Project Intergration Management - Chapter 4 of the PMBOK Flashcards
What is Project Integration Management?
Project Integration Management includes the processes and activities to identify, define, combine, unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities.
What are the 6 processes In Project Integration Management?
Develop Project Charter (Initiating)
Develop Project Management Plan (Planning)
Work and Manage Project Work (Executing)
Monitor and Control Project Work (M&C)
Perform Integrated Change Control (M&C)
Closing Project or Phase (Closing)
What is a Project Charter?
A Project Charter is a document that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.
What are the inputs for developing a Project Charter?
- Project Statement of Work (SOW)
- Business Case
- Agreements (Not always necessary)
- Organizational Process Assets
- Enterprise Environmental Factors
What are the tools and techniques for developing a Project Charter?
- Expert Judgement
2. Facilitation Techniques
What is the output of the Developing a Project Charter Process?
The Project Charter
What is a Project Statement of Work (SOW) and what does it reference?
The project statement of work (SOW) is a narrative description of deliverables. The SOW references business needs, product scope description and the strategic plan.
What is a Business Case?
The business case is similar to the SOW and is used to decision making regarding the existence of the project. It includes the Business Case and Cost-Benefit analysis.
The Business Case is created as a result of?
The business case is created as a result of 1 or more of 7 needs: Market Demand, Organizational Needs, Customer Request, Technological Advancements, Legal requirements, Ecological Impacts or Social needs
What is the second process in Process Integration Management and what Process Group is it in?
Develop Project Management Plan (Planning Process Group)
What does Developing a Project Management Plan entail?
Developing a Project Management Plan is the process of defining, preparing and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management plan. The process defines the basis of all project work.
What are the inputs, tools and techniques, and output of the Developing Project Management Plan process?
Inputs: 1. Project Charter 2. Outputs from Other Processes 3. Organizational 4. Enterprise
Tools & Techniques: 1. Expert Judgement 2. Facilitation Techniques
Outputs: 1. Project Management Plan
What is the third process in Project Integration Management and what Process Group is it in?
Direct and Manage Project Work (Executing Process Group)
What is the purpose of the Direct and Manage Project work process?
To lead and perform the work defined in the Project Management, review the impact of all changes and the implementation of approved changes
What are the inputs for the Direct and Manage Project work process?
- Project Management Plan
- Approved Change Requests
- Enterprise Environmental Factors
- Organizational Process Assets
What are the Tools and Techniques for the Direct and Mange Project Work process?
- Expert Judgement
- Project Management Information System
- Meetings
What are the Outputs from the Direct and Mange Project Work process?
- Deliverables
- Work Performance Data
- Change Requests
- Project Management Plan Updates
- Project Document Updates
What is the fourth process in Project Integration Management and what Process Group is it in?
Monitor and Control Project Work (Monitoring and Controlling)
What is the purpose of the Monitor and Control Project Work process?
The purpose of the Monitor and Control Project Work process is to track, review and report progress of the project. The key benefit is allowing project stake holders to understand the current state of the project.
What are the inputs for the Monitor and Control Project Work processes?
- Project Management Plan
- Schedule forecasts
- Cost forecasts
- Validated Changes
- Work Performance Information
- Enterprise 7. Organizational
What are the Tools and Techniques for the Monitor and Control Work process?
- Expert Judgement
- Analytical Techniques
- Project Management Information System
- Meetings
What is the fifth process in the Integrated Project Management knowledge area and what Process Group is it in?
Perform Integrated Change Control (Monitoring and Controlling)
What are the inputs for the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
- Project Management Plan
- Work performance reports
- Change Requests
- Organizational Process Assets
- Enterprise Environmental Factors
What are the Tools & Techniques for the Perform Integrated Change control process?
- Expert Judgement
- Meetings
- Change Control Tools
What is CCB and abbreviation for?
Change Control Board
What are the outputs from the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
- Approved Change Requests
- Change Log
- Project Management Plan Updates
- Project Document Updates
What is the sixth process in the Integrated Project Management knowledge area and what Process Group is it in?
Closing Project or Phase (Closing)
What is are the inputs for the Closing Project or Phase process?
- Project Management Plan
- Accepted Deliverables
- Organizational Process Assets
What are the tools and techniques used in the Closing Project or Phase process?
- Expert Judgement
- Analytical techniques
- Meetings
What is are the outputs from the Closing Project or Phase process?
- Final Product, service or result transition
2. Organizational Process Assets Updates
