BSBPMG501A Manage Application of Project Integrative Processes Project Integration Management includes – the processes and activities needed to identify,

BSBPMG501A Manage Application of Project Integrative Processes

Project Integration Management includes –the processes and activities needed to identify, define,

combine, unify and coordinate all the project management processes and activities included within the other 8 key knowledge areas

integrative actions that must be taken by the project manager to ensure project completion, manage stakeholder expectations and successfully meet the requirements

making choices and trade offs between competing objectives and alternative actions

Managing the interdependencies between the other 8 key knowledge areas

Project Integration Management

Adapated from PMBOK 4th Edition


• Project Integration Management is the primary responsibility of the Project Manager

• It covers all aspects of monitoring, controlling, directing and managing the project to a successful conclusion

• Experienced Project Managers know that there is no single correct way to manage a project

• Project Integration is about making complex choices and applying project management disciplines in a flexible manner in order to achieve the best outcomes for different projects, with different objectives, within different environments





• Only Project Managers have the responsibility for managing the integrative processes of a project.

• This means that the project manager needs to work across all of the functions and tasks involved in project management and ensure that they are all working smoothly together.

• It often involves making tradeoffs between competing objectives and alternatives to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations.

• Project Integration Management is the consolidation of all project management activities that relate to successful project completion, delivering on stakeholder expectations and meeting requirements.


Project Integration Processes

PMBOK Project Integration Management Processes -4.1 Develop Project Charter

4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution

4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work

4.5 Perform Integrated Change Control

4.6 Close Project or Phase

• Project Integration Management processes relate to all of the processes within the other 8 key knowledge areas, most especially those which fall into the Planning, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing process groups.

PMBOK 4th Edition


• Project Integration Management is the difference between being a Project Manager and being a member of the project team

• It is not included in the Certificate IV in Project Management as that qualification is designed for project team members who are acting under the direction of a Project Manager

• The competencies to obtain the Diploma of Project Management require management of the key knowledge areas as opposed to understanding of, or participation in, the key knowledge areas




Certificate IV versus Diploma


Participate

Understand

Direct

Manage

Monitor

Control

Certificate

Diploma

Versus

Documents

BSBPMG501A Manage Application of Project Integrative Processes Project Integration Management includes – the processes and activities needed to identify,