Manage the Project Using the Integrated Plans
Manage the project using the project plan, the other plans that
affect the project, and the project’s defined process.
- Implement the project’s defined process using the organization's
process asset library. This task typically includes:
- Incorporating artifacts from the organization’s process asset library into the project as appropriate
- Using lessons learned from the organization’s process asset library to manage the project
- Monitor and control the project’s activities and work products using
the project’s defined process, project plan, and other plans that
affect the project. This task typically includes:
- Using the defined entry and exit criteria to authorize the initiation and determine the completion of the tasks
- Monitoring the activities that could significantly affect the actual values of the project’s planning parameters
- Tracking the project’s planning parameters using measurable thresholds that will trigger investigation and appropriate actions
- Monitoring product and project interface risks
- Managing external and internal commitments based on the plans for the tasks and work products of implementing the project's defined process
- Obtain and analyze the selected measures to manage the project
and support the organization’s needs.
- Periodically review the adequacy of the environment to meet the
project’s needs and to support coordination. Examples of actions that might be taken include :
- Adding new tools
- Acquiring additional networks, equipment, training, and support
- Periodically review and align the project’s performance with the
current and anticipated needs, objectives, and requirements of the
organization, customer, and end users, as appropriate. This review includes alignment with the organizational process needs and objectives. Examples of actions that achieve alignment include:
- Accelerating the schedule, with appropriate adjustments to other planning parameters and the project risks
- Changing the requirements in response to a change in market opportunities or customer and end-user needs
- Terminating the project