Chapter 4 Flashcards
what is project integration management?
includes the processes and activities needed to identify, define, combine, unify and coordinate the processes and project management activities within the Project Management Process Groups
what does project integration management entail?
- making choices about resource allocation
- making trade-offs among competing objectives and alternatives
- managing the interdependencies among the knowledge areas
what are the Project Integration Management processes?
- 1 develop project charter
- 2 develop project management plan
- 3 direct and manage project execution
- 4 monitor and control project work
- 5 perform integrated change control
- 6 close project or phase
Develop Project Charter
- process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase
- documents initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholder’s needs and expectations
- falls within Project Integration Management
Develop Project Management Plan
- process of documenting the actions necessary to define, prepare, integrate, and coordinate all subsidiary plans
Direct and Manage Project Execution
- process of performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project’s objectives
Monitor and Control Project Work
- process of tracking, reviewing, and regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan
Perform Integrated Change Control
- process of reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and managing changes to the deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents, and the project management plan
Close Project or Phase
- process of finalizing all activities across all of the Project Management Process Groups to formally
should every process be applied to every project?
No, but the PM and project team must address every process to determine the level of implementation for each process for each project
When is a project manager assigned?
- A project manager is identified and assigned as early in the project as feasible, preferably while the project charter is being developed.
- project manager should participate in the development of the project charter
Who authorizes a project and when is a project authorized?
- Projects are authorized by someone external to the project like a sponsor, PMO or project steering committee.
- project initiator / sponsor should be at a level that’s appropriate to the funding for the project
- the initiator’s signature on the project charter authorizes the project
Why are projects authorized?
- due to an internal business need or external influences
- triggers the creation of a needs analysis, business case or description of a situation that the project will address
What are the inputs to Develop Project Charter?
- Project statement of work
- business case
- contract
- enterprise environmental factors
- organizational process assets
What are the tools & techniques to Develop Project Charter?
- expert judgement
What are the outputs to Develop Project Charter?
- Project charter
Develop Project Charter Data Flow Diagram
project initiator / sponsor
- contracts
- project statement of work
- business case
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enterprise / organization
- organizational process assets
- enterprise environmental factors
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DEVELOP PROJECT CHARTER
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- 2 develop project management plan
- 1 collect requirements
- 2 define scope
- 1 identify stakeholders
What is a Project Statement of Work?
- Statement of Work (SOW) is a narrative description of products or services to be delivered by the project
Who provides the statement of work?
- for internal projects, the project initiator / sponsor provides the statement of work based on business needs, product, or service requirements
- for external projects, statement of work can be received from the customer as part of a bid document (ex. request for proposal, request for information, request for bid, or as part of a contract)
What does the statement of work reference?
- business need, product scope description, and strategic plan
what are business needs based on?
- market demand, technological advance, legal requirement, or government regulations
What is a product scope description?
- documents the characteristics of the product that the project will create.
- documents the relationship between the products/services being created and the business need the project will address
what is a strategic plan?
- strategic plan documents the organization’s strategic goals
what is Business Case?
- provides the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine if a project is worth the required investment
- contains the business need and the cost-benefit analysis