A project charter formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. In the paper byThe charter: selling your project(Links to an external site.), the author makes a case that a project charter is a tool for "selling" your project within your organization.

Do you agree? Is yes, why and if not, why not?

Brown, A. S. (2005).The charter: selling your project(Links to an external site.). Paper presented at PMI Global Congress 2005North America, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.