understanding integration management

Synonyms to INTEGRATING

Combining
Uniting
Mixing
Assimilating

Integration Mgmt
=
All activities needed to properly coordinate my project

PMBOK Definition

a collection of processes required to ensure that the various elements of the projects are properly coordinated. It involves making trade-offs among competing objectives and alternatives to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectation

Integration Mgmt Processes

• Develop Project Charter
• Develop Project Mgmt Plan
• Direct &Manage Project Execution
• Monitor &Control Project Work
• Perform Integrated Change Control
• Close Project

1. Develop Project Charter

Project Charter = The document that formally authorizes a project.
It must include the initial requirements that meet the stakeholders' needs &expectations

Project Charter Example

2. Develop Project Mgmt Plan

When planning the Project Charter is guidance to making a detailed Project Plan.
Project Mgmt Plan = The document which defines how the project is to be executed, monitored &controlled, and closed. Usually portrayed in software

Project Mgmt Plan Example

3. Direct &Manage Project Execution

Performing the work.

4. Monitor &Control Project Work

Track, Review, and Regulate the progress.
And make sure it all meets the objectives defined in our Project Plan

5. Perform Integrated Change Control

During execution, change requests arise.
This process is where we must review all these change requests, approve and manage them to reflect them to either:
- My project plan and expected deliverables
OR
- The organizational process assets

6. Close Project

Work is Complete

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