Mudassir Iqbal

Project Integration Management
Project Integration Management

Good practices in project Integration management enable the project manager to combine the results from all other Knowledge Areas and manage the overall view of the project. Whatever happens, it’s the project manager who is ultimately responsible for the project’s success or failure. Project Integration management processes help the Project Manager with all the tools and techniques which are required to keep the project moving.

Project Integration Management Processes

Develop project charter (Planning)

InputsTools and TechniquesOutputs
  • Business documents
    • Business case
  • Agreements
  • Enterprise environmental factors
  • Organizational process assets
  • Expert judgment
  • Data gathering
    • Brainstorming
    • Focus groups
    • Interviews
  • Interpersonal and team skills
    • Conflict management
    • Facilitation
    • Meeting management
  • Meetings
  • Project charter
  • Assumption log

 

Develop project management plan (Planning)

InputsTools and TechniquesOutputs
  • Project charter
  • Outputs from other processes
  • Enterprise environmental factors
  • Organizational process assets
  • Expert judgment
  • Data gathering
    • Brainstorming
    • Focus groups
    • Interviews
  • Interpersonal and team skills
    • Conflict management
    • Facilitation
    • Meeting management
  • Meetings
  • Project Management Plan

 

Direct and manage project work (Execution)

InputsTools and TechniquesOutputs
  • Project management plan
    • Any component
  • Project documents
    • Change log
    • Lessons learned register
    • Milestone list
    • Project communications
    • Project schedule
    • Requirements traceability matrix
    • Risk register
    • Risk report
  • Approved change requests
  • Enterprise environmental factors
  • Organizational process assets
  • Expert judgment
  • Project management information
    system
  • Meetings
  • Deliverables
  • Work performance data
  • Issue log
  • Change requests
  • Project management plan updates
    • Any component
  • Project documents updates
    • Activity list
    • Assumption log
    • Lessons learned register
    • Requirements documentation
    • Risk register
    • Stakeholder register
  • Organizational process assets updates

 

Manage Project Knowledge (Execution)

InputsTools and TechniquesOutputs
  • Project management plan
    • All components
  • Project documents
    • Lessons learned register
    • Project team assignments
    • Resource breakdown structure
    • Source selection criteria
    • Stakeholder register
  • Deliverables
  • Enterprise environmental factors
  • Expert judgment
  • Knowledge management
  • Information management
  • Interpersonal and team skills
    • Active listening
    • Facilitation
    • Leadership
    • Networking
    • Political awareness
  • Lessons learned register
  • Project management plan updates
    • Any component
  • Organizational process assets updates

 

Monitor and Control Project Work (Monitoring and Controlling)

InputsTools and TechniquesOutputs
  • Project management plan
    • Any component
  • Project documents
    • Assumption log
    • Basis of estimates
    • Cost forecasts
    • Issue log
    • Lessons learned register
    • Milestone list
    • Quality reports
    • Risk register
    • Risk report
    • Schedule forecasts
  • Work performance information
  • Agreements
  • Enterprise environmental factors
  • Expert judgment
  • Data analysis
    • Alternatives analysis
    • Cost-benefit analysis
    • Earned value analysis
    • Root cause analysis
    • Trend analysis
    • Variance analysis
  • Decision making
  • Meetings
  • Work performance reports
  • Change requests
  • Project management plan updates
    • Any component
  • Project documents updates
    • Cost forecasts
    • Issue log
    • Lessons learned register
    • Risk register
    • Schedule forecasts

 

Perform integrated change control (Monitoring and Controlling)

InputsTools and TechniquesOutputs
  • Project management plan
    • Change management plan
    • Configuration management plan
    • Scope baseline
    • Schedule baseline
    • Cost baseline
  • Project documents
    • Basis of estimates
    • Requirements traceability matrix
    • Risk report
  • Work performance reports
  • Change requests
  • Enterprise environmental factors
  • Organizational process assets
  • Expert judgment
  • Change control tools
  • Data analysis
    • Alternatives analysis
    • Cost-benefit analysis
  • Decision making
    • Voting
    • Autocratic decision making
    • Multicriteria decision analysis
  • Meetings
  • Approved change requests
  • Project management plan updates
    • Any component
  • Project documents updates
    • Change log

 

Close project or phase (Close Project)

InputsTools and TechniquesOutputs
  • Project charter
  • Project management plan
    • All components
  • Project documents
    • Assumption log
    • Basis of estimates
    • Change log
    • Issue log
    • Lessons learned register
    • Milestone list
    • Project communications
    • Quality control measurements
    • Quality reports
    • Requirements documentation
    • Risk register
    • Risk report
  • Accepted deliverables
  • Business documents
    • Business case
    • Benefits management plan
  • Agreements
  • Procurement documentation
  • Organizational process assets
  • Expert judgment
  • Data analysis
    • Document analysis
    • Regression analysis
    • Trend analysis
    • Variance analysis
  • Meetings
  • Project documents updates
    • Lessons learned register
  • Final product, service, or
    result transition
  • Final report
  • Organizational process
    assets updates

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