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Project Integration Management

Learn Project Integration Management processes based on the latest release of PMI’s PMBOK guide.
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Essential Provider Ken Bainey  8 chapters ·  23 Lessons ·  1h 21m  in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese 

Course Description

According to PMI’s PMBOK guide, which is the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge, the Integration Management Knowledge area brings the processes, principles, and performance domains together to effectively deliver a unique product, service, or result. The project manager integrates the work of everyone on the team by tailoring these activities to support stakeholders’ expectations and to optimize the utilization of project resources and keep the project on track.

In this Project Integration Management course, you will learn how project managers manage projects using both traditional and agile methods. You will learn how emerging technology advancements have changed customer expectations towards a more integrated solution, resulting in unique challenges on the traditional project management approach. Project managers will need to integrate both traditional and agile methods to effectively meet the needs of the stakeholders, deliverables, and the environment, using integrated project management best practices. Let’s explore how project integration management processes work together seamlessly to make your project successful.

What You'll Learn

  • Understand the key concepts and purpose of Integrated Project Management
  • Examine how project management processes are integrated to create a product, service, or result
  • Apply traditional, agile, and hybrid approaches to project management and explain the rationale for each
  • Explore the unique challenges within the project management discipline
  • Discover how Project Integration Management processes are used during the management and delivery of projects
  • Develop, direct, monitor, control, and close projects using the project charter and management plan

Key Takeaways

  • According to PMI's PMBOK guide, the Integration Management Knowledge area brings processes, principles, and performance domains together to deliver a unique product, service, or result.
  • The project manager integrates the work of the team by tailoring activities to support stakeholders' expectations, optimize resource utilization, and keep the project on track.
  • Emerging technology advancements have shifted customer expectations toward more integrated solutions, creating unique challenges for the traditional project management approach.
  • Project managers integrate both traditional and agile methods to meet the needs of stakeholders, deliverables, and the environment using integrated project management best practices.
  • Project integration management spans developing the project charter, planning, directing and managing work, monitoring and controlling, integrated change control, and closing the project or phase.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this course cover?

It covers how project managers manage projects using both traditional and agile methods, including the project charter, the project management plan, directing and managing project work, managing project knowledge, monitoring and controlling work, integrated change control, and closing the project or phase.

Who is this course for?

It is aimed at project managers who need to integrate both traditional and agile methods to effectively meet the needs of stakeholders, deliverables, and the environment.

What skills will I gain from this course?

The course develops skills in Agile Management, Agile Product Management, Agile Project Management, Agile Projects, Project Integration, and Project Management.

What project management approaches are taught?

The course demonstrates the rationale for applying traditional, agile, and hybrid approaches to project management.

What framework is this course based on?

It is based on PMI's PMBOK guide, the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge, and its Integration Management Knowledge area.

Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®)

Continuing Development Units (CDUs): 1.5

Project Management Institute (PMI®)

Professional Development Units (PDUs): 1.5

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KnowledgeCity has been reviewed and approved by the PMI® Authorized Training Partner Program. Users can maintain your PMI credentials by earning PDUs from KnowledgeCity qualified courses in Project Management, Business Management, Leadership and many others.