Education Edge PMBOK Office Read Week 2 – Project Integration Management

Project integration Management
PROCESSES (6) associated with the
PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT knowledge area
1. Develop Project Charter
2. Develop Project Management Plan
3. Direct and Manage Project Work
4. Monitor and Control Project Work
5. Perform Integrated Change Control
6. Close Project or Phase
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What is the purpose of the Project Integration Management
Project Integration Management is the knowledge area that includes all the processes and activities needed to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the Project Management Process Groups
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What is Develop Project Charter
A Project Integration Management PROCESS that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.
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Name the Develop Project Charter Process inputs (5)
1. Project Statement of Work
2. Business Case
3. Agreements
4. Enterprise Environmental Factors
5. Organizational Process Assets
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SOW
Statement of Work
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Project Statement of Work
A input into the Develop Project Charter Process, the statement of work is a narrative description of products or services to be delivered by the project (p75)
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Business Case
A input into the Develop Project Charter Process that provides the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine whether a project is worth the required investment. Uses the business need and cost/benefit analysis to JUSTIFY the project (p75)
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Agreements
Are used to define initial intentions for a project. May take the form of contracts memorandums of understanding, service level agreements, letter of agreements, letters of intent, verbal agreements, email or other written agreements. Typically a contract is used.
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Enterprise Environmental Factors
A input into the Develop Project Charter Process
any or all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the project success
– Marketplace conditions
-Organizational culture and structure
-Governmental standards, industry standards or regulations
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Organizational Process Assets
A input into the Develop Project Charter Process
any or all process related assets, from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that can be used to influence the Develop project charter
– Standard processes, policies
-Templates
-Historical information and lessons learned knowledge base
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Name the tools/techniques (2) involved with the Develop Project Charter Process
– Expert Judgement
Judgement provided based upon expertise in an application area, knowledge area , discipline, industry as appropriate for the activity being performed (Glossary)
– Facilitation techniques: brainstorming, meeting management, conflict resolution, etc.
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Name the outputs (1) involved with the Develop Project Charter Process
Project Charter
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Project Charter
formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. Documents the needs, assumptions, constraints, costomer’s needs and high-level requirements, and the new product, service or result that is intended to satisfy as such.
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What information can found in the Project Charter
Purpose
Objectives
High level project requirements
Assumptions and constraints
High level project descriptions and boundaries
High level risks
Summary milestones schedule
Summary of budget
Stakeholder list
Project approval requirements
Assigned project manager, responsibility, authority
Name and authority of the sponsor, authorizers of charter
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Develop Project Management Plan
A Project Integration Management PROCESS of defining preparing and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management plan.
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Project Management Plan
defines how the project is executed, monitored and controlled, and closed (p78)
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What are the inputs of the Develop Project Management Plan Process
Project Charter
Outputs from Planning Process
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Process Assets (p78)
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What are the tools and techniques involved with the Develop Project Management Plan Process
Expert judgement (p78)
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What are the outputs of the Develop Project Management Plan Process
Project Management Plan (p78)
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Direct and Manage Project Execution Process
A Project Integration Management PROCESS of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project’s objectives (p83)
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Corrective Action
Documented direction for executing the project work to bring expected future performance of project work in line with project management plan (p83)
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Preventive Action
A document direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability negative consequences associated with project risk (p83)
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Defect Repair
The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component (p83)
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Name the inputs (4) of the Direct and Manage Project Execution Process
1 Project Management Plan
2 Approved Change Request
3 Enterprise Environmental Factors
4 Organizational Process Assets (p84)
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Name the tools/techniques (2) of the Direct and Manage Project Execution Process
1 Expert Judgement
2 Project Management Information System (p84)
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Name the outputs (5) of the Direct and Manage Project Execution Process
1 Deliverables
2 Work Performance information
3 Change Request
4 Project Management Plan Updates
5 Project Documents Updates
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Approved Change Request
the documented, authorized changes to expand or reduce project scope (p85)
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Project Management Information System
an automated tool suite (p87)
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Deliverables
any unique and verifiable product, result , or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process, phase, or project (p87)
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Work Performance Information
Information from project activities is routinely collected as the project progresses (p87)
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Change Requests
request to expand or reduce the project scope, modify, policies, processes, plans, or procedures, modify costs or budgets, or revise schedules (Glossary)
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Updates
Changes to formally controlled documentation, plans etc., to reflect modified or additional ideas or content (p88)
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Monitor and Control Project Work
The project integration management process of tracking, reviewing, and reporting project progress against the performance objectives defined in the project management plan.
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Monitoring
Collecting, measuring, and distributing performance information, and assessing measurements and trends to effect process improvements (p89)
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Controlling
Determining corrective or preventative actions or re-planning and following up on action plans to determine if the actions taken resolved the performance issue (p89)
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What are the inputs (4) in the Monitor and Control Project Work Process
1 Project Management Plan
2 Performance Reports
3 Enterprise Environmental Factors
4 Organizational Process Assets
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What are the tools/techniques (1) of the Monitor and Control Project Work Process
Expert Judgement
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What are the outputs (3) of the Monitor and Control Project Work Process
1 Change Request
2 Project Management Plan Updates
3 Project Document Updates
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Performance Report
prepared by the project team this report details activities, accomplishments, milestones, identified issues, and problems. (p90)
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Perform Integrated Change Control
the Project Integration Management Process of reviewing all change request, approving changes, and managing changes to the deliverables, organizations process assets, project documents, the project management plan and communicating their disposition.
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CCB
Change Control Board (p94)
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Configuration Control
focused on the specification of both the deliverables and the processes (p94)
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Change Control
focused on identifying, documenting, and controlling changes to the project and the product baselines (p94)
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Configuration Identification
the configuration management activity that involves the selection and identification of a configuration item and provides the basis for which project configuration is defined and verified, products and documents are labeled, changes are managed, and accountability is maintained (p95)
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Configuration Status Accounting
the configuration management activity that involves the recording and reporting of information as to when appropriate data about the configuration item should be provided. (p95)
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Configuration Verification and Audit
the configuration management activity that ensures the composition of a projects configuration items is correct and that corresponding changes are registered, assessed, approved, tracked, and correctly implemented (p95)
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What are the inputs (5) of the Perform Integrated Change Control Process
1 Project Management Plan
2 Work Performance Information
3 Change Requests
4 Enterprise Environmental Factors
5 Organizational Process Assets (p95)
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What are the tools/techniques (2) of the Perform Integrated Change Control Process
1 Expert Judgment
2 Change Control Meetings (p95)
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What are the outputs of the Perform Integrated Change Control Process
1 Change request status updates
2 Project management plan updates
3 Project document updates(p95)
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Close Project or Phase
the Project Integration Management Process that involves the finalizing of all activities across all of the Project Management Process Groups to formally complete the phase or project.
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What are the inputs (3) of the Close Project or Phase Process
1 Project Management Plan
2 Accepted deliverables
3 Organizational Process Assets (p100)
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What are the tools/techniques (1) of the Close Project to Phase Process
Expert Judgement (p100)
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What are the outputs (2) of the Close Project or Phase Process
1 Final product, services, or results transition
2 Organizational Process Assets Updates (p100)
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Accepted Deliverables
deliverables that have been accepted through the Verify Scope Process
 
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