Top Banner
The Project Charter The driver for requirements and use cases
21

03 project charter

Dec 18, 2014

Download

Technology

Rap Payne

 
Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Page 1: 03 project charter

The Project Charter The driver for requirements and use cases

Page 2: 03 project charter

The charter is to the project what the Constitution is to the United States

¡  Scope ¡ Objectives ¡  Participants

¡  Roles ¡  Responsibilities ¡  Stakeholders

Page 3: 03 project charter

It is usually a short text

document

Page 4: 03 project charter

What does the charter tell us? ¡  Reasons for undertaking the project ¡ Objectives and constraints of the project ¡ Directions concerning the solution ¡  Identities of the main stakeholders ¡  In scope and out-of-scope items ¡  High level risk management plan ¡ Communication plan ¡  Target project benefits ¡  High level budget and spending authority

Page 5: 03 project charter

How to use the charter

¡ As proof of authority ¡ As a one-pager to sell

the project ¡ As a refocusing point

for the team

Page 6: 03 project charter

What is in the project charter?

Page 7: 03 project charter

Project Authorization ¡ A brief statement identifying the project by name

and maybe number

Page 8: 03 project charter

Project Manager

¡  The name of the project manager, including a description of his or her responsibilities

Page 9: 03 project charter

Key Stakeholders ¡ All key stakeholders ¡  Their functions or roles ¡  How they will contribute to the project

Page 10: 03 project charter

Project Goals

¡  The goals should be SMART: ¡  Specific ¡  Measurable ¡  Agreed upon ¡  Realistic ¡  Time bound

Page 11: 03 project charter

Project Priorities ¡  Time ¡ Cost ¡  Scope ¡  Etc.

Page 12: 03 project charter

Scope Statement

¡ What we will do ¡ What we will not do ¡ Makes scope creep obvious

Page 13: 03 project charter

Product Requirements ¡ Very big picture ¡  High-level ¡  Soft ¡ What the product is expected to do ¡  How it must perform

Page 14: 03 project charter

Project Assumptions ¡ May include the availability of specific ¡  Resources ¡  Information ¡  Funding ¡  Skills

Page 15: 03 project charter

Project Constraints & Boundaries

¡  Budgetary ¡  Time ¡  Regulations ¡ Quality standards ¡ … and so on

Page 16: 03 project charter

Initial Project Risks ¡  List ¡  Obstacles ¡  Risks ¡  Threats

¡  Each risk must be ¡  Analyzed, ¡  Quantified ¡  Prioritized

¡  Then list ¡  Risk responses ¡  Mitigations ¡  Risk sharing ¡  Risk avoidance ¡  Risk tolerances

Page 17: 03 project charter

List of Deliverables

Page 18: 03 project charter

Cost Estimates

Page 19: 03 project charter
Page 20: 03 project charter

Integrated Change Control ¡ Define how changes to the project charter and

other key documents will be managed ¡  Configuration management ¡  Software release centers ¡  Who has the authority to accept of reject these

changes

Page 21: 03 project charter

Conclusion ¡  The project charter defines the project we are embarking on ¡ We identify risks, mitigations, stakeholders, and the project

manager ¡  It is used as a compass to guide the team, marketing collateral

to sell the project, and a management tool to keep the team on track