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Project Charter Week 2 v1.0
Project Charter Week 2 v1.0
Management -
Developing and
Understanding the
Project Charter
Presented by
Louise Gardner
- Strategic Plan
- Business Case
- Contractual requirements
- Methodologies, policies and procedures
Why is it important?
- Gives the Project Manager concrete goals
- Ensures the objectives of the client are met
- Provides the basis for expectation management, monitoring and
reporting
The University of Sydney Page 8
Defining Project Scope
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The most common constraints on a project are time, cost and scope (inc
specifications and quality) This is often referred to as the ‘Triple
Constraint’.
Definition
› A deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the
work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the
project objectives and create the required deliverables.
› It organises and defines the total scope of the project.
› It can be done at a high level during project initiation and
then expanded as part of detailed project planning
Deliverables are the primary planning concept when developing the Work
Breakdown Structure