Mastering Project Management Integration and Scope gives managers powerful insights and tools for addressing the most crucial success factor in any project: completely and accurately defining project objectives and deliverables, and transforming your definitions into effective requirements and an integrated project plan.   This book is part of a new series of six cutting-edge project management guides for both working practitioners and students. Like all books in this series, it offers deep practical insight into the successful design, management, and control of complex modern projects. Using real case studies and proven applications, expert authors show how multiple functions and disciplines can and must be integrated to achieve a successful outcome.   Individually, these books focus on realistic, actionable solutions, not theory. Together, they provide comprehensive guidance for working project managers at all levels, as well as indispensable knowledge for anyone pursuing PMI/PMBOK certification or other accreditation in the field.

Table of Contents:
Preface   xiv SECTION I:  THE INITIATING OF PROJECTS   1 Chapter 1  Fundamentals   3 Learning Objectives   3 The Four Sections of This Book   4 Glossary   5 Overview   7 The Holistic Viewpoint of Project Integration and Scope Management   11 The PMBOK® View of Project Integration and Scope Management   18 The IPO Concept and How Project Management Might Have Started   26 The Similarity and Difference Between the PMBOK® and the Holistic View   31 Some Fundamental Terms and Concepts   35 Two Enterprise Elements That Influence Project Management   45 Summary   48 Review Questions   49 Chapter 2  The Project Charter   51 Learning Objectives   51 Overview   52 Project Charter—The Single Point of Reference (SPOR) for the Project   57 Inputs to and Activity Tasks for Writing a Project Charter   93 The Output: The Project Charter   109 A Charter Case in Point   110 Summary   112 Review Questions   113 SECTION II:  THE PLANNING, DEFINING, SCOPING, AND STRUCTURING OF PROJECTS   115 Chapter 3  Project Management Plans and Documents   117 Learning Objectives   117 Overview   118 Project Management Planning   122 The Project Management Master Plan   128 The Change Management Plan   131 The Communications Management Plan   133 The Configuration Management Plan   135 The Cost Baseline   137 The Cost Management Plan   138 The Human Resource Management Plan   140 The Process Improvement Plan   141 The Procurement Management Plan   142 The Quality Management Plan   144 The Requirements Management Plan   145 The Risk Management Plan   146 The Schedule Baseline   147 The Schedule Management Plan   148 The Scope Baseline   149 The Scope Management Plan   150 The Stakeholder Management Plan   151 Additional Project Management Documentation   152 Summary   154 Review Questions   154 Chapter 4  Project Requirements   155 Learning Objectives   155 Overview   156 Understanding Requirements   161 Requirement Classification and Traceability   179 Collecting and Documenting Requirements   181 Summary   184 Review Questions   185 Chapter 5  The Scoping of Projects   187 Learning Objectives   187 Overview   187 The PMBOK® Process Define Scope   188 The Holistic View of the Scoping of Projects   189 Summary   191 Review Questions   191 Chapter 6  The Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)   193 Learning Objectives   193 Overview   193 The PMBOK® Process Create WBS   196 The Making of a Work (or Scope) Breakdown Structure (WBS or SBS)   199 A WBS Case in Point   204 Summary   206 Review Questions   206 SECTION III:  THE MANAGING AND LEADING OF THE EXECUTION OF PROJECTS   207 Chapter 7  The Directing and Managing of the Work Performed in Projects   209 Learning Objectives   209 Overview   210 The PMBOK® Process Direct and Manage Project Work   213 The Holistic View of Directing and Managing the Work Performed in Projects   215 Tools and Techniques   219 Aspects of Managing and Leading the Execution of Projects   223 From and For Practical Project Cases   226 Summary   230 Review Questions   230 Chapter 8  The Monitoring and Controlling of the Work Performed in Projects   231 Learning Objectives   231 Overview   232 The PMBOK® View of Monitoring and Controlling Project Work   232 The Holistic View of Monitoring and Controlling Project Work   234 From and for Practical Project Cases   238 Summary   242 Review Questions   242 Chapter 9  The Integrating and Controlling of the Changes Occurring in Projects   243 Learning Objectives   243 Overview   244 The PMBOK® Process Perform Integrated Change Control   244 The Holistic View of Integrating and Controlling the Changes Occurring in Projects   246 From and for Practical Project Cases   250 Summary   258 Review Questions   258 Chapter 10  The Controlling and Validating of the Scope of Projects   259 Learning Objectives   259 Overview   259 The PMBOK® Processes to Validate and Control Scope   260 The Holistic View of the Controlling and Validating of the Scope of Projects   262 From and for Practical Project Cases   266 Summary   271 Review Questions   271 SECTION IV:  THE CLOSING OF PROJECTS   273 Chapter 11  The Closing of a Project or of a Phase   275 Learning Objectives   275 Overview   276 The PMBOK® Process Close Project or Phase   276 The Holistic View of the Closing of a Project or a Phase   278 The Project Closure Acceptance Documentation (PCAD)    280 Summary   285 Review Questions   285 Bibliography   287 Index   289