Part 157: Project Charter
(INPUT Project Integration Management: Develop Project Management Plan)
(INPUT Project Integration Management: Close Project or Phase)
(INPUT Project Scope Management: Plan Scope Management)
(INPUT Project Scope Management: Collect Requirements)
(INPUT Project Scope Management: Define Scope)
(INPUT Project Schedule Management: Plan Schedule Management)
(INPUT Project Cost Management: Plan Cost Management)
(INPUT Project Quality Management: Plan Quality Management)
(INPUT Project Resource Management: Plan Resource Management)
(INPUT Project Communications Management: Plan Communications Management)
(INPUT Project Risk Management: Plan Risk Management)
(INPUT Project Procurement Management: Plan Procurement Management)
(INPUT Project Stakeholder Management: Identify Stakeholders)
(INPUT Project Stakeholder Management: Plan Stakeholder Engagement)
(OUTPUT Project Integration Management: Develop Project Charter)
- A Charter authorizes the existence of a project
- Charter gives project manager authority to plan/execute the project
- Charter is a partnership between performing and requesting organizations
- The Charter is internal and created even when there is an external sales contract; the Charter explains how the business will fulfill the contract
- A project is initiated by an external entity (sponsor, PMO, chairperson)
- Initiator must have ability to obtain funding/resources for the project
- The Charter aligns the Project to the Organizational Strategy
- Charter contains a high-level version of
- Purpose/justification
- Measurable objectives/criteria of success
- High-level requirements
- Assumptions/constraints
- High-level project description
- Project boundaries
- High-level risk
- Milestone schedule
- Budget
- Stakeholder list
- Project approval requirements
- Success criteria (how do we know when the project is successful?)
- Cancellation criteria (how do we decide if we should cancel the project early?)
- Assigned project manager, and his responsibility
- Name/authority of sponsor