Components of a Project Charter
As you read this chapter, notice how the project charter defines the preliminary scope, schedule, and budget for the project, effectively paying out the project's anticipated "triple constraint".
Project Planning Framework
In this section, a project planning framework will be introduced. This framework is part of the IT project methodology and provides the steps and processes necessary to develop the detailed project plan that will support the project's MOV.
A project plan attempts to answer the following questions:
- What needs to be done?
- Who will do the work?
- When will they do the work?
- How long will it take?
- How much will it cost?
The project planning framework illustrated in Figure 3.4 consists of several steps and processes. We will now focus on each of these steps to show how the project's schedule and budget are derived.