Identify and understand the critical roles

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Project Charter
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Task
Project Charter
Due Date
Assignment 1: Week 4 – Friday 5:00 pm
Worth
10%
Course Objectives
This assessment task relates to the following course objectives:

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identify and understand the critical roles and phases in IT projects
understand the basic components of project management and its importance in improving the success of
IT projects
apply the project management knowledge areas to IT projects
demonstrate knowledge of project management principles and techniques
discuss current issues in IT project management
understand and appreciate the importance of project management within a business environment
value the significance of software quality in IT projects

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Background
After top management determines which projects to pursue, then it becomes important to announce to the
organisation about the projects. Project charter is one form of a document, which is used to authorise the
project and nominate the project manager. Project charter formally recognises the project and provides a
summary of the details of the project.
Requirements
For this assessment task, students are required to create Project charter for the case study provided:
Educational Android Apps Project
You (project manager – PM) have made a presentation about your proposed apps project to the senior
leadership committee meeting in order to get approval for the project. You presented a Business Case
to the committee to secure their approval for this project. The Business Case includes many of the
details that will form the Project Charter.
At the conclusion of the presentation, the committee authorised you to implement the project. To get
the project started, you need to draw up a Project Charter as the formal authority for the project. The
The project sponsor has appointed you as the project manager. While preparing the Project Charter
report you will also need to
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– identify other stakeholders (e.g. key customers) in consultation with the sponsor
– identify costs involved in the project
– hire a team for the duration of the project
You may need to make other necessary assumptions in preparing the Charter but make sure these are
clearly stated.
An outline of the Project Charter is provided below:

  	Project title and date of authorisation Project manager’s name and contact details Summary schedule
–	Start and end dates

–	Milestones
  	Summary budget Brief description of objectives, and the business requirements or justifications for project Summary of the project management methodology including

– Assumptions, constraints and expectations

–	Governance
  	Roles and responsibilities Sign-off section Comments

Submission
Please submit an electronic copy of project charter using outline given above (max two pages) only via
Moodle
Assessment Criteria
Students work will be assessed as outlined below:
 Project charter shows clearly that you understand the project outlined in the case study
 You have provided estimated budget and project objectives either in bolted form or in a paragraph
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Assessment Feedback

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Project Charter

Criteria
Marking Scale
Maximum Marks	Poor Excellent 1 ………….. max
 Project title and date of authorisation  Project manager’s name and contact details	2
 Summary schedule – Start and end dates – Milestones	5
 Summary budget  Brief description of objectives, and the business requirements or justifications for project	10
 Summary of the project management methodology including – Assumptions, constraints and expectations – Governance	10
 Roles and responsibilities	5
 Sign-off section  Comments	3
Total Mark [35 marks]	0.0
Total Worth [10%]	0.0

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