| First we should know what is Integration | | | | - Direct and Manage Project Execution: |
| management? | | | | Perform the work defined in the Project |
| Project Integration Management is one of the | | | | Management Plan to achieve the Project |
| knowledge areas of the PMBOK that the project | | | | objective. |
| manager can manage to drive the desired results. | | | | |
| Integration management is the high level work | | | | - Monitor and Control Project Work: |
| that Project Manager does which involves | | | | Track, review and regulate the progress to meet |
| managing interdependencies among other | | | | the performance objective defined in the project |
| knowledge areas. Integration management | | | | management plan. The results of this process are |
| involves unification, consolidation, articulation and | | | | changes to the project and corrective and |
| integrative actions that are crucial for successfully | | | | preventive actions to be taken. |
| completing the Project. | | | | |
| Project Integration management have 6 | | | | - Perform integrated change control: |
| Processes as follows: | | | | Review all change requests, approve and manage |
| - Develop Project Charter: | | | | changes to the project deliverables, organizational |
| Provides authority to the Project Manager to | | | | project assets, project documents and the |
| spend money and also provides high | | | | project management plan. |
| level Project requirements. It is broad | | | | - Close Project or Phase: |
| enough to be not requiring any change during | | | | Finalize all activities across all the project |
| Project Execution. | | | | management process groups to formally |
| | | | | complete the project. |
| - Develop Project Management plan: | | | | |
| Document the action necessary to define, | | | | It is important for a project manager to have a |
| prepare, integrate and coordinate the entire | | | | complete understanding of the processes involved |
| subsidiary plan (Cost Management Plan, Time | | | | with project management for achieving the |
| Management Plan, Human Resource Management | | | | target. PMBOK has focused more on clarifying the |
| Plan etc.) | | | | processes interactions. |
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