Project Integration Management
About the Lecture
The lecture Project Integration Management by Grey Campus is from the course Project Management Professional. It contains the following chapters:
- Section Overview and Objectives
- Initiating Process Group
- Planning Process Group
- Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
- Closing Process Group
Included Quiz Questions
Which of the following processes is not part go project integration management?
- Developing the project business case
- Developing the Project Charter
- Developing the Project Management Plan
- Closing the project or phase
What is the last step in the four-stage planning process for selecting IT projects?
- Resource allocation
- IT strategy planning
- Business area analysis
- Mind mapping
Which of the following is not a best practice for new product development projects?
- Selecting projects that will take less than two years to provide payback.
- Aligning projects and resources with business strategy.
- Focusing on customer needs in identifying projects.
- Assigning project managers to lead projects.
A new government law requires an organization to report data in a new way. Which of the following categories would include a new information system project to provide this data?
- Directive
- Problem
- Opportunity
- Regulation
If estimates for total discounted benefits for a project are $120,000 and the total discounted costs are $100,000, what is the estimated return on investment (ROI)?
- 20%
- 20000
- 120000
- 120%
A ____ is a document that formally recognizes the existence of a project and provides direction on the project's objectives and management.
- Project Charter
- Contract
- Business Case
- Project Management Plan
Which of the following items is not normally included in a project charter?
- A Gantt Chart
- The name of the Project Manager
- Budget Information
- Stakeholder Signatures
___ ensures that the descriptions of the project's products are correct and complete.
- Configuration management
- Integrated change control
- Integration management
- A change control board
Which of the following is not a suggestion for performing integrated change control?
- Minimize change
- Use good configuration management
- Establish a formal change control system
- View project management as a process of constant communication and negotiation
What tool and technique is used for all processes of project integration management?
- Expert judgment
- Project management software
- Templates
- All of the above
PMI emphasizes historical records. What might they be used for?
- All of the above
- Planning
- Risk
- Estimating
Who is primarily responsible for project integration?
- The project manager
- The project sponsor
- The project engineer
- The change review board
A detailed review of the project documents, results and plans is called _____.
- Lessons learned
- Project Integration
- Project status meeting
- Management update
Who is ultimately responsible for deciding if a change is necessary?
- Management
- The project manager
- The project engineer
- The customer
A systems that categorizes each element of the WBS and controls it according to the chart of accounts is ____.
- A work authorization system
- A procurement plan
- The project plan
- The accounting plan
For the project integration effort to be effective, which of the following is needed?
- Communications with all interested parties
- A procurement plan
- An accounting plan
- A lessons learned
Working to avoid an event from occurring is known as ____.
- Preventative action
- Corrective action
- Risk quantification
- Transference
You discover a change that will make the product work better and be more valuable. What should your action be?
- Notify management
- Institute the change
- Convene the change control board
- Ask the customer for guidance
What is the purpose of a lessons learned?
- Document the project results for us on future projects
- Document the project results to calculate bonus payments
- Document the project results to assign blame for failure
- Document the project results for the Internal Revenue Service
Your customer is continually asking for changes. What should be your response?
- Discuss the situation with your management and ask for guidance
- Do them; after all, the customer is paying the bills
- Reread the project plan to see if the ideas actually do benefit the project
- Have a technical specialist talk to the customer
Giving the customer attributes beyond the specification is called ____ by the PMI.
- Gold plating
- Good business
- Featherbedding
- Silver lining
You are near the end of a project and find tat you still have $20,000 left in the budget. What should be your course of action?
- Notify management so they can reallocate the funds
- Notify the customer so they can plan how to spend it
- Have the accounting department redo the forecast so the money is not obvious
- Throw an "end of project" party for the team
Which of the following best describes the proper role of the project manager as related to changes?
- Work to prevent changes
- Record the changes as they occur
- Estimate the time and cost impact of the change
- Notify management about changes
Beyond the need for project skills, an effective project manager should have ______.
- General management skills
- A good speaking voice
- Detailed accounting knowledge
- In-depth technical skills
You have just joined a new company as a project manager and have been assigned a project in a field with which you are not familiar. Which of the following would be the best to rely on during the planning of the project?
- Historical records
- Your PMP training
- The person in the next cubicle
- The organizational chart
Author of lecture Project Integration Management
Grey Campus
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Excerpts from the accompanying material
... Integration Management section: - What Project Integration Management is - The 6 processes of the Project Integration Management knowledge area - What is included in the Project Charter ...
... Plan 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work ...
... requirements - Initial scope is set, stakeholders are identified, and ...
... 1. Project Statement of Work 2. Business Case 3. Agreements 4. Enterprise environmental factors 5. ...
... narrative explanation of what the project entails. This includes the business need, scope definition, and organization’s strategic plan. Expert Judgment: ...
... - High-Level requirements, risks, milestones and budget - Identifies responsibility and authority level for project manager and sponsor - Identifies ...
... needs to be done to define, prepare, integrate and coordinate all subsidiary objectives ... The Project Management ...
... objectives - Details how changes will be monitored and controlled - Communication techniques used for various stakeholders - Management review for status and addressing issues - Project baselines (schedule, cost, scope, etc.) ...
... the Project Charter has been completed in the initiating process. - Change Management Plan: Documents how changes will be controlled. - Change Control System: A system to track & manage changes. - Configuration Management Plan: Version control ...
... parts of the project management plan. - Changes requested for the following reasons: ...
... to meet performance objectives defined in the project management plan. Key benefit: allows stakeholders to understand the current state of the project, steps taken, budget, schedule ...
... the project plan - Assessing performance - Identifying new risks - Maintaining accurate and timely information - Information ...
... process assets, project documents, and project management plan and communicating their disposition. - Reviews all requests for changes or modifications to project documents, deliverables, baselines or the project management plan and approves or rejects ...
... activities in this process: - Configuration identification - Configuration status ...
... of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase. Key benefit: provides lessons learned, the formal ending of ...
... to transfer the project’s products, services, or results to the next phase or to production and/or operations - Activities needed to collect project or phase records, audit ...
... Project Integration Management is - The 6 processes of the Project Integration Management knowledge area - What is included in the Project Charter and the ...
