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4 - PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT

• Root cause analysis,
• Forecasting methods (e.g., time series, scenario building, simulation, etc.),

• Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA),
• Fault tree analysis (FTA),

• Reserve analysis,
• Trend analysis,

• Earned value management, and
• Variance analysis.

4.4.2.3 Project Management Information System

The project management information system, which is part of enterprise environmental factors, provides access
to automated tools, such as scheduling, cost, and resourcing tools, performance indicators, databases, project
records, and financials used during the Monitor and Control Project Work process.

4.4.2.4 Meetings

Described in Section 4.3.2.3. Meetings may be face-to-face, virtual, formal, or informal. They may include
project team members, stakeholders, and others involved in or affected by the project. Types of meetings include,
but are not limited to, user groups and review meetings.

4.4.3 Monitor and control Project Work: outputs

4.4.3.1 change requests

As a result of comparing planned results to actual results, change requests may be issued to expand, adjust, or
reduce project scope, product scope, or quality requirements and schedule or cost baselines. Change requests may
necessitate the collection and documentation of new requirements. Changes can impact the project management
plan, project documents, or product deliverables. Changes that meet the project’s change control criteria should go
through the integrated change control process established for the project. Changes may include, but are not limited
to, the following:

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