A Written Charter
Your Marching Orders
Key Topics Covered in This Chapter
•The value of a project charter
•Eight things a charter should contain
•The problem of ends and means
•How to scope a project
WE’VE ALREADY established the importance of having a clear objective. Having that objective defined, specified, and delivered in written form is very important. But the project team needs more than a clearly stated goal to do its work. It needs an unambiguous sense of the project’s scope, the value it should deliver to stakeholders, the time frame within which it must work, and a statement of the resources at its disposal. Together, these constitute ...
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