Mission/ Purpose
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What is your project going to accomplish? How does this project relate to overall goals and objectives of the company? It is part of a program or larger project?
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SOW
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What will this project create? What is the product of the project? At a high level, how do you plan on doing the work of the project? What are the high-level deliverables for this project?
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Objectives
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What objectives, if any, of the company is this project designed to meet?
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Business Need
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Why should we do this project? What will be gained, changed, or modified? Is there a financial or business reason to do this project? This area should contain any feasibility studies, NPV, PI, PB, or PBD used to advance the project.
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Project Manager and Stakeholders
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Who will lead this project? Who are the major stakeholders?
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Milestones
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What are the key milestone dates associated with the project?
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Budget
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What is the order-of-magnitude budget for this project?
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User Acceptance Criteria/Quality
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What are the minimum success criteria as defined by the key stakeholders?
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High-Level Project Assumptions
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What are the assumptions on which the project is based?
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High-Level Project Constraints
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What are the major limiting factors that affect the project?
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Exclusions and Boundaries
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What are the boundaries of the project? What is to be included and what is to be excluded from the project?
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Major Risks
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What are the major risks affecting the project?
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KEY STAKEHOLDERS
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Project Manager Authority Level
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Project Core Team
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Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
(include company and channel designations if applicable)
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APPROVALS
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Type Name
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Signature
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Date
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Project Manager Approval:
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Customer/Sponsor Approval:
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