PM Chapter 4 - Project Integration Management

Question 1

Includes 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 to ensure consistency with the project management plan and product deliverables

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Project Integration Management

Question 2

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

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Project Integration Management Processes

Question 3

The process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and documenting initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholder’s needs and expectations

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Develop Project Charter

Question 4

• Establishes a partnership between the performing organization and the requesting organization
• Authorizes the project by someone external to the project such as a sponsor, PMO, or portfolio steering committee.
• Links the project to the strategy and ongoing work of the organization

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Purpose of Define Project Charter

Question 5

• Project Statement of Work
• Business Case
• Contract
• Enterprise Environmental Factors
• Organizational Process Assets

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Inputs to Define Project Charter

Question 6

• Expert Judgement

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Tools and Techniques for Define Project Charter

Question 7

• Project Charter

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Outputs of Define Project Charter

Question 8

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

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Statement of Work

Question 9

• Business need
• Product scope description
• Strategic plan

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Statement of Work (SOW) References

Question 10

• Market demand *
• Organizational need
• Customer request
• Technological advance *
• Legal requirement *
• Government regulation *
• Ecological impacts
• Social need

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Business Needs

Question 11

Documents the characteristics of the product that the project will be undertaken to create. The description should also document the relationship between the products or services being created and the business need that the project will address

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Product scope description

Question 12

Documents the organization’s strategic goals

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Strategic Plan

Question 13

Provides the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine whether or not the project is worth the required investment. Typically the business need and the cost-benefit analysis are contained in the business case

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Business Case

Question 14

An input if the project is being done for an external customer

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Contract

Question 15

• Governmental or industry standards
• Organizational infrastructure
• Marketplace conditions

Answer 15

Define Project Charter Entperise Environmental Factors

Question 16

• Organizational standard processes, policies, and standardized process definitions for use in the organization
• Template
• Historical information and lessons learned knowledge base

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Define Project Charter Organizational Process Assets

Question 17

• Other units within the organization
• Consultants
• Stakeholders, including customers or sponsors
• Professional and technical associations
• Industry groups
• Subject matter experts
• PMO

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Define Project Charter Expert Judgement Sources

Question 18

Documents the business needs, current understanding of the customer’s needs, and the new product, service, or result that it is intended to satisfy

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Project Charter

Question 19

Project purpose or justification
• Measurable project objectives and related success criteria
• High level requirements
• High level project description
• High level risks
• Summary milestone schedule
• Summary budget
• Project approval requirements (what constitutes project success, who decides the project is successful, and who signs off on the project)
• Assigned project manager, responsibility, and authority level
• Name and authority of the sponsor or other person authorizing the project charter

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Components of the Project Charter

Question 20

The process of documenting the actions necessary to define, prepare, integrate, and coordinate all subsidiary plans

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Develop Project Management Plan

Question 21

1. Understand what kind of change is requested and talk with team members to assess the implication of the change.
2. Open up a change control if there is a formal change control mechanism.
3. Communicate the change to the management, and inform the customer about the impact of the change (e.g. increase in sizing, schedule, etc.)
4. Implement the change if it is accepted.

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Any time the customer requests for a change, you should:

Question 22

The aggregation of the processes, tools, techniques, methodologies, resources, and procedures to manage a project

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Project Management System

Question 23

Closing Process Group

Answer 23

Process Group for Close Project or Phase

Question 24

Process Group for Close Project or Phase

Answer 24

Process Group for Perform Integrated Change Control

Question 25

Executing Process Group

Answer 25

Process Group for Direct and Manage Project Execution