4.0 Project Integration Management

Question 1

What is Project Integration Management?

Answer 1

The processes and activities to identify, define, combine, unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the Project Management Processes Groups.

Question 2

What does Project Integration Management include making choices about?

Answer 2

1. Resource allocation
2. Balancing competing demands
3. Examining any alternative approaches
4. Tailoring the processes to meet the project objective
5. Managing the interdependencies among the Project Management Knowledge Areas

Question 3

What are the 4.0 Project Integration Management processes?

Answer 3

4. 1. Develop Project Charter
5. 2. Develop Project Management Plan
6. 3. Direct and Manage Project Work
7. 4. Manage Project Knowledge
8. 5. Monitor and Control Project Work
9. 6. Perform Integrated Change Control
10. 7. Close Project or Phase

Question 4

What is 4.1 Develop Project Charter?

Answer 4

The process of ✔developing a document that ✔formally authorizes the ✔existence of a project and provides the ✔project manager with the ✔authority to ✔apply organization resources to project activities

Question 5

What is 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan?

Answer 5

The process of ✔defining, ✔preparing and ✔coordinating all ✔plan components and consolidating them into an ✔integrated project management plan

Question 6

What is 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What is 4.4 Manage Project Knowledge?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is 4.5 Monitor and Control Project Work?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What is 4.6 Perform Integrated Change Control?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What is 4.7 Close Project or Phase?

Answer 10

The process of ✔finalizing all activities for the project, phase or contract

Question 11

What are the main trends and emerging practices in Project Integration Management?

Answer 11

1. Automated tools
2. Visual management tools
3. Project knowledge management
4. Expanding the project manager’s responsibilities
5. Hybrid methodologies

Question 12

What are the tailoring considerations for Project Integration Management?

Answer 12

1. Project life cycle
2. Development life cycle
3. Management approaches
4. Knowledge management
5. Change
6. Governance
7. Lessons learned
8. Benefits

Question 13

What are considerations for agile/adaptive environments for Project Integration Management?

Answer 13

Team members are local domain experts in integration management.

1. Control of the detailed product planning and delivery is delegated to the team
2. Project manager’s focus is on building a collaborative decision-making environment and ensuring the team has the ability to respond to changes