The Project Integration Management knowledge area includes which of the following set of processes?

Question

Options

• ADevelop Project Charter, Direct and Manage Project Execution, Perform Integrated Change
• BDefine Project Scope, Create WBS, Close Project or Phase
• CDevelop Project Charter, Develop Human Resource Plan, Estimate Costs
• DIdentify Stakeholders, Plan Communications, Develop Project Management Plan

• A
  74% (20)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  15% (4)
• D
  7% (2)

Explanation

Option A is correct because all three processes - Develop Project Charter, Direct and Manage Project Execution (now called Direct and Manage Project Work in PMBOK 6), and Perform Integrated Change Control - belong to the Project Integration Management knowledge area, which oversees the coordination and unification of all project activities across the entire lifecycle.

Option B is wrong because Define Project Scope and Create WBS belong to Scope Management, not Integration Management. Close Project or Phase is in Integration Management, but the other two disqualify this choice.

Option C is wrong because Develop Human Resource Plan belongs to Resource Management, and Estimate Costs belongs to Cost Management - mixing in processes from unrelated knowledge areas.

Option D is wrong because Identify Stakeholders belongs to Stakeholder Management and Plan Communications belongs to Communications Management; only Develop Project Management Plan is an Integration Management process.

Memory tip: Think of Integration Management as the "glue" knowledge area - it has the charter (start), the PM plan (plan), managing/monitoring work (execute/control), handling changes (change control), and closing (end). If a process sounds like it's coordinating the whole project rather than a specific domain like cost or scope, it's probably Integration.

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