Project Integration Management

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 theManagement Plan to achieve the Project
knowledge areas of the PMBOK that the projectobjective.
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 involvesTrack, review and regulate the progress to meet
managing interdependencies among otherthe performance objective defined in the project
knowledge areas. Integration managementmanagement plan. The results of this process are
involves unification, consolidation, articulation andchanges to the project and corrective and
integrative actions that are crucial for successfullypreventive 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 toproject assets, project documents and the
spend money and also provides highproject management plan.
level        Project requirements. It is broad- Close Project or Phase:
enough to be not requiring any change duringFinalize 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 entirecomplete understanding of the processes involved
subsidiary plan (Cost Management Plan, Timewith project management for achieving the
Management Plan, Human Resource Managementtarget. PMBOK has focused more on clarifying the
Plan etc.)processes interactions.