4.1 Develop Project Charter

4.1 Develop Project Charter

1. OUTPUTS

   • Project Charter
     • Document issued by the project sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project & provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to the project activities
     • Documents: business needs, assumptions, constraints, high-level requirements, deliverables (products, services or results)

2. INPUTS

   • Project S.O.W
     • Narrative description of products, services or results to be delivered by a project
     • Internal projects >> project initiator or sponsor provides SOW
     • External Projects >> Customer sends SOW as bid doc
     • SOW References: Business need, project scope description, strategic plan
       • Bus. Need based on: market demand, technology, government regulation, environmental consideration
       • Product Scope: charac of product, service or result
       • Strat Plan: ensures that each project contributes to the overall objective of the organ
   • Business Case
     • Describes the necessary info from a business standpoint to determine whether or not the project is worth the required investment
     • Based on a cost benefit analysis
     • The justification for the project (why we need to do it)
     • Created as the result of: market demand, organizational need, customer request, technological advance, legal requirement, social need
   • Agreements
     • Used to define initial intentions for a project
     • Ex. contracts, memorandums of understanding (MOUs), verbal or written agreements, emails, letter of intent
     • Contracts used when a project is performed for an external customer
   • EEFs
     • enterprise environmental facts that can influence this process
     • Ex. gov regulations, organiz. culture, marketplace condtions
   • OPAs
     • organizational process assets that can influx this process
     • Lessons learnt AND/OR policies & procedures
     • Ex. templates, historical info, lessons learnt knowledge base, policies

3. T & T

   • Expert Judgement
     • Assess the inputs used to develop the project charter
     • Provide specialized knowledge/training
     • Ex. consultants, industry groups, subject matter experts, PMO, stakeholders
   • Facilitation Techniques
     • Guide the development of the project charter
     • Ex. brainstorming, conflict resolution, problem solving, meeting management
     • Help teams and individuals accomplish project activities