Chapter TWO Project Integration Management
Chapter TWO Project Integration Management
Chapter TWO Project Integration Management
PROJECT INTEGRATION
MANAGEMENT
Overview of the Project integration mgt
Integration includes:
Characteristics of unification, consolidation, communication, and
integrative actions that are crucial to controlled project execution
Making choices about resource allocation, competing objectives, and
alternatives
Managing interdependencies among the project management knowledge
areas.
Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) –
Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute Inc., 2013 P.63
Project Integration Management (cont’d)
Six processes of project integration management are identified by PMI:
Develop Project Charter-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.
Develop Project Management Plan-The process of defining, preparing, and
coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive
project management plan.
Direct and manage project work-The process of leading and performing the
work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved
changes to achieve the project’s objectives.
Monitor and control project work-The process of tracking, reviewing, and
reporting project progress against the performance objectives defined in the
project management plan.
Perform integrated change control-The process of reviewing all change
requests; approving changes and managing changes to deliverables.
Close project or phase-The process of finalizing all activities across all of the
Project Management Process Groups to formally complete the phase or project.
Project Integration Management (cont’d)
Project Integration Management – Project
Charter
Developing the project charter: The first process devoted to
developing a document that formally authorizes the existence
of a project and provides the Project Manager the authority to
apply organizational resources to project activities.
A project charter includes:
Roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders
Project sponsors and their power and interest
High level scope of the project
Decision making hierarchy
Partnership agreement between performing and requesting
organizations
Project Integration Management – Project
Management Plan
Develop Project Management Plan (PMP)
The process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all subsidiary
plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management
plan (Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge,
(PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute Inc., 2013 p.72).
Creates a central document that defines the bases for all project work.
Helps to define how the project is implemented, monitored, controlled
and finally closed.
As a living document the contents of the plan are created and updated
throughout the lifecycle of the project.
Combined with integrated change control this document will be the
reference point for the project and program.
Project Management Plan
Source: Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute Inc., 2013, Table 4-1, Page 78.
Attributes of Project Plans
Just as projects are unique, so are project plans
Plans should be dynamic
Plans should be flexible
Plans should be updated as changes occur
Plans should first and foremost guide project execution
Common Elements of a Project Plan
The common elements of a project plan include:
Introduction or overview of the project
Description of how the project is organized
Management and technical processes used on the
project
Work to be done, schedule, and budget information
Introduction or overview of the project
Organizational charts
Project responsibilities
Other organizational or process related information
Management and technical processes used on the
project
Management objectives
Project controls
Risk management
Project staffing
Technical processes
Work to be done
Major work packages
Key deliverables
Other work-related information
Project schedule information
Summary schedule
Detailed schedule
Other schedule-related information
Project budget
Summary budget
Detailed budget
Other budget-related information
Sample Outline for a Software Project
Management Plan (SPMP)
Project Management Plan Sections
Introduction Project Managerial Technical Work
Organization Process Process Packages,
Schedule, and
Budget
Section Project Process model; Management Methods, tools, Work
Topics overview; organizational objectives and and packages;
project structure; priorities; techniques; Dependencies;
deliverables; organizational assumptions, software resource
evolution of boundaries and dependencies, documentation; requirements;
the SPMP; interfaces; and and project budget and
reference project constraints; support resource
materials; responsibilities risk functions allocation;
definitions and management; and schedule
acronyms monitoring
and
controlling
mechanisms;
and staffing
plan
Project Integration Management – Direct and
Manage Project Work
This is the process of leading and performing the work defined in the
Project Management Plan ( PMP) and implementing approved changes to
achieve the project objectives (Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute Inc.,
2013 p.79).
Providing overall management of the project work.
All work, from the daily activities of managing the project team to
planning, executing, and monitoring deliverables, managing risk and
issues, as well as adjusting the scope of the project, is performed in this
process.
Providing status updates to executive steering committee and sponsors
meeting.
Coordinating change and configuration control work.
Evaluating the health of the project through various tools and techniques
(EVM, Risk, Quality analysis).
Project Integration Management – Monitor and
Control
Important phase where:
Lessons learned document is developed
Contracts are formally closed and resources are released
Projects are formally delivered to the customer
The project is transferred to operation