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CHAPTER 3

Creating the Project Charter

Regardless of the name placed on the initiating documents, every project needs a formal document outlining the project’s goals, objectives, sponsor, general scope, assumptions, major constraints, critical success factors, and leadership. Common terms for this document are charter, proposal, authorization, or approval. Projects need a formal document to capture the key assumptions and constraints under which the project manager and team will operate because things change as projects progress, and everyone needs a place to review the project parameters. They are formally approved after planning, but if the parameters change, or assumptions prove to be incorrect, the project manager and team need formal changes ...