Integration Flashcards
What is the process of integration management?
Develop Project Charter Develop Project Management Plan Direct and Manage Project Execution Monitor and Control Project Work Preform Integrated Change Control Close Project or Phase
What are the methods to select a project?
Benefit measurment (comparative) Constrained Optimization (mathematical)
What is the Develop Project Management Plan Process? What is its output?
the process of creating a project management plan that is bought into, approved, realistic, and formal. Output: the project management plan?
What is included in a project management plan?
Project management processess for the project Management plans for knowledge areas Scope, schedule, and cost baselines Requirements management plan Change management plan Configuration management plan Process improvement plan
What are project documents?
Any docs used to manage a project that are NOT part of the project management plan. They include:
Project charter Statement of work Contracts Stakeholder register Requirments documentation Activity lists Quality metrics Risk register Issue Log Change Log any other such docs...
What are the key outputs of the Direct and manage Project Execution process?
Deliverables
Work perfomance info
change requests
Updates to the PM management plan and project docs
What are the key outputs of the Monitor and Control Project Work process?
Change requests
Updatesd to the PM management plan and project docs
What are the key outputs of the Perform Integrated Change control process?
Change requests status updates
Updates to the project management plan and project docs
What are the key outputs of the Close Project or Phase process?
Final Product
formal acceptance
OPA updates
Explain the PM’s role as an integrator.
Making sure all the pieces of the project are properly coordinated and put together into once cohesive whole.
What is a project charter? How does it help the project?
A doc issued by the sponsor during project initiating that:
Formally recognizes the existence of the project
Gives the PM authority
Documents the business need, customer requirements and the product or service to satisfy those needs.
What is a business case?
The project purpose and justification
What is a kickoff meeting? When does it occur?
A meeting of all parties to the project (stakeholders, including sellers) to make sure everyone is “on the same page.”
It is held at the end of the planning process group.
What are baselines?
Parts of the PM management plan used to measure performance against:
Schedule baseline
Scope baseline
Cost baseline
These baselines are combined to create the performance measurment baseline. Baselines can change with approved changes.
What is the project statement of work?
Describes need, project scope, and how the project fits into the strategic plan.
Created by the customer/sponsor prior to the beginning of the project.
Later refined in the project scope statement.
What is a work authorization system?
The PM’s system for authorizing the start of work packages or activities. It ensures work is done at the right time and in the proper order.
What is the configuration management plan?
A plan to make sure everyone knows what version of the scope, schedule, and other componants of the project management plan are the latest versions.
It defines how you will manage changes to the deliverables and the resulting docs.
What is a change management plan?
A system of formal procedures, set up in advance, defining how project deliverables and docs are controlled, changed, and approved.
What are the enterpise environmental factos? When are they used?
EEFs! Company culture and existing systems the project will have to deal with or can make use of.
They are used throughout the project management process.
What are organizational process assets? When are they used?
OPAs! company process and procedures historical info lessons learned they are used throughout the project management process
What is historical information?
Records of past projects, including lessons learned, used to plan and manage future projects.
Records of the current project which will become part of OPAs
What is a project management information system?
PMIS!
The manual and automated system to submit and track changes and monitor and control project activities.
What is a change control board? who may be on it?
CCB!
A group of ppl that approves or rejects changes. May include:
PM Customer Experts Sponsor Others
For the exam, assume that all projects have CCBs.
What are change requests? When are they approved?
Fomal requests to change parts of the project after the project management plan is approved.
They are approved in the Perform Integrated Change Control Process.
