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What's the difference between a project charter and statement of work and project

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Takesha McClane-Tsamis Project Manager| Illinois Tollway South Bend, In, United States
I'm questioning pretty much the info on putting on the charter is the same info I need for the Sow
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
First, take into account that a standard does not exist in the case of these documents (in other you have IEEE standards that you can take as a guide) then you can put on them all you need to achieve the objective to create the document. Second, if you go to the definitions. you can find: project charter objective is formally authorize the existence of a project and provide the project manager with the authority to use the needed resources into project activities. Statement of Work (SOW) describes each procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the products, services,or results.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Takesha -

Are you referring to a project SoW or a procurement SoW? The former would likely precede the existence of the project and is one of the inputs to a charter whereas the latter will usually be developed long after the charter has been created and approved.

Kiron
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Takesha McClane-Tsamis Project Manager| Illinois Tollway South Bend, In, United States
In this case a procurement sow
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Jan 31, 2018 11:01 AM
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Takesha -

the charter (if it is a true charter!) should be a brief document supporting the existence of the project. Detailed requirements and T's & C's for a specific vendor are what you'd expect to find in a procurement SoW, so while you could trace back from the SoW to content in the charter, each document serves a different purpose.

Kiron
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Jan 31, 2018 9:08 AM
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In this case a procurement sow
Takesha -

the charter (if it is a true charter!) should be a brief document supporting the existence of the project. Detailed requirements and T's & C's for a specific vendor are what you'd expect to find in a procurement SoW, so while you could trace back from the SoW to content in the charter, each document serves a different purpose.

Kiron
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Anish Abraham Privacy Program Manager| University of Washington Auburn, Wa, United States
I concur with my colleagues here.
Charter gives high level information of the project whereas SOW contains information about the work to be done.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Totally agree with Sergio (I expected he will be the first to answer haha) and Kiron.
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Jan 31, 2018 1:01 PM
Sergio Luis Conte
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I was My Friend, I was...(hehehehe. time differences helps me a lot)
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jan 31, 2018 12:29 PM
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Totally agree with Sergio (I expected he will be the first to answer haha) and Kiron.
I was My Friend, I was...(hehehehe. time differences helps me a lot)
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1 reply by Kiron Bondale
Jan 31, 2018 2:25 PM
Kiron Bondale
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I never realized Buenos Aires is two hours ahead of Toronto - I'd have guessed it was an hour at most!

Kiron
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Jan 31, 2018 1:01 PM
Replying to Sergio Luis Conte
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I was My Friend, I was...(hehehehe. time differences helps me a lot)
I never realized Buenos Aires is two hours ahead of Toronto - I'd have guessed it was an hour at most!

Kiron
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Jan 31, 2018 2:59 PM
Rami Kaibni
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Now we learned something new about time zones :D
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Jan 31, 2018 2:25 PM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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I never realized Buenos Aires is two hours ahead of Toronto - I'd have guessed it was an hour at most!

Kiron
Now we learned something new about time zones :D
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
You have the answer form Sergio and Kiron.
Unless your project is done in a single procurement! You would have a SOW for each procurement.

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