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Assessment Task: Project Charter

1) Assessment Details

You are to develop a Project Charter (long version), identifying a need for change within your business, and develop the components required to "sell" the project, including any resources to deliver the proposed change, to senior management in your business.

2) Criteria used to grade this task
The Project Charter should clearly identify the strategic change proposed, expected outcomes, key milestones and deliverables. Detailed marking criteria can be found in the Marking Guides section of this course description.

Report content and structure, including flow, executive summary.
Background, business needs, and reasons for doing the project clearly defined.
Project Scope well described including objectives, major deliverables, milestones, success criteria and constraints.
Detail of risk assessmentand appropriate application of risk analysis to project selection.
Major stakeholders and project roles identified, with initial communication requirements outlined.
Quality and accuracy of financial analysis.
In-text references and reference list.

Executive Summary

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The executive summary is a short concise document that is capable of being removed from the main document and still make sense. It should be no more than 10% of the document (or a maximum of about one page for a PM assignment) and its primary focus is on what is the report and not on the project itself - there is an important distinction. The ES is fully self contained and tells the reader
• why the document exists,
• what is in it,
• what has been done,
• what has been found, and
• what is recommended to address any concerns that have been identified from the analysis.

1. Project background, business need, and reasons for the need for the project

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Describe the project background and what are the business need for doing the project is. Identify the need for change within your business, and develop the components required to "sell" the project, including any resources to deliver the proposed change, to senior management in your business. Why is it a project, what does the literature (ie: the theory) define as a project. What does the literature say about business needs?

Use tables and diagrams where you can to convene your message. Use approx. 300 to 500 words to describe this section (tables and figures not included in this word count)

2. Project Scope well described including objectives, major deliverables, milestones, success criteria and constraints

3. Detail of risk assessment and appropriate application of risk analysis to project selection

4. Major stakeholders and project roles identified, with initial communication requirements outlined

5. Quality and accuracy of financial analysis

6. List of references

7. Appendices

Attachment:- Project Charter.rar