Reflective Account of Project Management Knowledge and Experience

Answer:

Reflective account of your project management knowledge and experience, aligned to a project management competency framework (60%)

Number of projects (graded out of /10) Examples of feedback statements provided

• You have reflected on 1 project in your statement. I was expecting to see 3 examples - you have lost marks as a result.

• You have reflected on 2 projects in your statement. I was expecting to see 3 examples - you have lost marks as a result.

• You have reflected on 3 projects in your statement - as expected.

• You have reflected on 4 projects in your statement. You were asked to provide 3 examples.

• You seem to have misunderstood the focus of this assignment - you should be reflecting on  actual projects that you have worked on. The projects you include in your reflective statement  do not match with your CV.

• You seem to have misunderstood the focus of this assignment - you should be reflecting on 3 actual projects that you have worked on.

• It is unclear how many specific projects you are reflecting on in your statement.

Inclusion of APM competences (graded out of /10)

Examples of feedback statements provided

• You have appropriately reflected on a range of APM competencies in your statement.

• You have not specifically reflected on the APM competencies in your statement.

• You have made a good effort to reflect on the APM competencies in your statement, but this could be further developed.

• You have appropriately reflected on relevant APM competencies in your statement, however the lack of project examples has limited the range of competences you are able to reflect on.

• There is some engagement with the APM competencies in your reflective statement but it is not linked to your project management personal skills and knowledge self-rating.

• You have engaged with the APM competencies, but your writing approach makes it difficult to  appreciate the key points you are making.

• You have included a helpful summary the APM competences for each example in the introduction, but you needed to expand on this further within each example.

• You have mentioned the APM competencies in your introduction, but you have not specifically discussed them in each project example.

Descriptive reflective (graded out of /10)

Examples of feedback statements provided

• You have a good balance of descriptive and reflective writing in your statement.

• There is too much descriptive writing compared to reflective writing in your statement.

• There is a reasonable balance of descriptive and reflective writing, however the reflective writing is not focusing on the specific areas of interest for this assignment.

• There is not enough reflective writing about YOU and your personal experience.

• There is no obvious reflective writing in your submission. You have misunderstood the task.

• You have been reflective, however, there is not enough descriptive writing which makes your narrative and writing too abstract for the reader.

• Your approach to writing this statement is too confusing to be able to review the balance of descriptive and reflective writing. Self-assessment (graded out of /10)

Examples of feedback statements provided

• Your self-assessment of your project management skills and knowledge seems appropriate for the examples you have reflected on in this statement.

• On the whole, you seem to have over self-assessed your project management skills and knowledge for the examples you have reflected on in this statement.

• On the whole, you seem to have under self-assessed your project management skills and knowledge for the examples you have reflected on in this statement.

• You have not self-assessed your project management skills and knowledge.

• You have engaged with the APM competencies but you have not differentiated between your  levels of knowledge and application - therefore it is difficult to judge your self-assessment.

• You have had a go at self-rating your project management competencies - but you have misunderstood this part of the task. Lessons (graded out of /10)

Examples of feedback statements provided

• You have included some reflections on how you would do things differently in the future.

• You have not included any reflections on how you would do things differently in the future.

• You have included some reflections on how you would do things differently in the future - but this could be more specific and focused.

• You have included some very good reflections on how you would do things differently in the future.

• From the examples in your statement it is difficult to identify your personal learning as a project manager.

Employability/CSR/sustainability/ethics (graded out of /10)

• You have included some reflections on how your knowledge and skills connects with your employability and/or issues such as CSR/sustainability/ethics in your statement.

• You have not included any reflections on how your knowledge and skills connects with your employability and/or issues such as CSR/sustainability/ethics in your statement.

• You have engaged with issues such as employability, CSR, sustainability and ethics. However, your discussions and consideration of these issues is under developed.

Assessment Criteria (2) Identification of areas for professional development to enhance your employability in project management (10%) Career and professional development

• You have included some career ideas and aspirations: this is under developed, you could have provided more thoughts on how you plan to get there through specific and achievable project  management professional development.

• You have included some career ideas and aspirations as well as some excellent ideas for professional development in project management.

• You have included some career ideas and aspirations as well as some appropriate ideas for professional development in project management.

• Some very good ideas for professional development in project management included.

• Some good ideas for professional development in project management included.

• Some basic ideas for professional development in project management included.

• You have included some information about your career ideas and aspirations - however you  have not elaborated about how you specifically plan to get there.

• You have not included any ideas for your professional development in project management. APM Competency Framework – priorities for professional development Examples of feedback statements provided

• Yes - realistic professional development ideas listed on APM competency framework selfassessment.

• Yes - APM Competency Framework completed - good attempt, but may need a bit more work to ensure that it reflects your actual project management skills and knowledge and/or provide evidence to support your self-assessment.

• No - professional development ideas not listed on APM competency framework self-assessment.