According to the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition, Project Integration Management includes “the processes and activities needed to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the Project Management Process Groups.” Chapter 4 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition describes seven major integrative project management processes:
In many instances, government projects—and the priority accorded to them—result from public policy requirements, which stipulate that project managers ensure there is clear and continuing integration between these policy requirements, the program, and the project’s scope and deliverables. Changes in policy might affect the program and, in turn, cause the project to be modified or even terminated.
4.1 Develop Project Charter
See Section 4.1 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
4.1.1 Develop Project Charter: Inputs
See Section 4.1.1 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
Government projects may be initiated in order to achieve a specific policy goal of the administration, for example, a reduction in budget deficit, or to achieve an essentially political goal, such as the nationalization or privatization of a utility company. However, the more common reasons to initiate a public sector project are:
4.1.2 Develop Project Charter: Tools and Techniques
See Section 4.1.2 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
4.1.3 Develop Project Charter: Outputs
See Section 4.1.3 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
4.2 Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement
See Section 4.2 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
4.3 Develop Project Management Plan
See Section 4.3 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
4.4 Direct and Manage Project Execution
See Section 4.4 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
4.5 Monitor and Control Project Work
See Section 4.5 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
4.6 Integrated Change Control
See Section 4.6 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
4.7 Close Project
See Section 4.7 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
4.7.1 Close Project: Inputs
See Section 4.7.1 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
4.7.2 Close Project: Tools and Techniques
See Section 4.7.2 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
4.7.3 Close Project: Outputs
See Section 4.7.3 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.
Sections 4.7.3.1 through 4.7.3.3 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition discuss outputs from the Close Project process. An additional output specific to government projects is described below: