The Project Charter What do I think? Every successful project needs a plan‚ a vision before start. The PMBOK definition says that “The project charter is a document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project‚ and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.” 1 The project charter it essentially serves as a compass to keep the team firmly pointed at goals. It’s the foundation of a project
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Project Charter Document Project Name: Basement Finish Product/Process: Living Area PROJECT CHARTER PURPOSE This project will convert 1508 square feet of unfinished space in the basement of the Smith Residence‚ located in Maryland into a livable space. This space will be occupied on a full-time basis by the additional member of the household PROJECT JUSTIFICATION: With the addition of an additional family member into the household‚ it has become apparent that more living space is
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THE PROJECT CHARTER The Project Charter is the first stage of project management. Project charters are documents that present an organisation’s project concepts to all stakeholders involved. The charter contains a project scope and objectives‚ authority of the project manager‚ a list of possible team members and their roles‚ risks and benefits of proceeding or not proceeding‚ and costs of the project to be considered. The charter is presented to a project approval committee (in larger companies)
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Project Scope/Deliverables: The objectives of this project are briefly described below. More detail of the objectives and deliverables of this project will be provided in the project SOW and WBS. This project will result in: • A short paper in Word that PMI MN can add to its web site that provides general information on local and virtual project management courses/programs. Hyperlinks to related sites/files will be included. For the purposes of this project‚ local is defied as within Minnesota
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Project Charter Applicable Processes/Procedures: Identify the process for creating a project charter 1. General Information: Project Title – The proper name used to identify this project; Project ID – The working name or acronym that will be used for the project; Sponsoring Organization – The organization sponsoring this project; Sponsor Representative – The name of the person representing the Sponsoring Organization; Prepared by – The person(s) preparing this document; Version – Version of this
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Project Charter Document Project Name: ACM Composites top quality custom-made NHL pro players stick production Department: Sales department‚ Marketing‚ Financial‚ Engineering Focus Area: Research‚pofessional development‚ financial management Product/Process: Hockey Sticks Prepared By Document Owner(s) Project/Organization Role Gary Whittacker Owner(Marketing Person) Rémi Lussier Owner(Manufacturing of composite hockey sticks and thermoset molded parts for defense‚ energy and transportation
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The Project Charter Project Name: Ellis Household Home Improvement Project Project Manager: Project Tracking Number: EHHI 001 Date: April 2‚ 2013 Project Justification: This project will address the severe design flaws and the renovation needed to make the Ellis Household a more comfortable living place. The severe lack of quality materials has shown through in our first couple months here and we need to change that. The house needs to be renovated‚ but to save money we will only
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System Upgrade Project Charter Document History: Date Version # Author(s) Description of Changes 28 Sep 2004 00 K. Law Initial Draft Table of Contents 0. Purpose of This Document 3 0.1. Document Purpose 3 0.2. Reviewers 3 1. Executive Summary 4 1.1. Project Background‚ Purpose and Objectives 4 1.2. Business Needs 4 1.3. Schedule 4 1.4. Cost 4 1.5. Key Project Stakeholders 4 1.6. Authorization to Proceed 4 2. Project Framework 5 2.1. Project Background 5
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A. General Information Project Title: Employee Recognition Framework Brief Project Description: Design‚ develop and implement the employee recognition framework Prepared By: M. Atta Ullah Date: 30 September 2013 Version: 1.0 B. Project Objective: Overall‚ to create a workplace culture that includes regular recognition and feedback To recognize employees for their high-quality service and commitment to public service To reinforce linkages between employee performance and department
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Project Title: Department of Human Services E-mail Update Project Project Start Date: TBD Project End Date: TBD Project Sponsor and Project Manager: Peter Parker: Director of Office of Network Support is the project sponsor; the project manager assigned to the project is Lavina Barry. Business Need: Ohio Department of Health and Human Services (ODHS) has 15‚000 state and county agency employees in 88 counties in Ohio. ODHS has a network infrastructure that ranges to
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