Project Integration Management

What is the main role of the PM - to perform integration. Integration Management (IM) is the whole initiation process group and the closing process group and some parts in between.

Develop Project Charter - a project cannot be started without one.
Formally recognizes the authority of a PM, high level requirements and issued by the sponsor. Should be broad enough to not change throughout the project. Only the sponsor can change the charter
. Constraints and assumptions
. Project Statement of Work - created by the sponsor or the customer, further defined in the preliminary project scope statement and the scope statement.
. Enterprise environmental factors and organization process assets
. Project selection method - benefit measurement methods (comparative approach) or contrained optimization methods (mathematical approach)
. Project management methodology
. PMIS
. Management plans

Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement

Develop Project Management Plan
. Design the configuration management plan (may include a change control system and is used in integrated change control)
. Change control system
. Work authorization system
. Baseline - scope, schedule, cost and quality - scope baseline includes the WBS, project scope statement and WBS dictionary
. Project Management plan approval
. Kickoff meeting

Direct and Manage project execution

Monitor and control project work
. Corrective action - any action to bring expected future project performance in line with the project management plan.
. Corrective action process
. Preventive action
. Defect repair

Integrated change control
Before changing - evaluate impact, create options, get internal buy-in, and get customer buy-in if required
Process for making changes - prevent root cause, identify change, create change request, assess the change, impact of change, perform integrated change control, options??, approve or reject change, adjust project management plan and baselines, notify stakeholders and manage according to new/changed PM plan.

Close project

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