PMP Chapter 4
Close Project or Phase: Inputs
Accepted Deliverables - May include approved product specifications, delivery receipts, and work performance documents.
In what Process groups is Project Integration Management a part of?
All of them. Initiating, Planning, Execution, Controlling and Closing
Direct and Manage Project Work: Outputs
Deliverables - A unique and verifiable product, result or capability to perform a service that is required to be produced to complete a process, phase or project. Work performance Data - The raw observations and measurements identified during activities being performed to carry out the project work. Change requests - A formal proposal to modify any document, deliverable or baseline.
What are the Project Integration Management Processes?
4.1 Develop Project Charter (Initiating) 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan (Planning) 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work (Execution) 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work (Controlling) 4.5 Perform Integrated Change Control (Controlling) 4.6 Close Project or Phase (Closing)
Close Project or Phase: Outputs
Final Product, Service or Result Transition - Includes the transition of the final product, service or result that the project was authorized to produce. Organizational Process Assets Updates - Organizational Process Assets that may be updated include: Project files; Project or phase closure documents; Historical information.
Direct and Manage Project Work: Tools & Techniques
Project Management Information System - Provides access to company tools such as: scheduling, work authorization, configuration management and information collection and distribution.
Direct and Manage Project Work: Inputs
Project Management Plan - Contains subsidiary plans concerning all aspects of the project. Approved Change Requests - An output of the Perform Integrated Change Control and include those requests reviewed and approved for implementation by the change control board
Develop Project Charter: Outputs
Project Charter: The document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project. Provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities Documents the business needs, assumptions, constraints, the understanding of the customer's needs and high-level requirements.
Monitor and Control Project Work: Inputs
Project Management Plan - Contains subsidiary plans concerning all aspects of the project. Scheduled Forecasts - Derived from progress against the schedule baseline and computed Time Estimate to Complete (ETC) Cost Forecasts - Derived from progress against the cost baseline and computed Estimates to Complete (ETC)
Develop Project Management Plan: Outputs
Project Management Plan - Document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored, and controlled.
Perform Integrated Change Control: Inputs
Project Management Plan - Elements of the project management plan that may be used include the scope plan, scope baseline and the change management plan. Work Performance Reports - Reports inclusive of resource availability, schedule and cost data, and earned value management (EVM) reports, burnup or burndown charts.
Close Project or Phase: Tools & Techniques
All repeats.... - Expert Judgment - Analytical Techniques - Meetings
Monitor and Control Project Work: Tools & Techniques
Analytical Techniques - Techniques applied to forecast potential outcomes based on possible variations of project or environmental variables and their relationships with other variables.
Perform Integrated Change Control: Outputs
Approved Change Requests - Change requests are processed according to the change control system. Change Log - Used to document changes that occur during a project.
Perform Integrated Change Control: Tools & Techniques
Change Control Tools - In order to facilitate configuration and change management, manual or automated tools may be used.
Monitor and Control Project Work: Outputs
Change Request - May be issued to expand, adjust, or reduce project scope, product scope or quality requirements and schedule or cost baselines Work Performance Reports - Representative of work performance information compiled in project documents, intended to generate decisions, actions and awareness. Project Management Plan Updates - Updates to elements of the project management plan based upon changes identified in the Monitor and Control Project Work Process.
Develop Project Management Plan: Tools & Techniques
Expert Judgment Facilitation Techniques
Develop Project Charter: Tools and Techniques
Expert Judgment - the technique of utilizing input from any group with specialized knowledge or training. Facilitation Techniques - Used to help guide the development of the project charter.
What are the Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs of Close Project or Phase?
Inputs: - Accepted Deliverables T&T: - Outputs: - Final product, service or result transition - Organizational process assets updates
What are the Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs of Project Management Plan?
Inputs: - Project Charter - Outputs from other processes T&T: - Facilitation Techniques Outputs: - Project management plan
What are the Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs of Develop Project Charter?
Inputs: - Project Statement of Work - Business Case - Agreements T&T: - Facilitation Techniques Outputs: - Project Charter
What are the Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs of Direct and Manage Project Work?
Inputs: - Project management plan - Approved change requests T&T: - Project management information systems Outputs: - Deliverables - Work performance data - Change requests
What are the Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs of Monitor and Control Project Work?
Inputs: - Project management plan - Schedule forecasts - Cost forecasts T&T: - Analytical techniques Outputs: - Change requests - Work performance reports - Project management plan updates
What are the Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs of Perform Integrated Change Control?
Inputs: - Project management plan - Work performance reports T&T: - Change Control Tools Outputs: - Approved Change requests - Change log
Develop Project Management Plan: Inputs
Project Charter - Defines the high-level boundaries of the project and is used by the PM as the starting point for initial planning
Develop Project Charter: Inputs
Project Statement of Work - is a narrative description of products, services or results to be delivered by a project. Business Case - describes the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine whether or not the project is worth the required investment. Agreements - Used to define initial intentions for a project
What is the Develop Project Management Plan?
is the process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management plan.
What is the Develop Project Charter Process?
is 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
What is Close Project or Phase?
is the process of finalizing all activities across all of the Project Management Process Groups to formally complete the project or phase.
What is Direct and Manage Project Work?
is the process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project's objectives.
What is Perform Integrated Change Control?
is the process of reviewing all change requests; approving changes and managing changes to deliverables, organizational assets, project documents, and the project management plan; and communicating their disposition.
What is Monitor and Control Project Work?
is the process of tracking, reviewing and reporting the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan.
What is Project Integration Management?
the processes and activities to identify, define, combine, unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the Project Management Process Groups
