4.0 - Project Integrated Management

Project Integration Management involves the coordination of process group activities through identifying, defining, combining, and coordinating each of the various processes.

4.4 - Monitor and Control Project Work

Process Definition

This process involves two distinct processes; monitoring, and controlling.  Monitoring involves the collection, evaluation, and distribution of project performance data compared to the project scope and management plans.  Controlling involves the recommendation of changes necessary to improve project performance and maintain the project scope nd plan.  The key benefit to this process is that it allows project management to work closely with stakeholders and keep them informed of any changes to the scope, budget, or schedule.  

Process Assessment

Perhaps the most important of all project manager responsibilities, this process is where the rubber meets the road.  If a project is to succeed, it must follow a charted course, and only change course with approved direction.  Schedule and cost forecasts serve as a monitoring standard for project management to quickly assess performance and identify the need for any changes.  Monitoring and controlling work together to help ensure a projects objectives are achieved.  

Figure 36. Monitor and Control Project Work: Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs. Reprinted from "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), 5th Edition" by Project Management Institute, 2013, p. 86. Copyright 2013 by Project Management Institute, Inc. Reprinted without permission.

Artifacts

1.  Organizational Process Assets (Input): This PMGT 613 PM Crosstalk discusses the importance of organizational assets and what value these assets provide within project management.

2.  Analytical Techniques (Tools & Techniques):  This PMGT 501 Chapter 7 exercises visits the important project control techniques such as probability, weight average activity time, and variance.  

3.  Work Performance Reports (Output):  This PMGT 614 assignment discusses directing and controlling projects by using Earned Value Management (EVM) to assess project performance and progress.