Project Charter

SCENARIO

Choosing Your Case

During this course you will use the same scenario for your discussions and case study activities. In this assignment you will be determining the basic information related to that scenario. You must choose a group that will be involved in a trip. You can select any type of trip: an extended family vacation, a school reunion, an outdoor adventure with friends, a travel-based business event or meeting, or any other group trip in which you are interested. However, the trip you elect to plan must meet the following high-level requirements:

• A five-member core group of stakeholders (a project council) will function as the sponsor of your trip and will need to approve the project charter, which you will create.Note that the definition of stakeholder according to PMI is "an individual, group, or organization who may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project"and that is the definition we are using here.
• The group must consist of a minimum of 20 adult members. The trip can also involve children.
• Members must be from at least 2different countries in 2different time zones.
• The trip needs to last for a minimum of seven days.
• The trip will take place in the next year.

Assignment

In thisassignment, we would like you to recall what you have learned about project charters and apply those concepts to develop a project charter for your group trip.

As explained in Section A, the project charter is used to formally authorize the project. Therefore, it needs to address the objectives andrequirements of the projectand summarize the key aspects of the trip. In other words, it briefly states what the trip is and why it is to take place.

Submission Instructions

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Here is an example of a short project charter: MpWNE Project Title: High School Renovation Project Project Number: 0023 Project Start: June 1, 2021 Project Finish (estimate): August 23, 2021 PurposefObjectives: Renovate and update high school building technology and related infrastructure. High-Level Requirements: o o o o High-speed Wi-Fi capabilities need to be installed throughout the building. Additional electrical outlets in classrooms to allow for new equipment. Improve computer facilities available to students as well as faculty. Cosmetic updates and renovations to classrooms related to technology enhancements. Constraints and Assumptions: o o Constraints: Quality must meet both internal and external standards. Cost cannot be more than 15 percent over high-level budget. Schedule cannot be maore than one week behind schedule, otherwise benefits will be missed during the next semester. Assumptions: * Classrooms and public spaces must be completed by the beginning of the next semester. = Staff will be trained to use the new technology available to them in their classrooms. Library staff will be able to offer students computer training. Module 1, Section A Case Study: Project Charter Use the project charter template below to complete the assignment for Module 1, Section A, Each compeonent has instructions for what to include. You can use this template in the future for upcoming projects, or you can download the Excel spreadsheet version from the Resource Center if you prefer that format. The information included in the project charter will be the same no matter which template or format you choose to use. Your organization may have its own templates, so check with your department before using your own. 1. Project Title: [Frovide o name for your project.] 2. Project Number: [Not all projects have numbers, but please select one for your charter.] 3. Project Start: [Frovide the starting dote for the project. ] 4. Project Finish: [Frovide the finish dote for the project.] 5. Purpose: [Enter the purpose of your project. Keep it short, only one or two sentences. ] 6. High-Level Requirements and Key Deliverables: a. [Outline what the trip will do_] b. [Provide enough information to enobie your team to complete the trip's preparations.] . [Caninciude information about who will be joining the trip.] 7. Objectives: [Enter the objectives of your project. Keep it short, only one or two sentences or g handful of bullet-points. Sometimes the objectives can be rolled into the high-level! requirements section a5 an introduction or can be included os part of the purpose statement.] 8. Constraints and Assumptions: [Enter things like externol stondards that cannot be changed (such as a visa requirement for travel) and presumptions you assume will be the case (such as the availability of o pubiic space). This con include project risks.] 9. Business Case: [Enter the feasibility of your project, i.e., why are you going on the trip ond what benefits it will provide. ] 10. [Optional] Summary Schedule: [Provide o summary schedule for the phases and durations of the main components of the project (i.e. milestones).] PMI also lists additional items that they expect to be in a project charter, such as a key stakeholder list, project approval requirements, exit criteria, assigned project manager with authority level, and name and authority of sponsor as well as preapproved financial resources. In practice, these will not always be necessary for every single project, so we did not incude them in this template, however if you are working on @ more complex project, you should consider adding these to your charter