Create a Project Charter We covered the processes associated with the creation of the project charter and the project management plan, and managing project knowledge. For your first

Create a Project Charter

We covered the processes associated with the creation of the project charter and the project management plan, and managing project knowledge. For your first project, I'd like you to create a project charter. This can be for a project you're currently working on or a project that you would like to work on. For this project, you must include the following items:

1. Project Information
2. Project Overview
3. Project Objectives
4. Milestone Schedule
5. Project Stakeholder List
6. Project Manager Authority

Complete this assignment in a Word document, using the following template: Project Charter Template.docx

Here's a breakdown of the information you need to include for each item in the Project Charter:

1. Project Information: Provide the five pieces of information that identify your project.
2. Project Overview: Provide the five pieces of information that provide an overview of the project.
   • Purpose: In 1-3 sentences explain why you are doing this project.
   • Description: Explain what will be done to accomplish the purpose.
   • Requirements: These are the “musts" of the project.
   • Risks: List one or more things that could jeopardize successful completion of the project.
   • Budget: Provide a single line item with the overall project budget.
3. Project Objectives: Provide project specific objectives related to scope, schedule and budget. (Placeholders have been provided in the template.)
   • Objective: Each objective should be written as a project goal statement (left column).
   • Success Criteria:  Describe how success will be measured against the objective (right column).
4. Milestone Schedule: Provide an outline of the project milestones and the expected dates of completion. With the exception of the start milestone, all other milestones should indicate the completion of a major work effort or phase.
5. Project Stakeholder List: Provide the key stakeholders and their role in the project.
   • Stakeholder Name: The name or title of the stakeholder (left column).
   • Project Role: The stakeholder's role in the project (right column).
6. Project Manager Authority: Provide the authority levels the project manager will need for this project. These should be any authorities that are not included in the project manager's job description. It should typically start with: “The project manager has the authority to…."