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Chapter 3: Chartering Projects.This chapter discusses chartering projects. The project charter is a document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. The charter can further be considered an agreement by which the project sponsor and project manager (and often the project core team) agree at a high level what the project is, why it is important, key milestone points in the schedule, major risks, and possibly a few other items. It allows the project manager and core team to understand and agree to what is expected of them.Finally, Microsoft Project, a tool that facilitates effective project planning, controlling, and communicating, is introduced. Microsoft Project is utilized in eight chapters to demonstrate how to automate various project planning and control techniques. The examples and illustrations in this book use Microsoft Project 2016. If a person is using an earlier version of Microsoft Project, there are slight differences. If a person is using a competing project scheduling package, the intent remains the same, but the mechanics of how to create certain documents may differ.After completing this chapter, each student should be able to perform the following:Core Objectives:Describe what a project charter is and why it is critical to project success.
List the various elements of a charter and why each is used.
Create each section of a charter for a small sample project using given project information.
Technical Objectives:Initialize a project in Microsoft Project and set up a milestone schedule.
Behavioral Objectives:Work with a team to create a complete charter for a real project and present it to a sponsor for ratification.
Negotiate with a sponsor to develop a realistic and achievable project charter.
Discussion Forum Week 3
Discussion Forum Week 3Initial Postings: Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook must be the primary source utilized and listed in your reference section (and properly cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion. This means that they support the material from the textbook. Do not use other sources to substitute for or replace the textbook. Provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:1) What are the four main areas of competency a client company is looking for in a project manager? How can you best demonstrate these competencies to a potential client?2) How are risks, assumptions, and constraints related? How are they different? Give an example of how an incorrect assumption could become a risk.3) What is a milestone schedule? Briefly summarize the process of creating a milestone schedule.Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. Postings must be in the student’s own words – do not provide quotes!Your initial post should be at least 500 words and in APA format (written in full essay, using proper paragraph structure, sources cited within the body of the main text and Times New Roman with font size 12).Submitting the Initial Posting: Your initial post should be completed by Thursday, 11:59 p.m. EST. Response to Other Student Postings: Respond substantively (at least 100 words) to the post of at least two peers, by Friday, 11:59 p.m. EST. A peer response such as “I agree with her,” or “I liked what he said about that” or similar comments are not considered substantive and will not be counted for course credit. Also, just repeating information from the course material or your own initial post does not satisfy these criteria.Continue the discussion through Sunday, 11:59 p.m. EST by highlighting differences between your postings and your colleagues’ postings. Provide additional insights or alternative perspectives. This means an on-going conversation in addition to the two required responses above.Evaluation of posts and responses: Your initial posts and peer responses will be evaluated on the basis of the kind of critical thinking and engagement displayed. The grading rubric evaluates the content based on four areas: Content Knowledge