Project Management, Initiating Projects

Chapter 3- Initiating Projects, Exercise 4

Review the project charter for the Just-In-Time Training Project. How does this document help clarify what work will be done on the project? Is the success criteria clear for this project?

The project charter that was created for the Just-In-Time Training Project helps clarify what work will be done by stating the project’s objectives, by stating all the approaches that will be taken in order to satisfy all the objectives and by providing the names of those responsible for assuring that all phases of the project are followed thoroughly and completed by the projected time. All these things are key factors in completing a project satisfactorily because most successful projects have their intentions and boundaries clear from the beginning, they also have the full support of the sponsor or sponsors by stating all of the expectations and by making sure that all stakeholders involved understand those expectations and by assuring that all those involved do their part in order to have successful results. In this particular project, the main objective is to come up with new training that will reduce the amount of money that the company has been spending on employee training, It states the company’s goal which is to save a certain amount of money per employee per year and it gives a list of all the steps that will be taken to achieve that savings. It also gives a list of stakeholders who have been assigned different roles in the project and who will be responsible for monitoring the entire phase of the project. As every project charter, the Just-In-Time training project charter also includes the success criteria, the success criteria in this project charter is not very clear because a clear success criteria should be more clear in how the success of the project will be reached. This project charter states its objective and gives a list of things that will be done to reach its objective as well as the results that are expected...