional development plan.
In your journal, you should discuss:
You must provide:
Your assessor will be looking for evidence of:
Name |
Nathan Martins |
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Date of development |
23.02.2016 |
Date to be reviewed |
15.03.2016 |
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Discussed with mentor/colleague Name: Naveed |
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Discussed with manager Name: Emilio |
Timeframe |
Description of opportunity/training |
Skills/ competency to develop |
3 Months |
In order to effectively manage the project, training of a project management software will be required. In this required, Primavera, of Microsoft Project can be selected based on availability of courses. |
Effective project management. Scheduling and prioritizing task. |
6 months |
The success of a project is largely dependent on effective communication during the project. Conflicts are part of workplace communication and effective conflict management is required to assure the success of projects. Therefore, training of conflict management can be useful in order to assure maximum and productive level of communication. |
Communication skills Conflict management |
6 months |
The ultimate aim of every project and its success is centered to the satisfaction of customers. The planning team should have a productive relationship with the customer and all actions should be customer centric in order to satisfy the customers. Thus, a training of customer centricity can be included in the required competencies. |
Customer centricity |
6 months |
A person involved in the planning of overall project often need to contact a number of stakeholders. These stakeholders include suppliers at the top of the list. In order to finalise the deal, effective negotiation skills are necessary and can be included in the personal development plan. |
Negotiation skills. |
Feedback: Feedback will periodically be arranged by the assessors. An initial feedback is collected for after 2 months and activities are on track, i.e. the individual has taken admission in a course of Microsoft Project, and project management skills are improved to assure timely completion of the project. |
Timeframe |
Description of networking activities |
Opportunity/professional advantage |
3 months |
Engagement with the internal stakeholders of the project will be increased. In order to do so, frequent informal meetings will be conducted with the downstream staff. In addition to the feedback on professional activities, personal experience of the individuals will be explored to ensure a strong bond. |
This will result into a better communication with all internal stakeholders of the project. In addition to this, it will enhance the personal bonding of the staff member, and they will work more efficiently to meet their targets. |
6 months |
As supplier development is crucial in the project planning, as a networking activity, three alternate suppliers will be explored and negotiated. This networking activity will provide an opportunity to enhance the negotiation skills. |
This activity will enhance the negotiation skills by providing a practical platform to apply the theoretical concepts. In addition to this, it may result into a long-term and effective contract with some potential supplier. |
6 months |
Other project management professionals in the field can help in various ways, particularly those having a higher level of experience. Networking with an experienced community of project management can enhance the skills and provide further opportunities in the field. |
This networking activity is more of a personal development of the individual. In addition to this, it will strengthen the overall grip over project management. |
Feedback: As of the personal development plan, assessment will be a continuous practice on this. For a feedback of two months, the individual has developed one more supplier and score more than 80% marks in engagement survey with internal stakeholders. |
Journal |
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Date/ day |
Work/ activity |
Team/ Personal Goal(s) achieved |
How did you manage it? (Personal behaviour/ managing work priorities/work-life balance/ goal setting/ time management) |
1 |
Confirmation of project |
To plan the project by breaking it down to sub-activities with defined deadlines and responsibility. |
Time management Managing work priorities |
2 |
Aligning the resources for the project |
To plan the project by breaking it down to sub-activities with defined deadlines and responsibility. |
Time management Managing work priorities Goal setting |
3 |
Planning of the project based on activities |
To plan the project by breaking it down to sub-activities with defined deadlines and responsibility. |
Time management Managing work priorities Goal setting |
4 |
Arrangement and deputation of resources for quality check |
To maintain high level of quality as committed with the client by utilising all available resources of the organisation. |
Time management Managing work priorities Goal setting |
5 |
Regular follow-ups with the quality team and communication with respective stakeholders. |
To maintain high level of quality as committed with the client by utilising all available resources of the organisation. |
Time management Managing work priorities Goal setting |
6 |
Prepare and agree on a plan with deadline and responsible person. |
To engage all team members in order to achieve the targeted goals of the project. |
Time management Managing work priorities Goal setting |
7 |
Conduct follow up meetings |
To engage all team members in order to achieve the targeted goals of the project. |
Time management Managing work priorities Goal setting |
Feedback: The activities are aligned with the personal and team goals of the individuals and likely to result in a productive output. |
Naveed: As I discussed with my mentor Naveed about the personal development, he mentioned about I need to focus more about my communications. He also mention about the customer service as well.
Emilio: As I discussed with my manager Emilio about my personal development, he mentioned I have some area need to be more trained and experienced. For this he mention I should have some personal training and course to cover those areas.
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