Chapter 4 - Integration Management

Question 1

The process of reviewing all change requests; approving changes and managing changes to deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents, and the project management plan; and communicating the decisions.

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PERFORM INTEGRATED CHANGE CONTROL

Question 2

Any previous investment that was made in a prior project or phase. These previous investments are irrelevant to a cost-benefit analysis because the only relevant question is whether an additional investment will generate profits.

Answer 2

SUNK COST

Question 3

A comprehensive list of alterations made during the project. This typically includes dates of the adjustments and impacts in terms of time, cost, and risk.

Answer 3

CHANGE LOG

Question 4

A set of procedures that describes how modifications to the project deliverables and documentation are managed and controlled.

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CHANGE CONTROL SYSTEM

Question 5

The evaluation of whether or not a product, service, or result complies with a regulation, requirement, specification, or imposed condition.

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VERIFICATION

Question 6

A formally chartered group responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating such decisions.

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CHANGE CONTROL BOARD (CCB)

Question 7

An intentional activity to modify a nonconforming product or product component.

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DEFECT REPAIR

Question 8

The process of developing a document 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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DEVELOP PROJECT CHARTER

Question 9

An intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan.

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CORRECTIVE ACTION

Question 10

A documented economic feasibility study used to establish validity of the benefits of a selected component lacking sufficient definition and that is used as a basis for the authorization of further project management activities.

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BUSINESS CASE

Question 11

The resources that an organization commits to a project and can’t simultaneously commit to other projects or business opportunities. Opportunity cost answers the question, “What alternative uses could this money, personnel, and/or equipment be put to?”

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OPPORTUNITY COST

Question 12

The process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project’s objectives.

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DIRECT AND MANAGE PROJECT WORK

Question 13

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

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MANAGE PROJECT KNOWLEDGE

Question 14

A project document used to record knowledge gained during a project so that it can be used in the current project and entered into a central repository.

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LESSONS LEARNED REGISTER

Question 15

An intentional activity that ensures the future performance of the project work is aligned with the project management plan.

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PREVENTATIVE ACTION

Question 16

Personal knowledge that can be difficult to articulate and share such as beliefs, experience, and insights.

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TACIT KNOWLEDGE

Question 17

The uncontrolled expansion to product or project scope without adjustments to time, cost, and resources.

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SCOPE CREEP

Question 18

The uncontrolled expansion of product scope without adjustments to time, cost, and resources. Like scope creep but is initiated by a project team member who adds features or configuration elements, bypassing integrated change control.

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GOLD PLATING

Question 19

A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor 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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PROJECT CHARTER

Question 20

Coordination of project elements to ensure that they all fit together harmoniously.

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INTEGRATION

Question 21

A store of historical information about information gathered from previous projects.

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LESSONS LEARNED REPOSITORY

Question 22

The process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive plan.

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DEVELOP PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN

Question 23

The assurance that a product, service, or result meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders.

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VALIDATION

Question 24

The processes and activities to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various process and project management activities within the Project Management Process Group.

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PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT

Question 25

Knowledge that can be codified using symbols such as words, numbers, and pictures.

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EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE

Question 26

An outcome of actions, behaviors, products, services, or results that provide value to the sponsoring organization as well as to the project’s intended beneficiaries.

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PROJECT BENEFITS

Question 27

The process of tracking, reviewing, and reporting the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan.

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MONITOR AND CONTROL PROJECT WORK

Question 28

A document that describes how and when the favourable outcomes of the project will be delivered, and describes the mechanisms that should be in place for their measurement.

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PROJECT BENEFITS MANAGEMENT PLAN

Question 29

A formal proposal to modify a document, deliverable, or baseline.

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CHANGE REQUEST

Question 30

A component of the project management plan that establishes the change control board, documents the extent of its authority, and describes how the change control system will be implemented.

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CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLAN

Question 31

A narrative description of products, services, or results to be delivered by the project.

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STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

Question 32

The process of finalizing all activities across all the Project Management Process Groups to formally complete a project or phase.

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CLOSE PROJECT OR PHASE

Question 33

The document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored, and controlled, and closed.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN