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The project charter is the initial document of a project, its formalization, the project manager through the project charter clearly defines what are the commitments in terms of resources, whether human or finance techniques to achieve the objective of the project.

The project manager must be defined during the preparation of the project charter, which will be an active and of address for the preparation of the same.

The project charter will be to identify:

• the reason for which it was decided to undertake the project (feasibility)
• quality that the product / service must provide (cost / benefit analysis)
• the destination of the project (goal setting)
• name of the project manager and definition of commitments and resources assigned to him
• logical-temporal plane
• drafting of procedures for the management of the project and to provide evidence of the progress of work
• exclusions, duties and requirements
• variables that may affect the project
• relations
• unknowns
• other related activities
• subordination to other projects
• stakeholer

The objectives to be achieved through the project charter are:

• provide a vision of what will be the project
• define the objectives of all the resources involved in the realization of the project
• analyze potentially critical situations
• assurance of consistency with the objectives to be achieved

Certainly in the project charter you will also encounter the corporate vision to the team that will go to interact in that specific project can be found as an indicator of the direction of the organization's strategy.

About the author: Gianluca Gaggioli

Gianluca Gaggioli: married, with three children, all born within walking distance, you do not know how do you find the time to "enjoy" on the issues of quality and management. For over ten years working in the railway sector and medical in the role of "Quality Assurance and Quality Management Systems." Specific skills: Quality Management According to the EN ISO 9001, EN ISO 13485, IRIS (International Railway Industry Standard), Six Sigma, Kaizen and Quality Systems Auditor Certificate 19011 1st / 2nd Part (Internal audits and suppliers) in June 2011 by Editor Chief of Organization Quality from March 2012 New Head of Quality Management System in Aditech. .

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