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Includes the processes and activities to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the Project Management Process Groups. Includes characteristics of unification, consolidation, communication, and interrelationship.
Project Integration Management
The Project Integration Management processes are:
- Develop Project Charter
- Develop Project Management Plan
- Direct and Manage Project Work
- Manage Project Knowledge
- Monitor and Control Project Work
- Perform Integrated Change Control
- Close Project or Phase
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.
Develop Project Charter
The process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all plan components and consolidating them into an integrated project management plan.
Develop Project Management Plan
The process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project’s objectives.
Direct and Manage Project Work
The process of using existing knowledge and creating new knowledge to achieve the project’s objectives and contribute to organizational learning.
Manage Project Knowledge
The process of tracking, reviewing, and reporting overall progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan.
Monitor and Control Project Work
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.
Perform Integrated Change Control
The process of finalizing all activities for the project, phase, or contract
Close Project or Phase
The volume of data and information that project managers need to integrate makes it
necessary to use a specific software and systems. Has automated tools to collect, analyze, and use information to meet project objectives and realize project benefits
project management information system (PMIS)
the project manager may need to tailor the way that Project Integration Management processes are applied. Considerations for tailoring include but are not limited to:
o Project life cycle. o Development life cycle. o Management approaches. o Knowledge management. o Change. o Governance. o Lessons learned.
The business case is created as a result of one or more of the following:
o Market demand o Organizational need o Customer request o Technological advance o Legal requirement o Ecological impacts o Social need
Are used to define initial intentions for a project. May take the form of contracts, memorandums of understanding (MOUs), service level agreements (SLA), letters of agreement, letters of intent, verbal agreements, email, or other written agreements. Typically, a contract is used when a project is being performed for an external customer.
Agreements
It´s defined as judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area, Knowledge Area, discipline, industry, etc., as appropriate for the activity being performed. Such expertise may be provided by any group or person with specialized education, knowledge, skill, experience, or training.
Expert judgment
This technique is used to identify a list of ideas in a short period of time. It is conducted in a group environment and is led by a facilitator. Comprises two parts: idea generation and analysis. It can be used to gather data and solutions or ideas from stakeholders, subject matter experts, and team members when developing the project charter.
Brainstorming
