Dr. NICHOLAS WATSON

Project Integration Management

 

 

This page covers key concepts related to Project Integration Management.

• The knowledge area of Project Integration Management consists of the following seven processes -

 

Project Integration Processes

 

Process                                            Project Phase             Key Deliverables

 

• Develop Project Charter                     Initiating                     Project Charter

 

• Develop Project Management             Planning                      Project Management Plan

 

• Direct and Manage Project                 Execution                    Deliverables

 

• Monitor and Control Project               Monitoring and           Change Requests

 

• Perform Integrated Change                Monitoring and           Change Requests status

 

• Close Project or Phase                        Closure                        Final product

 

 

 A project charter

 

• Formally authorizes the project.

• Gives the objectives and business case

• Identifies the Project Manager.

• Generic enough not to change often.

• Written by a Manager higher in authority than Project Manager.

• Includes name, description, deliverables

• A project does not start unless it has a Project charter.

• The Inputs, Tools and Techniques and Output of Develop Project Charter process are given below.

 

Inputs                                          Technigues & Tools                   Outputs

 

Project Statement of work                                 Expert judgment                       Project Charter

Business Case

Enterprise environment factors

Organizational process assets

 

During project execution the project team focuses on completing the tasks assigned. The Senior Management protects the project from changes and loss of resources. The Project Manager integrates all the pieces into the project as a whole.

 

 

The Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs of the Develop Project Management Plan process are given in the table below.