Yan WuTrainer/Consultant| Changeway Management Consulting Co., Ltd.Beijing, China, Mainland
When a project need to change it's charter, there's surely some process to deal with it. But that don't happen very often here in China.
So we need to figure out how it goes in real world and how we should tell trainees when asked during a PMP class.
My point is that, if you need to change your charter, you finish your current stage through 4.7 and review the charter through a new 4.1
Other trainer think that it might need to follow the change management plan or something in the charter, and conduct a 4.6 to decide.
Wanna know how you do this and how do you train this point in PMP. Saving Changes...
Yan WuTrainer/Consultant| Changeway Management Consulting Co., Ltd.Beijing, China, Mainland
Dec 19, 2019 4:39 AM
Replying to Luis Branco
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Dear Yan
Interesting your question
Thanks for sharing
Is it important to change the charter or make changes to the project plan?
Well, Luis, I know that's charter changes don't happen all the time, but we do meet trainees discuss about the situation from time to time. Saving Changes...
Yan WuTrainer/Consultant| Changeway Management Consulting Co., Ltd.Beijing, China, Mainland
Dec 19, 2019 5:37 AM
Replying to Sergio Luis Conte
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The project charter must not be changed. If you change the project charter then you are creating other project than the original.
Thanks for the clear point, Sergio.
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1 reply by Sergio Luis Conte
Dec 20, 2019 4:15 AM
Sergio Luis Conte
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You are welcome.
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Yan WuTrainer/Consultant| Changeway Management Consulting Co., Ltd.Beijing, China, Mainland
Thanks for all your helps, my friends!
To make it clear, I'm not refering something like that a PM can put up a flow to change a charter. What I really trying to talk about is that if any neccessary change to the charter is needed, we accept the current status and then a closure to the stage, and go through a new startup for a new stage.
Thanks for figuring out that the new startup refer to a new project rather than a new stage. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
- objectives - success factors/measures? - risks? - initial milestones? - deliverables? - scope? - stakeholders? - budget? - roles & responsibilities? - what the PM is authorized to do? - stakeholders?
There's a good chance that most of this will change over the course of the project. Most of these things CAN change without significantly changing your project. Instead of asking what do you do when you need to change your charter, consider what you need to do when you need to change one of the elements of the charter.
For example, if your objectives change significantly, it's probably time to stop the project and start a new project. This doesn't have to be a long painful process, but you should make sure the stakeholders understand what is going on. There's a good chance your sponsor/executives will see it as a change in direction and expect you to respond quickly, without being slowed down by formality.
Did scope change? You don't need to change the charter for that. You should have a change management process in effect.
I won't go through the rest of the list, but you can see that there are several parts of a charter that change without needing to actually change the charter or stop the project. Some of the changes can be handled through regular meetings. Some can be handled in emails or other communications. Some may need to be addressed in phase reviews/stage gate meetings.
If things change to the extent that you are essentially doing a new project, do your best to follow relevant project closing processes, especially holding a lessons learned. Saving Changes...
Changing a charter is pretty much the same thing as creating a new one if you consider most changes will include some or most of the original charter. It really depends on if the charter is changed before the project begins or while the project is running, and as Kiron said, the amount of change required. Either way, the sponsor is the key stakeholder here. Saving Changes...
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