Select your project and develop the Project Charter

Project Selection: Choose a real or fictional project that is significant to your area of interest or industry. Make sure the project is complex enough to address key project management issues.

1.1 Purpose of the Project Charter The Project Charter documents and tracks the necessary information required by decision makers to approve the project for funding. The project charter should include the project needs, scope, justification, and resource commitment, as well as the decision of the project sponsor(s) whether or not to continue the project. It is created during the initial phase of the project. The intended audience for The project charter is the project sponsor and senior management.

2.1 Objectives [Example: Improve epidemiological analyzes by providing consistent data or progress towards the 2010 target] The objectives of are the following: [Insert objective 1] [Insert objective 2]

2.2 High level requirements The following table presents the requirements that the product, service or result of the project must meet in order for the project objectives to be met. Req. # Description of the requirement 1. 2.

2.3 Main deliverables The following table presents the main deliverables that the product, service or result of the project must meet in order for the project objectives to be met. Main deliverable Description of the deliverable 1. 2.

Boundaries

[Describe the inclusive and exclusive boundaries of the project. Specifically address items that are out of scope.]

Estimated duration

1. Estimated time

[Indicate how long you estimate the duration of the project will be.]

3.2 Executive milestones The following table lists the project's high-level executive milestones and their estimated completion time. Executive milestones Estimated completion time 1. [Insert information about milestones (for example, Project planned and authorized to continue)] [Insert completion time frame (for example, two weeks after the project concept is approved)] 2. [Insert milestone information (for example, version 1 completed)]

[Insert completion timeframe (for example, twenty-five weeks after the needs analysis is completed)]

4 ESTIMATED BUDGET 4.1 Source of financing [Example: grant, anti-terrorism budget, or operating budget.]

4.2 Budget estimation This section provides a summary of the estimated expenditures to meet the objectives of the as described in this project letter. This expense summary is preliminary and should reflect the costs of the entire life cycle of the investment. Its objective is to present probable financing needs and help obtain budget support. For this project, it is estimated that a budget of <$quantity> will be necessary.

5 PRELIMINARY ASSUMPTIONS, LIMITATIONS AND RISKS 5.1 Assumptions This section identifies the statements that are considered true and from which a conclusion was drawn to define the charter of this project. 1. [Insert description of first assumption.] 2. [Insert description of second scenario.]

5.2 Restrictions This section identifies limitations that must be taken into account before starting the project. 1. [Insert description of first constraint.] 2. [Insert description of second restriction.]

5.3 Risks This section identifies potential project risks and a general plan to manage each identified risk:

Risk Mitigation

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6.1 Roles and responsibilities This section describes the key features supporting the project. Name and organization Role in the project Responsibilities in the project Project Manager A person who performs day-to-day management of the project and has specific responsibility for managing the project within approved limitations of scope, quality, time and cost, to meet specified requirements, deliverables and customer satisfaction.

6.2 Interest Groups (Internal and external) In this section you will identify the project stakeholders:

Name Role Interest Project Sponsor Person responsible for acting as a champion of the project and providing direction and support to the team. In the context of this document, this person approves the funding request, approves the scope of the project represented in this document, and establishes the priority of the project relative to other projects in his or her area of responsibility.