This Week’s Assignment Requires You To Create A Project Char

This Weeks Assignment Requires You To Create A Project Charter As Par

This week’s assignment requires you to create a project charter as part of your Course Project. The Course Project can be any project that you choose to plan for this course. It does not have to be a "real" project that you are going to conduct, but can be anything relevant to your professional experience that meets the assignment criteria throughout the remainder of the course. Review the remaining course assignments to ensure you have selected a project of sufficient scope for the assignments. Refer to the attached assignment documents for assignment details, optional templates, and the grading rubric.

Instructions: Create a project charter: Provide a written project description outlining what you are trying to accomplish. Include the information recommended by the course required readings. See the attached templates for additional details. You do not have to use these exact templates. Add or remove sections based on the nature of your project.

Remember this is a high-level document to initiate your project. Specifics of project activities will be provided later. Requirements: • Submit a Word or Excel document. Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write. Evaluation Rubric for Creating a Project Charter Assignment Criteria Exemplary Proficient Needs Deficient Improvement 25 points points points 0 - 14 points Project Description Description provides complete details of the project. Description provide project details; missing some minor element(s). Description provides some project details; missing key elements. Description is missing or inadequate. 50 points points points 0 - 29 points Project Information Well written and clearly organized providing all recommended elements. Well written and clearly organized providing most recommended elements. Provides some of the recommended elements. Information is missing or does not address recommended elements. 25 points points points 0 - 14 points Clear and Professional Writing Writing and format are clear, professional, and error free. Few errors that do not impede professional presentation. Significant errors that do not impede professional presentation.

Paper For Above instruction

A project charter is a foundational document that sets the direction and scope for a project, serving as a formal authorization for the project to commence. It provides clarity on the objectives, stakeholders, scope, resources, and overall purpose, ensuring alignment among all involved parties. For this assignment, I will develop a project charter for a hypothetical initiative aimed at implementing a new customer relationship management (CRM) system in a mid-sized organization. This project aims to streamline customer interactions, enhance data management, and improve sales and marketing strategies.

The project description centers on deploying a comprehensive CRM solution tailored to the company's needs. The primary goal is to improve customer service efficiency by integrating sales, marketing, and service functions into a unified platform. The project scope includes software selection, customization, data migration, staff training, and change management efforts. The project timeline is estimated at six months, with key milestones including vendor selection, system deployment, and staff onboarding.

Key stakeholders encompass the executive leadership team, sales and marketing departments, IT personnel, and end-users within customer-facing roles. The project manager will oversee planning, execution, and monitoring activities, ensuring milestones are met within budget constraints. Resources allocated include software licensing, consulting services, hardware upgrades, and staff training programs.

In drafting this project charter, I incorporated elements such as project objectives, scope, stakeholders, deliverables, timelines, and resources, aligning with recommended best practices. Clear and professional language was employed to communicate the purpose and expectations, ensuring the document serves as an effective initiation tool. This high-level overview does not detail specific activities but provides enough contextual understanding to guide project execution.

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