Chapter 4 Flashcards
Project Integration Management
Project Integration Management 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.
Project Integration Management Processes
Develop Project Charter, Develop Project Management Plan, Direct and Manage Project Work, Monitor and Control Project Work, Perform Integrated Change Control, Close Project or Phase
Examples of some activities performed by the project management team
Develop, review, analyze, and understand the scope. Transform the collected project information into a project management plan. Perform activities to produce project deliverables. Measure and monitor the project’s progress and take appropriate action to meet project objectives.
Develop Project Charter
Develop Project Charter is 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 Benefit of Develop Project Charter
The key benefit of this process is a well-defined project start and project boundaries, creation of a formal record of the project, and a direct way for senior management to formally accept and commit to the project.
Inputs for Develop Project Charter
Project Statement of Work; Business Case; Agreements; Enterprise Environmental Factors; Organizational Process Assets.
Tools & Techniques: Develop Project Charter
Expert Judgment; Facilitation Techniques
Outputs of Project Charter
Project Charter;
The project statement of work (SOW)
The project statement of work (SOW) is a narrative description of products, services, or results to be delivered by a project. For internal projects, the project initiator or sponsor provides the statement of work based on business needs, product, or service requirements. For external projects, the statement of work can be received from the customer as part of a bid document, (e.g., a request for proposal, request for information, or request for bid) or as part of a contract.
Three References from SOW
Business need; Product Scope Description; Strategic Plan
The product scope description
The product scope description documents the characteristics of the product, service, or results that the project will be undertaken to create.
The strategic plan
The strategic plan documents the organization’s strategic vision, goals, and objectives and may contain a high-level mission statement.
The business case
The business case or similar document describes the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine whether or not the project is worth the required investment.
Examples of Business Case Causes
Market demand Organizational need Customer request Technological advance Legal requirement Ecological impacts Social need
Agreements
Agreements are used to define initial intentions for a project. Agreements may take the form of contracts, memorandums of understanding (MOUs), service level agreements (SLA), letter of agreements, 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.
Facilitation techniques
Facilitation techniques have broad application within project management processes and guide the development of the project charter. Brainstorming, conflict resolution, problem solving, and meeting management are examples of key techniques used by facilitators to help teams and individuals accomplish project activities.
The project charter
The project charter is the 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’s Included in Project Charter
It documents the business needs, assumptions, constraints, the understanding of the customer’s needs and high-level requirements, and the new product, service, or result that it is intended to satisfy, such as:
Project purpose or justification,
Measurable project objectives and related success criteria,
High-level requirements,
Assumptions and constraints,
High-level project description and boundaries,
High-level risks,
Summary milestone schedule,
Summary budget,
Stakeholder list,
Project approval requirements (i.e., what constitutes project success, who decides the project is successful, and who signs off on the project),
Assigned project manager, responsibility, and authority level, and
Name and authority of the sponsor or other person(s) authorizing the project charter
Develop Project Management Plan
Develop Project Management Plan is the process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management plan.
