Koumaresan NatesanPM Consultant| Apex realty Pvt LtdPondicherry, Pondicherry, India
You are managing a large residential complex construction project.Your company's management has decided to build each building as a separate project phase. When will the Develop Project Charter process be carried out for this project? 1. Once, during project initiation or Multiple times, during the initiation of each phase .
my understanding each project phases need to create Project charter i.e, multiple charter. pls calrify what should be the project charter... Saving Changes...
You finalize the prpject charter during project initiation. Input is basically the business case/ demand for the project. Beside other tasks/outputs one important output of project initiation is the prpject charter (PC), that formally describes the project high-level, formalizes and authorizes the project. Never start a prpject w/o PC. It does not need to be a big novel. A one pager is sufficient, depending on project importance and complexity for the organization. I best case scenarios the project manager is involved in the PC creation, but the driver is the project sponsor who is behind the business case. IN case you have multiple charter it is most likely the case that you have different projects or some important alignment in the organization on management level is missing: One project - one charter, otherwise you ask for trouble running the project. In your case of multiple projects you my need to think about a program that covers these projects in case this approach is applicable with regards to objective alignment. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
The important thing is: the project charter is "the contract", "the agreement" between you and all project stakeholders. It does not need to have tons of pages. It must have clearly defined the items that are critical to project success (high level scope, assumptions, restrictions, key stakeholders, objectives) and the most important thing: the assigned project manager. With all this on hand is up to you when you create it. The project life cycle will determine it. Saving Changes...
Morne BeeslaarManaging Director| Faolan ConsultingPretoria, South Africa
Practically I would only write one charter describing the different phases and have the whole scope signed off. The fact that your company management decided to slice the project stands apart from the client's requirements of the total scope.
The charter should give life to the whole of the project scope, not just a portion. Saving Changes...
LORI WILSONRETIRED - Technical Project Manager| RETIRED - LifePoint HealthClarkston, Wa, United States
Hello Koumaresan: I agree with Morne, that it would be best and most efficient to write one charter. Saving Changes...
Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
The charter is for the whole project. As Morne indicates, it doesn't matter how you implement the project, you need one and only one charter.
Please note that the scope covered in the charter is usually fairly high-level. You can expect other documents, such as scope statements, to evolve over the duration of your project. Saving Changes...
arlene trimbleAssistant IT Director| Local GovernmentAlamo, Ca, United States
You can have one overall charter for the whole project portfolio and develop individual charters for each project under that portfolio to make each project clear and agile.
Charters set the tone for the projects and sponsors based their approval on the contents of the Charter as it is a quick elevator pitch on what the project is all about. Charters are living document as well during the life of the project. Saving Changes...
Edward DanielsProject Manager| IndependentGlen Burnie, Md, United States
The easiest and possibly the most advocated for would be have one (1) project charter. In your scope section, you can and should include different phases and each phase can contain residential complex as planned.
For example, your
- Phase 1 may contain a block of flats or apartments,
- Phase 2 may be open areas, clubhouse and other recreational space,
- Phase 3 may be terrace houses or townhouses,
- Phase 4 may be detached homes (bungalows, story buildings, single family houses and etc).
I am assuming the project sponsor remains the same, it is easier to get overall approval to get started. Now if your project sponsor changes, and before starting a new phase, just update your planning records to reflect such changes.
In IT deployment, especially when we are deploying similar hardware and software to different geographic locations, we manage each as a sub-project of the main project. One Project Charter covers all, each individual project is managed as part of the program or portfolio. Different organizations use portfolios or in most cases programs.
I hope that helps to clarify things a little. Saving Changes...
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