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Charter Creation
Project Boundaries
"The Initiating Process Group consists of the processes that facilitate the formal authorization to start a new project or a project phase.
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They're often done external to the project's scope of control by the organization or by program or portfolio processes (see Figure above), which may blur the project boundaries for the initial project inputs e.g. before beginning the Initiation Process Group activities, the organization's business needs or requirements are documented.
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The feasibility of the new undertaking may be established through a process of evaluating alternatives to pick the best one.
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Clear descriptions of the project objectives are developed, including the reasons why a specific project is the best alternative solution to satisfy the requirements.
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The documentation for this decision also contains a basic description of :
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The framework of the project can be clarified by documenting the project selection processes.
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The relationship of the project to the organization's strategic plan identifies the management responsibilities within the organization.
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In multi-phase projects, initiating processes are carried out during subsequent phases to validate the assumptions and decisions made during the original Develop Project Charter and Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement processes.
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The initial scope description and the resources that the organization is willing to invest are further refined during the initiation process.
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If not already assigned, the project manager will be selected.
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Initial assumptions and constraints will also be documented.
This information is captured in the Project Charter and, when it is approved, the project becomes officially authorized. Although the project management team may help write the Project Charter, approval and funding are handled external to the project boundaries."
..taken from the Project Management Institiute's (PMI)reference text known as the "Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) "
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