Chapter 4

Project Integration Management

As we know, a good Project Integration Management is the key to overall project success. Project Integration Management involves coordinating all other project management knowledge areas through a project life cycle. There 7 main process involved:

1) Develop the project charter
2) Develop the preliminary project scope statement
3) Develop the project management plan
4) Direct and manage project execution
5) Monitor and control the project work
6) Perform integrated change control
7) Close the project

Strategic planning in PMIT, its involves determining long-term objectives, predicting future trends, and projecting the need for new products and services. Organizations also can perform a SWOT analysis:
S: Strength
W: Weakness
O: Opportunities
T: Threats

There are some methods in selecting a project:
— Focusing on broad organizational needs
— Categorizing information technology projects
— Performing net present value or other financial analyses
— Using a weighted scoring model
— Implementing a balanced scorecard

Project Charter is a document that formally recognizes the existence of a project and provides direction on the project’s objectives and management. a signed charter is a key output of project integration management

A scope statement is a document used to develop and confirm a common understanding of the project scope. It’s important for preventing scope creep; the tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger.

A project management plan is a document used to coordinate all project planning documents and help guide a project’s execution and control.

A stakeholder analysis documents important (often sensitive) information about stakeholders such as; Stakeholders’ names and organizations, roles on the project, unique facts about stakeholders, level of influence and interest in the project & suggestions for managing relationships.

Project execution involves managing and performing the work described in the project management plan, and it is come after the planning process. The majority of time and money is usually spent on execution. Some important Skills for Project Execution are:
— General management skills like leadership, communication, and political skills
— Product, business, and application area skills and knowledge
— Use of specialized tools and techniques

The techniques and tools for project execution are:
— Project management methodology: many experienced project managers believe the most effective way to improve project management is to follow a methodology that describes not only what to do in managing a project, but how to do it
— Project management information systems: there are hundreds of project management software products available on the market today, and many organizations are moving toward powerful enterprise project management systems that are accessible via the Internet.

Monitoring project work includes collecting, measuring, and disseminating performance information. Two important outputs of monitoring and controlling project work include recommended corrective and preventive actions

Integrated Change Control is mainly for three main objectives which are: Influencing the factors that create changes to ensure that changes are beneficial, determining that a change has occurred and managing actual changes as they occur. A baseline is the approved project management plan plus approved changes. CCB or Change Control Board is a formal group of people responsible for approving or rejecting changes on a project. CCBs provide guidelines for preparing change requests, evaluate change requests, and manage the implementation of approved changes.

To close a project, you must finalize all activities and transfer the completed or cancelled work to the appropriate people. Main outputs include: Administrative closure procedures, contract closure procedures, final products, services, or results and organizational process asset updates