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Unit 2.1 Develop Project Charter

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2.01 Unpacked Content AREAS OF UNDERSTANDING Develop Project Charter is the process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and documenting initial requirements that satisfy stakeholders’ needs and expectations. It establishes a partnership between the performing organization and the requesting organization, or customer. The approved project charter formally initiated the project. A project manager is identified an assigned as early in the project as feasible, preferably while the project charter is being developed. A variety of inputs are used during the development of the project charter. These inputs include project statement of work, business case, contract(s), enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets. Expert judgement is often used to assess the inputs used to develop the project charter. KEY TAKEAWAYS: A. Project statement of work a. The Project statement of work (SOW) is a narrative description of products or services to be delivered by the project. b. Writing a Statement of Work (SOW) is one of the most important things that an agency does. Frequently it is the first deliverable that a client sees. It is crucial that the SOW tells the client a story. It starts with the “why”, then moves to the “how” and “what”, followed by the “when”, and …show more content…

Most organizations have developed a range of templates, contracts, registers, and assessment tools to assist the management of the project. Organizations have also acquired knowledge in the form of lessons learned and the organization’s knowledge base that can be very useful. Therefore, Organizational Process Assets would include anything the organization has acquired that will be used in the management of the project. They are formal and informal plans, policies, procedures, and guidelines. These are very important for the planning stage, regardless of the nature of the project. Whether your project is long-term or short-term, OPAs are a

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