Project integration management is a way of making various processes work together. Meaning, it takes the numerous processes that are being used in a project and makes sure that they’re coordinated.

Project integration management accomplishes this by making trade-offs. That means that you can’t have everything if you want to get the project completed on time and within budget. This is normal operational procedure for any project manager. If there are competing objectives, then alternatives are needed to meet stakeholder’s expectations.

To achieve this means identifying, defining, combining, unifying and coordinating the many processes and activities within the project management process groups. Therefore, project integration management involves making choices about resource allocation and trade-offs, while managing those interdependencies that are in the project management knowledge areas.