1. Project Integration Management
Sections of this presentation were adapted from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge 3rd Edition, Project Management Institute Inc., © 2004

2. Integration Management
Includes processes to ensure that all the elements of a project are properly coordinated
Making tradeoffs among competing alternatives and objectives to meet stakeholder needs
Typically the most important knowledge area for the Project Manager

3. Why Do We Manage Integration?
Manage change and communication
Reduce project time and cost
Involve stakeholders early and often
Make results visible
Identify problems/solutions early
Use relevant experience as early as possible

4. Who Manages Integration?
Project Manager – Integrator for the project that executes processes
Team Members – Concentrate on completing tasks, activities, & work packages
Project Sponsor – Protect project from changes and losing resources

5. How Do We Manage Integration?
Use the seven integration processes
Develop project charter
Develop preliminary scope statement
Develop project management plan
Direct and manage project execution
Monitor and control project work
Integrated change control
Close project
Project Charter
Preliminary Scope Statement
Project Management Plan
Direct & Manage Execution
Monitor & Control Project Work
Integrated Change Control
Close Project

6. How Do We Manage Integration?
Each process has:
Inputs
Tools and Techniques
Outputs
Remember that inputs and outputs can feed more than one process!
Project Charter
Preliminary Scope Statement
Project Management Plan
Direct & Manage Execution
Monitor & Control Project Work
Integrated Change Control
Close Project

7. Project Charter Inputs Tools & Techniques Outputs
Project Statement of Work
Inputs
Tools & Techniques
Project Selection Methods
Project Management Methodology
Project Management Information System
Expert Judgment
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Outputs
Project Charter
Contract
Organizational Process Assets
Project Charter
Preliminary Scope Statement
Project Management Plan
Direct & Manage Execution
Monitor & Control Project Work
Integrated Change Control
Close Project

8. Preliminary Scope Statement
Inputs
Tools & Techniques
Project Charter
Project Management Methodology
Project Management Information System
Expert Judgment
Project Statement of Work
Outputs
Preliminary Project Scope Statement
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Process Assets
Project Charter
Preliminary Scope Statement
Project Management Plan
Direct & Manage Execution
Monitor & Control Project Work
Integrated Change Control
Close Project

9. Project Management Plan
Inputs
Tools & Techniques
Preliminary Project Scope Statement
Project Management Methodology
Project Management Information System
Expert Judgment
Project Management Processes
Outputs
Project Management Plan
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Process Assets
Project Charter
Preliminary Scope Statement
Project Management Plan
Direct & Manage Execution
Monitor & Control Project Work
Integrated Change Control
Close Project

10. Direct & Manage Execution
Outputs
Inputs
Tools & Techniques
Project Management Plan
Deliverables
Project Management Methodology
Project Management Information System
Approved Corrective Actions
Requested Changes
Approved Preventive Actions
Implemented Change Requests
Approved Change Requests
Implemented Corrective Actions
Approved Defect Repair
Implemented Preventive Actions
Validated Defect Repair
Implemented Defect Repair
Administrative Closure Procedure
Work Performance Information
Project Charter
Preliminary Scope Statement
Project Management Plan
Direct & Manage Execution
Monitor & Control Project Work
Integrated Change Control
Close Project

11. Monitor & Control Project Work
Tools & Techniques
Outputs
Recommended Corrective Actions
Inputs
Project Management Methodology
Project Management Information System
Earned Value Management
Expert Judgment
Project Management Plan
Recommended Preventive Actions
Work Performance Information
Forecasts
Recommended Defect Repair
Rejected Change Requests
Requested Changes
Project Charter
Preliminary Scope Statement
Project Management Plan
Direct & Manage Execution
Monitor & Control Project Work
Integrated Change Control
Close Project

12. Integrated Change Control
Tools & Techniques
Outputs
Project Management Methodology
Project Management Information System
Expert Judgment
Approved Change Requests
Inputs
Project Management Plan
Rejected Change Requests
Requested Changes
Project Management Plan Updates
Work Performance Information
Project Scope Statement Updates
Recommended Preventive Actions
Approved Corrective Actions
Recommended Corrective Actions
Approved Preventive Actions
Recommended Defect Repair
Approved Defect Repair
Deliverables
Validated Defect Repair
Deliverables
Project Charter
Preliminary Scope Statement
Project Management Plan
Direct & Manage Execution
Monitor & Control Project Work
Integrated Change Control
Close Project

13. Close Project Outputs Tools & Techniques Inputs
Administrative Closure Procedure
Inputs
Project Management Plan
Project Management Methodology
Project Management Information System
Expert Judgment
Contract Closure Procedure
Contract Documentation
Final Product, Service, or Result
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Process assets Updates
Organizational Process Assets
Work Performance Information
Deliverables
Project Charter
Preliminary Scope Statement
Project Management Plan
Direct & Manage Execution
Monitor & Control Project Work
Integrated Change Control
Close Project

14. What Goes in a Project Plan?
Project charter
Project Management Approach
Scope Statement
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Responsibility Chart
Network Diagram with Major Milestones
Budget
Schedule
Resources
Change Control System
Performance Measurement Guidelines
Management Plans (Scope, Schedule, cost, quality, staffing, communications, risk response, procurement)

15. PM Responsibility for Change
Influence factors that affect change
Ensure change is beneficial
Determine if a change has occurred
Determine if a change is needed
Look for alternatives to change
Minimize negative impact from change
Notify Stakeholders impacted by change
Managing those changes that do occur according to project plan

16. Integration Management Summary
Know the integration management processes and where they belong
Project plan documents the basis for all project decisions
Understand the authority and limits of authority of the project manager
All changes should be guided by the processes in the project plan

17. Responsibility
Responsibility: The duties, assignments, and accountability for results associated with a designated position in the organization.
Source: Gain and Maintain Authority to Ensure Project Success, Jason Chavart, 2002

18. Accountability
Being answerable to one's superior in an organization for the exercise of one's authority and the performance of one's duties.
Source: Gain and Maintain Authority to Ensure Project Success, Jason Chavart, 2002

19. Authority
The legitimate power given to a person in an organization to use resources to reach an objective and to exercise discipline.
Source: Gain and Maintain Authority to Ensure Project Success, Jason Chavart, 2002

20. Definitions
Lessons Learned – Document that identifies what was done right, wrong, and how to improve in the future
Baseline – The original project plan with approved changes