You are a project manager for Zippy Tees. Your selection committee has just chosen a project you recommended for implementation. Your project is to manufacture a line of miniature stuffed bears that will be attached to your company’s trendy T-shirts. The bears will be wearing the same T-shirt design as the shirt they’re attached to. Your project sponsor thinks you’ve really impressed the big boss and wants you to skip to the manufacturing process right away. What is your response?

A. To agree with the project sponsor because they are your boss, and they have a lot of authority and power in the company.

B. To require that a preliminary budget be established and a resource list be put together to alert other managers of the requirements of this project. This should be published and signed by the other managers who are impacted by this project.

C. To require a project charter be published and signed off on by all stakeholders before proceeding.

D. To require a project charter be written to include the resources needed, budget, and project manager’s authority. The project manager is the only one who needs to see this document as other documents will be distributed later that contain the same detail as the charter.