Assessment One: Project Charter

You are required to explain the theory behind a Project Charter, and to develop a Project Charter based on the scenario below. The Charter must include all the elements in Sections 3-4 to 3-5, pages 35-79 of the textbook. You must draw heavily on the theory contained in the textbook and the PMBoK. You are expected to include all the relevant Charter sections shown in the textbook, and model your tables on the relevant textbook exhibits.

There are two parts to your Charter:

1. The first section will discuss the theory behind each element of the Charter. Using appropriately cited paraphrasing, you are expected to draw on the textbook description for each section. Please note that because there is such an emphasis on the textbook, all in-text citations MUST include the page numbers.

2. The second section of the assessment is your actual project charter. The charter MUST be assembled based on the example charter shown in pages 94-96 of the textbook.

Office move

You are the Branch Manager for an insurance company in a suburban location. The lease on your company’s offices has expired and the landlord has indicated that it will not be renewed. You have two months to vacate the premises. You have identified a possible new location in a nearby suburb and the CEO has asked you to prepare a project proposal. She has indicated that you are expected to project manage the move, and that your budget for the move is no more than $100,000. You want to accomplish the move with the minimum disruption to staff and customers, in as short as time as possible, and under budget.

The following staffing will be allocated:

 CEO – sponsor

 Project team:

o Branch Manager who will act as Project Manager

o The manager of Communications and Information Technology (CIT)

o The administration manager

As Project Manager, it is your responsibility to manage the project with the least disruption to existing staff, within budget, and within a four day window. Your company has a group of labourers who are available to assist in the project, and the CIT department will provide the Subject Matter Experts for the computer and telephone move.

The project team has agreed that the move will occur in 6 weeks time, with packing up undertaken on a Friday afternoon, removal and relocation on Saturday and Sunday, and staff to complete set up on Monday morning when they return to work in the new premises. The aim is to have as little downtime as possible. The communications and information technology team will work all weekend to ensure all equipment is operational before Monday morning.