Chapter 4: Project Integration Management

Project Integration is not _ as Software Integration.

the same as

What are the main purposes of Project Integration Management?

developing a project charter and a project management plan, directing and managing project work, monitoring and controlling, performing integrated change control, and closing the project or phase.

Strategic planing involves determining _ goals.

long-term

What are the four stages of IT planning?

IT strategy planning, Business area analysis, Project Planning, and Resource Allocation.

In 2017, Fortune released a list highlighting _ companies, which they believe are using technology and globalization to find their competitive advantage.

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When selecting projects, potential projects should be _.

narrowed down.

What are the methods for selecting projects discussed in class?

1. Focusing on the broad organizational needs

2. Categorizing IT projects

3. NPV and other financial analysis methods

4. Weighted Scoring Model

5. Implementing a balanced score card

Projects that focus on broad organizational needs ar emuch more likely to be successful because they will be…

important to the organization.

What are the three important criterias for selecting projects, while focusing on the broad organizational needs?

Need, Funding, and Will.

When categorizing IT projects, respond to a…

problem, opportunity, or directive.

ROI

calculated by subtracting the project’s costs from the benefits and then dividing by the costs.

Payback Period

Time it takes to recoup costs.

The Weighted Scoring Model provides a _ for selecting projects on many criterias.

system process

What is the first step in the weighted scoring model?

identifying criterias important to the project selection process.

In the weighted scoring model, what do you do after you identify the criterias important to the project selection process?

assign weights to each criteria so they add up to 100%.

In the weighted scoring model, what comes after assigning weights to each criteria?

Assign scores to each criteria for each project.

In the weighted scoring model, what is the final step?

multiply the scores by the weights and get the total weighted score.

Who developed the Balanced Score Card?

Drs. Robert Kaplan and David Norton.

A Project Charter _ the existence of a project.

formally recognizes

What are the different inputs for developing the Project Charter?

• Business Case

• Benefits Management Plan

• Agreements

• enterprise Environmental Factors

• Organizational Process Assets

Project Management Plan

Document used to coordinate all projec planning documents and help guide a project’s execution and control.

Plans created in other knowledge areas are _ parts of the overall Project Management Plan.

Subsidiary

What are the common elements of a Project Management Plan?

1. Introduction/Overview of the project

2. Description on how it is organized

3. Management and technical processes used

4. Work to be done

5. Schedule and budget information

6. References to other project planning documents

Directing and managing project work involves managing and doing the work described in the _.

Project Management Plan

Project planning and _ are inseparable.

execution

The main function of the Project Management Plan is to guide _.

execution

It is often _ for IT project managers to have prior technical experience.

helpful

What are the tools PMs use to perform activites that are part of the execution process?

• Expert judgement

• Meetings

• Project Management Information System

Explicit Knowledge

easily explained using words

Tacit Knowledge

difficult to express using words

Knowldge management should be done before, during, and …

after the projects are completed.

What are the main purposes of performing Integrated Change Control?

• influencing the factors that create changes to ensure that changes are beneficial

• Determining that a change has occured

• Managing actual changes as they occur

What is the former view on Change Control for IT projects?

That the project team should strive to do exactly what was planned on time and within budget.

what is the modern view on change control for IT projects?

Project management is a process of constant communication and nogiation.

Change Control System

Formal, documented process that dscribes when and how official project documents and work may be changed.

Change Control Board (CCB)

a formal group of people responsile for approving or rejecting changes to a project.

Configuration management ensures that the _ on the project’s product are correct and complete.

descriptions

What mst you do to close a project or phase?

finalize all activites and transfer the completed/cancelled work to the appropriate people.

Iterative and Agile approaches promote the _ of team members.

engagement