Project Management Integration (and life)

As part of my new incursion in Project Management, I have now finished the study of the 1st Knowledge Area of the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge); such area is called INTEGRATION.

I understand it as coordinating activities, tools, and knowledge to ensure coherence and precision throughout Project.

I see it as the main link that holds everything together reminding the objective and the characteristics that the Project must have; it is the core of the Project.

I believe that if we were able to compare our lives to a project, Integration would be in our core values and dreams, the ones that remind us to continue under certain guidelines and keep on climbing at a certain pace in the direction we want.

If we don't pay attention to Integration our project will loose coherence, have delays, be out of budget, lack quality, and could ultimately fall apart.

For the PMBOK, Integration includes these 6 Processes:

1. Develop Project Charter
2. Develop Project Management Plan
3. Direct and Management Project Work
4. Monitoring and Control Project Work 
5. Perform Integrated Change Control 
6. Close Project or Phase

LAIR.