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Charter |
The charter is a document that conveys the purpose and requirements of the project to the project team – the “who”, “what”, and “why” of the project. |
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Criteria |
Standards, rules, or tests on which a judgment or decision can be based, or by which a product, service, result, or process can be evaluated. |
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Customer Requirements |
What specific features are you looking for in the final deliverable? |
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Customer's Acceptance Criteria |
Those criteria, including performance requirements and essential conditions, which must be met before project deliverables are accepted. |
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Deliverable |
Any unique and verifiable product, result, or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process, phase, or project. |
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Final Deliverables |
Identify and list the final deliverables (product, service, process, or plan) of the project. A project usually has only one or two major final deliverables. |
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Problem Statement |
What problem do you want to solve by this project. |
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Project Customers |
Identify who will use the final deliverables of the project. Who will receive the products, services, processes, or plans that are created as a result of the project? |
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Project Management Team |
The members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities. One some smaller projects, the project management team may include virtually all of the project team members. |
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Project Manager |
The person assigned to achieve the project objectives. |
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Project Name |
Choose a project name that reflects the purpose or the anticipated final deliverable of the project. |
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Project Objective |
Briefly describe the purpose of the project. Limit the description to three sentences or less. |
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Project Risk |
An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on a project’s objectives. |
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Project Team |
All the project team members, including the project management team, the project manager and, for some projects, the project sponsor. |
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Scope |
The scope describes the objectives, deliverables, and customers of the project, as well as the customers’ expectations for the final deliverables. |
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Scope Statement |
The narrative description of the project scope, including major deliverables, project objectives, project assumptions, project constraints, and a statement of work, that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a common understanding of project scope among the stakeholders. |
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Sponsor |
The sponsor is a liaison between management and the project team. His or her role is to initiate the project by creating a project charter. |
