PMP, Introduction to Project Integration Management

Process Group PMBOK Knowledge Area Process Why? (inputs) How? (tools and techniques) What? (outputs)
　 　 　 　 　 　
Planning 4.1 Project Plan Development
  • Other planning outputs (re. Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resources, Risk, Communications, Procurement)
  • Historical information
  • Organizational policies
  • Constraints
  • Assumptions
  • Project planning methodology
  • Stakeholder skills and knowledge
  • Project management information system (PMIS)
  • Earned value management (EVM)
  • Project plan
  • Supporting detail
Executing 4.2 Project Plan Execution
  • Project plan
  • Supporting detail
  • Organizational policies
  • Preventive action
  • Corrective action
  • General management skills
  • Product skills and knowledge
  • Work authorization system
  • Status review meetings
  • Project management information system
  • Organizational procedures
  • Work results
  • Change requests
Controlling 4.3 Integrated Change Control
  • Project plan
  • Performance reports
  • Change requests
  • Change control system
  • Configuration management
  • Performance measurement
  • Additional planning
  • Project management information system
  • Project plan updates
  • Corrective action
  • Lessons learned

1.                    Life cycle = Conceptual, develop, Implementation, termination

 

2.                    Project Charter = Delegation of authority, organization concerns, Cost estimates, schedule, justification of project, approval of project, resources availability, scope of project

 

3.                    Life cycle conflict  = project priority + administrative procedures + schedule (as conceptual); implementation (schedule + tech issues + resources); Termination) schedule, personal conflict, resources).

 

4.                    Configuration management  = General design + detail design + Implement and test system.

 

5.                    WBS = Project, sub-project, task, work package, and work element.

 

6.                    Know the types of organizations such as: Functional, Projectized, Matrix, Project coordinator, and Project Expediter.

 

7.                    What is another name for Responsibility Matrix? Linear Resource Chart or Resource Matrix or Cross Impact Matrix.

 

8.                    When is the Project Charter completed? At the end of the conceptual phase

 

9.                    When is the WBS developed? Planning phase

 

10.                 What are the three top sources of conflict during each phase> Conceptual: Project priorities, administration procedures, and schedules. Planning Phase: Project priorities, Schedules, and administrative procedures. Implementation phase: Schedules, Technical, and Resources. Closeout Phase: Schedule, Personalities, and Resources.

 

11.                 Eighty hours of work make up a work package

 

12.                 Know the importance of WBS

 

13.                 What does the project manager most likely encounter problems during the planning stage? When developing the WBS and Schedule since it requires scheduling of resources.

 

14.                 What creates the biggest problems for the PM? Motivation  of people

 

15.                 The typical role of the project manager is to plan, organize and control project activities from the conceptual phase through the closeout phase.

 

16.                 The project plan, a roadmap to follow through each project phase, pulls all parts of the project together into one cohesive document.

 

17.                 The three types of planning are strategic, tactical, and operational.  Strategic is long-term, top down planning; tactical is bottom-up for a shorter term, and operational is a quick response with a shorter timeline than tactical.

 

18.                 The rolling wave approach is an iterative planning process which starts when little actual informal in is available and continues to be modified and refined as additional information is obtained.

 

19.                 The three components required for project plan development are objectives, assumptions, and estimates.

 

20.                 The Statement of Work (SOW) is a narrative of project work requirements, developed at the beginning of the process.  It should include project objectives, a description of the work, specifications, funding constraints, a high level schedule and a work breakdown structure.

 

21.                 What is the least performed of all project life cycles? Project termination or closeout.