MECH 3170 Ch 4 - Project Integration Management

Question 1

This is the only knowledge area that does what?

Answer 1

Covers all 5 process groups (PM is always integrating)

Question 2

What knowledge area is the project charter developed in?

Answer 2

Project Integration

Question 3

What is a project charter?

Answer 3

The document that formally authorizes a project (or phase of a project)

Question 4

What does the approved project charter do?

Answer 4

Gives the project manager the authority to apply resources to a project

Question 5

What are the inputs of the project charter?

Answer 5

Project statement of work
Business case
Contract
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Process Assets

Question 6

What does the project charter consist of?

Answer 6

Typically a one-page, point form document that includes: project purpose or justification, objectives and related success criteria, high level requirements, high-level project description, high level risks, milestone schedule, budget summary, project approval requirements, assigned PM, sponsors

Question 7

What knowledge area is the Project Management Plan developed in?

Answer 7

Project Integration Management

Question 8

How is the PM Plan developed?

Answer 8

By using the project charter, outputs from planning processes (schedule, cost, quality, HR, etc), EEFs, and OPAs (Organizational Process Assets).

Question 9

What is the performance measurement baseline?

Answer 9

Schedule, cost performance, and scope baselines

Question 10

What is Direct and Manage Project Work and what knowledge area is it in?

Answer 10

Integrated management. The process of performing the work defined in the PM plan to achieve the project’s objectives.

Question 11

What are some execution activites for direct and manage project work?

Answer 11

Create project deliverables;
staff, train, and manage team members;
obtain, manage, and use resources incld tools, equipment, facilities;
Manage communication, risks, sellers/suppliers

Question 12

What is process of Manageing Project Knowledge

Answer 12

PRocess of using existing knowledge and creating new knowledge to achieve the project’s objectives and contribute to organizational learning

Question 13

What does Manage Project Knowledge Involve?

Answer 13

Reviewing OPAs, understanding EEFs, developing Lessons Learned Register

Question 14

What is Monitor and Control Project Work?

Answer 14

The process of tracking, reviewing ,and regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the PM Plan

Question 15

What is Monitor and Control Project Work concerned with?

Answer 15

With comparing actual project performance against the PM plan;
determining if corrective or preventative actions are required;
Identifying new risks, analyzing the,, and developing appropriate risk response plans;
Providing information to support reporting and forecasting;
Monitoring implementation of approved changes.

Question 16

What is the process of Perform Integrated Change Control?

Answer 16

Process of reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and managing changes to the project deliverables, OPAs, project documents, and PM Plan

Question 17

When is Perform Integrated Change Control conducted?

Answer 17

Throughout the entire project, inception through closure

Question 18

What change management activities does Perform Integrated Change Control involve?

Answer 18

Reviewing, analyzing, and approving change requests promptly;
Ensuring only approved changes are implemented;
Reviewing, approving or denying all recommended corrective and preventive actions;
Coordinating changes across the entire project;
Documenting the complete impact of change requests

Question 19

What are the 4 basic steps for managing project changes?

Answer 19

1. Evaluate the impact - on schedule, cost, risks, quality, customer satisfaction, etc
2. Create Options - How can you accomplish change without affecting cost, schedule, etc
3. Get team approval of the change request - develop team change control process
4. Communicate change to customer and get buy-in

Question 20

What is the Iron Triangle/ Project Management Triple Constraint?

Answer 20

Time, Cost, and Scope. Changing one affects atleast one other

Question 21

What is close project process?

Answer 21

The process of finalizing all activities across all process groups in order to formally complete the project (or phase)

Question 22

What does Close Project (or Phase) require?

Answer 22

Verification that all items included in the PM plan have been completed

Question 23

What activities do Close Project (or Phase) include?

Answer 23

Transition of the final product, service, or result to the user;
Completion and compilation of project files;
Project closure documents;
Preparation of lessons learned documentation;
Updating OPA’s