Integration Flashcards
Definition Integration MGMT
Identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and PM activities within the PM Process Groups.
Project Integration Management includes
Resource allocation, demands, alternative approaches, meet the project objectives, and interdependencies among the Project Management Knowledge Areas.
The 7 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
Process of developing a document that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager authority.
Project Charter
Process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all plan components and consolidating them into an integrated project management plan.
Develop PMP
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
Process of using existing knowledge and creating new knowledge to achieve the project’s objectives and contribute to organizational learning.
Manage Project Knoledge
Process of tracking, reviewing, and reporting overall progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan.
Monitor and Control Project Work
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 Integrate Change Control
The process of finalizing all activities for the project, phase, or contract.
Close Project Phase
Project Integration Management is about:
Ensuring that the deliverable due dates of the product, service, or result; project life cycle; and the benefits management plan are aligned;
Providing a project management
Use of the appropriate knowledge
Managing the performance and changes
Making integrated decisions regarding key changes
Measuring and monitoring the project’s progress
Collecting data, analyzing the data
Communicating to stakeholders;
Completing all the work
Closing each phase, contract, and the project as a whole;
Managing phase transitions
Integrated PM TAILORING CONSIDERATIONS
Project life cycle. Development life cycle. Is a predictive or adaptive approach appropriate? Management approaches. Knowledge management. Change. Governance. Lessons learned. Benefits.
DEVELOP PROJECT CHARTER: INPUTS
Business documents
Agreements
EEF
OPA
DEVELOP PROJECT CHARTER: Tools & Tech
Expert Judgment
Data Gathering
Interpersonal and Team skills
Meetings
DEVELOP PROJECT CHARTER: Outputs
Project Charter
Assumption Log
Business Case
Justify the required investment
Used for decision making
Cost-benefit analysis
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), 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
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), 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.
Project Charter EEF
Government or industry standards
Legal and regulatory
Marketplace conditions,
Organizational culture and political climate,
Organizational governance framework
Stakeholders’ expectations and risk thresholds.
Project Charter OPA
Organizational standard policies, processes, and procedures;
Portfolio, program, and project governance framework
Monitoring and reporting methods
Templates
Historical information and lessons learned repository
PROJECT CHARTER: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Expert Judgment
Organizational strategy, Benefits management, Technical knowledge of the industry and focus area of the project, Duration and budget estimation, and Risk identification.
PROJECT CHARTER: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Data Gathering
Brainstorming
Focus Group
Interviews
PROJECT CHARTER: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Interpersonal and Team Skills
Conflict management
Facilitation
Meeting Management
PROJECT CHARTER: Outputs
Agreements
Assumptions and constraints
Identified in the business case before the project
Defining technical specifications, estimates, the schedule, risks, etc.
The assumption log is used to record all assumptions and constraints throughout the project life cycle.