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There was an interesting question asked by one of the PMP aspirants. Can we call writing a project charter as a project

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Ajit Kanitkar Head, C&I Project Excellence| TietoEVRY Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
A project is temporary. Results into a unique product, service.
Can we call (for example) writing a project charter as a project in itself?
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Karthik Ramamurthy Author, Say YES to Project Success| Founder KeyResultz Chennai, Tamilnadu, Tamilnadu, India
Hi Ajit! Thanks for posting this interesting question!
In my view, for a very large, complex project, developing the charter can indeed be an exercise that can be considered a mini project.
After all, the activity is a temporary endeavour, and it is undertaken output of such a project, the CHARTER, is a document that is a unique document!
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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
More like a task or milestone.
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MANSOUR THABET ALQUBATY System Controller| Teleyemen Sana'A, N/A, Yemen
Things like constraints and assumptions inside the project charter MAKE it " unique document" consequently if it is a big &* complex project" then the create charter will be also a project itself.

BR,
Mansour
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MANSOUR THABET ALQUBATY System Controller| Teleyemen Sana'A, N/A, Yemen
Also we can find in practice there is one project charter will benefit for many projects.
(it can be found in program projects level).
BR,
Mansour
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Ajit -

A project is expected to deliver some value.

A charter is a means to achieving value, and if we are talking about a TRUE charter (i.e. a short document authorizing a project's existence) then I'd agree with Andrew.

Kiron
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I would say no in the sense of using it for an actual project. But if it is for example an educational assignment to produce a Project Charter, sure.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
A project charter is a means to initiate a project that will deliver value so calling it a project by itself is probably not the most favorable.
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Stelian ROMAN Project Manager| MicroSafety Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia
It can be a phase (initiation/feasibility). I've worked in organisation with stage gate approach where the deliverable of the first phase was the charter only, The project can be canned at any stage gate.
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Tamer Zeyad Sadiq Assistant Cost Manager| Turner & Townsend Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
You can refer in PMBOK on integration management chapter!!!
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Philippe Schuler Senior Instructor/Lecturer in Project/Program/Account PMO Management| Independant Consultant Les Choux, France
Good question. Writing a Project Charter is a project in itself. All the components of a projects are generally mandatory to pass the first gate (Project Charter approval) successfully on a complex project. More complex the project isforesighted, more complex is the Project Charter to define it.
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