Chapter 4 : Project Integration Management Flashcards
What are the 4 outputs of the Monitor and Control Work process?
Change requests
Work performance reports
Project management plan updates
Project documents updates
What are the 5 inputs to Develop Project Charter?
Project statement of work Business case Agreements Enterprise environmental factors Organizational process assets
What is the term for “activities performed to bring future performance into compliance with the project management plan”?
Corrective actions
What is the definition of a statement of work?
A narrative description of the products, services, or results or services to be delivered by the project.
When does Close Project or Phase occur?
When the work of the project or phase is complete
When the work stops (before the work is complete)
What is the primary deliverable of the Develop Project Charter process?
The project charter
What is “integrated change control”?
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 their disposition.
What are enterprise environmental factors?
Conditions, not under the immediate control of the team, that influence, constrain, or direct the project, program, or portfolio.
What is the primary output of Close Project or Phase?
Final product, service, or result transition
What are the 5 inputs of the Develop Project Charter Process?
Project statement of work Business case Agreements Enterprise environmental factors Organizational process assets
What are the key components of the project SOW?
Business needs for project
Product scope description
Strategic plan (how the project relates to the strategic plan)
What are 3 main reasons that organizations undertake projects?
To solve a business problem
To address a business need
To exploit a business opportunity
When in doubt on project issues, change requests, or if you have questions, what should you refer to?
The project management plan
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 are the 5 outputs of Direct and Manage Project Work?
Deliverables Work performance data Change requests Project management plan updates Project documents updates
What are the 4 outputs of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
Approved change requests
Change log
Project management plan updates
Project documents updates
What does project integration mean?
How the project fits into the organization or enterprise
How all the pieces or components of the project fit together
What is the purpose of a configuration management system?
To define and document how changes to the product are to be submited, tracked, reviewed, and approved or rejected
Which project document identifies why the project should be funded and how the project meets the business needs described in the SOW?
The business case
Which project management process involves doing the work outlined in the project management plan to achieve the project goals?
Direct and Manage Project Work
What is the responsability of the change control board?
To review, evaluate, and approve (or reject) change requests
What is the “initiator”?
The person (or organization) with the ability to authorize the project
What is the term for “the person, or group, provinding the financial resources for the project”
The sponsor
What are organizational process assets?
Plans, processes, policies, procedures, and knowledge bases that are specific to and used by the performing organization.
Is expert judgement an input, tool and technique, or output?
Tool and technique
What are the 2 tools and techniques of the Develop Project Management Plan process?
Expert judgement
Facilitation techniques
What are the Project Integration Management process and in which Process Group does each process fit?
Develop Project Charter (Initiating)
Develop Project Management Plan (Planning)
Direct and Manage Project Work (Executing)
Monitor and Control Project Work (monitoring and Controlling)
Perform Integrated Change Control (Monitoring and Controlling)
Close Project or Phase (Closing)
Which important project document is described by the following statement?
“A document, or collection of documents, created by the project manager based on input from project team, stakeholders, management, and others, that is used to manage the project”
The project management plan
“Collecting the project (or phase) records, documenting the results, obtaining formal acceptance, and transferring the completed (or canceled) project or phase to the appropriete party” describes which Project Integration Management process?
Close Project or Phase
What is the PMIS (project management information system)?
An information system consisting of the tools and techniques used to gather, integrate, and desseminate the outputs of project management process. It is used to support all aspects of the project from initiationg through closing, and can include both manual and automated systems.
