3 Integration Flashcards
Describe the Develop Project Charter process
Process Group: Initiating Knowledge Area: Integration Description: * The process of developing a document that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. Key Outputs: • Project charter • Assumption log
What is the project charter?
A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.
What is the project statement of work?
A narrative description of products, services, or results to be delivered by the project.
For internal projects, the project initiator or sponsor provides the SOW. For external projects the SOW can be received from the customer.
Compare to business case.
What is the business case?
A documented economic feasibility study used to establish validity of the benefits of a selected component lacking sufficient definition and that is used as a basis for the authorization of further project management activities.
Compare to statement of work.
What is the assumption log?
A project document used to record all assumptions and constraints throughout the project life cycle.
Describe the Develop Project Management Plan process
Process Group: Planning Knowledge Area: Integration
Description: * The process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all plan components and consolidating them into an integrated project management plan.
Key Output:
• Project management plan
What is a subsidiary plan?
A component of the project management plan that provides an additional level of detail around certain areas of focus for the project.
Example: cost management plan, schedule management plan, quality management plan.
PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition, Page 83, 87
What is the project management plan?
Input / Output
* The document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored and controlled, and closed.
Describe the Direct and Manage Project Work Process
Process Group: Executing Knowledge Area: Integration
Description: * The process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project’s objectives
Key Outputs:
• Deliverables
• Work performance data
• Issue log
What is the project management information system (PMIS)?
An information system consisting of the tools and techniques used to gather, integrate, and disseminate the outputs of the project management processes.
What is a deliverable?
Input / Output
* Any unique and verifiable product, result, or capability to perform a service that is required to be produced to complete a process, phase, or project.
What is work performance data?
The raw observations and measurements identified during activities being performed to carry out the project work.
Compare to work performance information and work performance reports.
What is a change request?
Requests to expand or reduce the project scope, modify policies, processes, plans, or procedures, modify costs or budgets, or revise schedules. Also includes corrective actions, preventive actions, and defect repair.
What is an issue log?
A project document where information about issues is recorded and monitored.
Describe the Manage Project Knowledge process
Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling Knowledge Area: Integration
Description: * The process of using existing knowledge and creating new knowledge to achieve the project’s objectives and contribute to organizational learning.
Key Output:
• Lessons learned register
What is the lessons learned register?
A project document used to record knowledge gained during a project so that it can be used in the current project and entered into the lessons learned repository
Describe the Monitor and Control Project Work process
Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling Knowledge Area: Integration
Description: * The process of tracking, reviewing, and reporting overall progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan.
Key Output:
• Work performance reports
What are work performance reports?
The physical or electronic representation of work performance information complied in project documents, intended to generate decisions, actions, or awareness.
Compare to work performance data and work performance information.
Describe the Perform Integrated Change Control process
Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling Knowledge Area: Integration
Description: * The process of reviewing all change requests; approving changes and managing changes to deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents, and the project management plan; and communicating the decisions.
Key Outputs:
• Approved change requests
• Change log
What is a corrective action?
An intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan.
What is a preventive action?
An intentional activity that ensures the future performance of the project work is aligned with the project management plan.
What is a defect repair?
An intentional activity to modify a nonconforming product or product component.
What is a scope change?
Any change to the project scope. A scope change almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule.
What is a change control board (CCB)?
A formally chartered group responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting changes to the project, and for recording and communicating such decisions.
What is configuration management?
A collection of procedures used to track project artifacts and monitor and control changes to these artifacts.
What is change control?
A process whereby modifications to documents, deliverables, or baselines associated with the project are identified, documented, approved, or rejected.
What is an approved change request?
Input / Output
A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved.
What is a contract change control system?
Tool / Technique
* The system used to collect, track, adjudicate, and communicate changes to a contract.
Describe the Close Project or Phase process
Process Group: Closing Knowledge Area: Integration
Description: * Finalizes all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase.
Key Output:
• Final product, service, or result transition
What is the final report?
Output
A report that provides a summary of the project performance, including: description of the project or phase; scope, quality, schedule and cost objectives; scope validation; business need achievement; risk or issues encountered and addressed.
PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition, Page 127
What is the final product, service, or result?
Output
Formal handover and acceptance of the final product, service or result that the project was authorized to produce.
PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition, Page 127
