Many people wonders how a project is actually initiated, what kind of starting point a project should have so that it can be started. I hope this post can give some idea about how a project is initiated.
Start from the organization's business strategy, business needs are mentioned. Furthermore, these business needs will be used as a basis to develop Statement of Work and of course, the business case. These two input items then will be used to develop a document called Project Charter.
Project charter is a document that states the initial requirements to satisfy stakeholder's needs and expectations, and it also used to formally authorize a project. So, without this document, a project will never be legally started.
The following figure depicts the above narration about project charter : (click for a bigger view)
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By the Project Charter Approval, the initiation process is finished and the planning process shall begin soon..
Additional notes I quoted from the book: PMP in Depth by Dr. Paul Sanghera, PMP:
"If your project is divided into different phases, you will be going through the initiation stage at the beginning of each phase to check whether the decisions and plans made during the initiation of the project are still relevant to this phase. It helps to ensure the project is still focused on the business needs for which it was started"
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