OPER 3P92 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Project Manager, Project Charter
14 Sep 2015
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Project identification: projects identified in various ways, during an organization"s strategic planning. Important to clarify the need: try to quantify the need to help evaluate whether the expected benefits from implementing a project outweigh the costs or consequences of conducting the project. Develop a set of criteria against which the project will be evaluated. Evaluate each project against the criteria: project selection will be based on a combination of quantitative evaluation and what each persona feels in her/his gut based on experience. Project title: concise, create a vision for end result. Description: major tasks/phases, may reference other more detailed documents regarding key performance requirements, prior studies, etc. Objective: what"s to be accomplished end product/deliverable, funds authorized, expected completion time. Funding: total amount sponsor authorizes, may be released in stages. Acceptance criteria: quantitative criteria for each major deliverable. Milestone schedule: target date or times for the occurrence of key events. Key assumptions: based on project rationale and justification.
