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PROJ5001 Project Management - Southern Cross University
Overview
The project charter is a key document for the initiating phase of a project. It "formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project management with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities" (PMI cited in Kloppenborg 2018, p. 63). As project managers, one of our first tasks may be to develop a project charter. This assessment seeks to build your understanding of the elements of a project charter and practice applying them to a case study. An output of this assessment is a project charter that may be used as a model for future projects that you are involved with.
Assessment task
You are asked to describe the purpose of each element of the project charter, discuss the theory behind each element, and to develop a project charter based on the case study provided. You are asked to draw primarily from the theory contained in the textbook (Kloppenborg 2018) and the PMBoK (6th edition).
TASK 1 Theory of a project charter
Describe the purpose of each element of the project charter and discuss the theory behind each element of the charter. Using appropriately cited paraphrasing, you are expected to include and draw on the textbook description for each of the following sections:
• Scope overview
• Business case
• Background
• Milestone schedule with acceptance criteria
• Risks, assumptions and constraints
• Resource estimates
• Stakeholder list
• Team operating principles
• Lessons learned
• Signatures and commitment
TASK 2 Project charter
A project charter based on the case study provided. The project charter should:
• include all of elements in Sections 3-4 to 3-5, pages 65-79 of Kloppenborg 2018;
• be formatted as per the example on pages 94-96 of Kloppenborg 2018; and
• use relevant Exhibits from Kloppenborg 2018 as the models for the tables.
A list of references in Harvard style
Case study
New playground for the community
The local council have given in-principle approval for the installation of a new playground, incorporating climbing nets with two slides. They have allocated 1,000 square meters of green space, and have allocated a nominal budget of around $250,000. The open space is currently home to a derelict vehicle, as well as other waste materials dumped over the years. It is also prone to flooding, so this will need to be accounted for, as will the installation of pathways from the street to the playground equipment. The council occupational health and safety office have stipulated that the surface under the climbing nets must be made of soft- fall material. The council want the playground opened to coincide with the summer holidays, which is only six months away. You are required to develop a project charter for presentation to the council.
Preparing your assessment
1. As there is such an emphasis on the textbook, all in-text citations MUST include the page numbers.
2. Your textbook is expected to be the foundational source of theory and should be explicitly utilised as a reference for Task 1. Additional reference material may be included.
3. Headings are recommended as per the ‘Assessment Structure - Sections'.
4. You are encouraged to use diagrams, tables or similar to improve the readability and clarity of your assessment. These should be formatted as per the Exhibits in Kloppenborg 2018.
5. Word count is approximate only given the amount of information that will be provided in tables.
6. Cover and contents pages, tables, references, appendices are not included in the word count.
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