Integration Flashcards
Project Integration Management Purpose
- Means bringing together various factors to form a whole
- Enables to combine work from all knowledge areas and ensure that resources, deadlines, and project life cycle are aligned
PM Role for Project Integration
- Cannot be delegated to anyone else
- Work with stakeholders to understand objectives of project
- Guide team
- Responsible for project
- Provide overall view of project
- Responsible for due dates, life cycle, and benefits realization plan are aligned
- Providing a project management plan
- Ensuring the creation and the use of appropriate knowledge
- Managing project performance and changes
- Making decisions
- Measuring and monitoring progress
- Collecting, analyzing and communication info
- Managing transitions
- Completing project work and closing each phase and project
Project Integration Management Processes
- Develop Project Charter (Inititating group)
- Develop PM Plan (Planning group)
- Manage Project Knowledge (Executing Group)
- Direct and Manage Project Work (Executing Group)
- Monitor and Control Project Work (Monitoring & Controlling Group)
- Perform Integrated Change Control (Monitoring & Controlling Group)
- Close Project or Phase (Closing Group)
Develop Project Charter Purpose
- Internal business needs
- External influences
- Needs analysis (business case)
- Documents that you have the authority to sue resources for the project
- Serves as a formal record of activities
- Links the organizations strategy to the project
Develop Project Charter Timing
- Initiating Process Group
- Done once at the start of the life cycle or at pre-defined points in the project
PM Role in Develop Project Charter
- Collaborate w/ org so all stakeholders have clear understanding of the purpose, objectives, and benefits of the project
- Project charter can be developed by the sponsor or the project manager
- Sponsor or initiator should have authority to procure funding and commit resources
- Collaboration allows the pm to have a better understanding of the project purpose, objectives and benefits
Impact of Develop Project Charter
Key input for many other processes
North star
Includes
- Project purpose
- Measure objectives
- High-level requirements
- Assigned resources
- Information that will be a key input to other processes
Inputs to Develop Project Charter
- Agreements
- EEFs
- Business Case
- OPAs
Outputs from Develop Project Charter
Project Charter
Assumption Log
Develop Project Charter Tools & Techniques
Meetings
Expert Judgement
Interpersonal and Team Skills
Data Gathering
- Interviews
- Brainstorming
- Focus Groups
Develop Project Plan Purpose
- Defines, prepares, and coordinates all plan components onto a single integrated plan
- Basis of all project work, detailing how the project will be executed, monitored and controlled, and closed
- Subsidiary plans that pertain to other knowledge areas and is referenced throughout all processes
- Owner of the project management plan
- Tailor to meet project objectives
Develop Project Plan Timing
- Planning Process Group
- Predictive approach process will be done once
- Adaptive approach process will be done at predefined points
PM Role for Develop Project Plan
- Owner of the plan and responsible for project as a whole
- Work with sponsor and stakeholder to understand objectives
- Tailor plan to meet objectives
Develop Project Plan Impacts
- Key input to give direction to other processes
- Plan used to measure project execution and manage project performance
- Outputs of other processes will allow you to update the plan with accurate details as necessary
Develop Project Plan Inputs
- OPAs
- EEFs
- Project Charter
- Outputs from Other Processes
- subsidiary plans and baselines are developed as outputs from other planning processes needed to gather and integrate to create the PM plan
Develop Project Plan outputs
Project Management Plan
Develop Project Plan Tools & Techniques
Expert Judgement
Meetings
Interpersonal and Team Skills
- Conflict Management
- Facilitation
- Meeting Management
Data Gathering
- Brainstorming
- Focus Groups
- Interviews
- Checklists
Direct and Manage Project Work Purpose
Ensures team is carrying out project plan activities to complete deliverables and approved changes are made
Resources are assigned to the work and their time and work is managed
Provides overall management for project success
Direct and Manage Project Work Timing
Executing Process Group
Performed throughout the project