ASSIGNMENT A - STARTING YOUR PROJECT()

Review the Project Charter (statement of work) for the Just-In-Time Training project table below. Use this project charter to answer the following questions:

1. Consider what the goals and objectives of a project charter are - in general, how does a project charter help to clarify what work will be done on the project? Identify the purpose of the project charter. Provide four (4) examples as to how a project charter achieves this purpose. (Total 7 marks)
2. How does the information presented in this assignment's project charter (see Figure 1) compare to the content that Eric Verzuh's text suggests should be included in a statement of work? Comment on at least 5 similarities or differences. (Total 5 marks)
3. Give 6 examples of additional information about this project (see Figure 1) that you (as the project manager) feel you either should know about or should be formally included in the project charter and state why you feel that you would either need to know this information, or that it should be formally included in the project charter, before proceeding with the project's planning phase. (Total 12 marks)
4. For the project charter in Figure 1: Identify three of its success criteria and indicate if these success criteria would be considered acceptable examples of success criteria for a project of this nature, and explain why or why not. (Total 6 marks)

FIGURE 1: PROJECT CHARTER

Project Title: Just-In-Time Training Project Project Start Date: July 1 Project End Date: June 30 (one year later)
Budget Information: The firm has allocated $1,000,000 for this project. Approximately half of these costs will be for internal labour, while the other half will be for outsourced labour and training programs.
Project Manager: Kristin Maur, (555)555-555,
Project Objectives: Develop a new training program that provides just-in-time training to employees on key topics, including supplier management, negotiating skills, project management, and software applications (spreadsheets and Web development). Reduce the training costs per employee by 10% or $100/employee/year. Develop an approach for measuring productivity improvements from this approach to training on an annual basis.
Success Criteria: This project will be successful if it reduces training costs per employee by 10% or $100/employee/year. It should also be completed on time, be run professionally, and meet all of the requirements. The project sponsor will fill out a customer acceptance/project completion form at the end of the project and give the project at least a 7 out of 10 overall rating.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Name and Signature	Role	Position	Contact Information
Mike Sundby	Project Champion	VP of
Lucy Camerena	Project Sponsor
Kristin Maur	Project Manager	Project
Julia Portman	Steering committee member
Tim Nelson	Steering committee member	Supplier Management
Mohamed Abdu	Team Member
Kim Johnson	Team Member
Comments: Handwritten or typed comments from about stakeholders, if applicable) "I am concerned about people's reactions to cancelling most internal training and totally changing most training classes. I also hate to terminate some contracts with local training firms we've used for years. We should try to get some of them involved in this project." Lucy. "I want to review all of the information related to providing the supplier management training. We need to make something available quickly." Tim.