You are sitting around the fire at a lodge in Dillingham, Alaska, discussing a fishing expedition you are planning with your colleagues at Great Alaska Adventures (GAA). Earlier in the day, you received a fax from the president of BlueNote, Inc. The president wants to reward her top management team by taking them on an all-expense-paid fly-fishing adventure in Alaska. She would like GAA to organize and lead the expedition.

Project Charter

PROJECT OBJECTIVE

To organize and lead a five-day fly-fishing expedition down the Tikchik River system in Alaska from June 21 to 25 at a cost not to exceed $45,000.

DELIVERABLES

• Provide air transportation from Dillingham, Alaska, to Base I and from Base II back to Dillingham.
• Provide river transportation consisting of two eight-person drift boats with outboard motors.
• Provide three meals a day for the five days spent on the river.
• Provide four hours of fly-fishing instruction.
• Provide overnight accommodation at the Dillingham lodge plus three four-person tents with cots, bedding, and lanterns.
• Provide four experienced river guides who are also fly fishermen.
• Provide fishing licenses for all guests.

MILESTONES

• Contract signed January 22.
• Guests arrive in Dillingham on June 20.
• Depart by plane to Base Camp I June 21.
• Depart by plane from Base Camp II to Dillingham June 25.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Fly-in air transportation to and from base camps.
• Boat transportation within the Tikchik River system.
• Digital cellular communication devices.
• Camps and fishing conforming to state of Alaska requirements.

LIMITS AND EXCLUSIONS

• Guests are responsible for travel arrangements to and from Dillingham, Alaska.
• Guests are responsible for their own fly-fishing equipment and clothing.
• Local air transportation to and from base camps will be outsourced.
• Tour guides are not responsible for the number of king salmon caught by guests.

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

• The president of BlueNote, Inc. reviews.