Prepare Your Project Charter

Email your Project Charter and Project Definition Document to ETCapstone@grantham.edu from your Grantham email with "Capstone" in the subject line. Then, submit the charter and document in the assignment dropbox.

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For your project prepare a Project charter and a project definition document.

• Condition - Use the forms provided in this section
• Performance - Make sure your project is explained clearly and you include the estimated budget and risk listing.
• The project must be related to Electrical Engineering and can include either a new product design or a work related project. This project will carried on to EE 450 where you will be required to build the product. It is also recommended that you work in teams.

PROJECT CHARTER TEMPLATE

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PROJECT CHARTER

COMPANY NAME

STREET ADDRESS

CITY, STATE ZIP CODE

DATE

Preparers Name
PROJECT CHARTER

This Charter formally authorizes a project to . A project plan will be developed and submitted to the Project Sponsor for approval. Commencement of project activities will begin upon approval of the project plan and the resources to execute it by the Project Sponsor. Included in the project plan are to be a scope statement; schedule; cost estimate; budget; and provisions for scope, resource, schedule, communications, quality, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management as well as project control.

The purpose of the project is to . This project meets for . The project deliverables shall include

The Project Manager, , is hereby authorized to interface with management as required, negotiate for resources, delegate responsibilities within the framework of the project, and to communicate with all contractors and management, as required, to ensure successful and timely completion of the project. The Project Manager is responsible for developing the project plan, monitoring the schedule, cost, and scope of the project during implementation, and maintaining control over the project by measuring performance and taking corrective action.

A completed project plan will be developed and submitted to the Project Sponsor for approval by . Upon approval of the project plan resources will be assigned to the project and work will commence within days. Once the project commences, work on the project will be performed according to the schedule provided in the approved project plan. The Project Manager will obtain approval from the Project Sponsor for any schedule changes which impact the project completion milestone.

The budget for the project is tiny_mce_markerlt;amount>. It is to be funded through .