Project Planning Assignment 1

Project Charter

Project Title: Project title here.

Project Start Date: 00/00/00

Projected Finish Date: Project finish date here.

Budget Information: Budget information here.

Project Manager: Name, email, and phone number here.

Business Need

Briefly describe the business need/requirement for this project here. Indicate how this will align with organizational strategic goals and objectives.

Project Objectives

Provide a brief statement regarding the implementation of the project --- e.g. implement….then follow with bullet points regarding the major deliverables

Approach

Provide a brief description regarding how the project will be managed – for example: This project will be managed in accordance to the PMI approach as modified.

Assumptions/Constraints/Dependencies

State your assumptions – i.e. It is assumed that the infrastructure to support the application is in place and requires no updates (this is an example only – modify to suit your project situation).

A constraint might be – The resources for this project may not be available as needed and alternative solutions may be required.

A dependency might be – This project is dependent on the infrastructure project (name) to be completed before this project can proceed.

Initial Risk Factors

Describe the risk factors identified to date

Regulatory cost/impact

Indicate what regulatory impacts must be considered (i.e. SOX, HIPAA, GLB, SEC rules, local and state licensing, permits, etc.)

Roles and Responsibilities

Identify all stakeholders and indicate their roles and responsibilities here.

Role	Name	Organization and Position	Contact Information
Project sponsor
Project manager
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NOTE: add additional table rows as needed –

Sign-Off

Signatures of all above stakeholders here (can sign by their names in the table above).

Comments

Handwritten or typed comments from above stakeholders, if applicable, here.