A firm can have its heavyweight and autonomous teams create two documents to make sure that the team members have a clear focus and commitment to a new product development project. Match these documents with their features. A project charter A project charter drop zone empty. A contract book A contract book drop zone empty. It establishes an explicit set of goals for the project and may include a vision statement for the project and a background statement for why this project is significant for the firm. It offers a tool for monitoring and assessing a team's performance in meeting objectives by providing a set of performance benchmarks and deadlines to which the team's performance can be compared