Project Management Principles

Task 1: Preliminary Project Charter presentation

Case study overview

This assessment task requires you to develop and present a preliminary project charter based on the case study around Elon Musk's pledge in early 2017 to fix the electricity problems in South Australia (SA).

Two of the initial press releases published around this project have been reproduced below:

Tesla boss Elon Musk pledges to fix SA's electricity woes in 100 days 'or free'

Elon Musk's Tesla to build world's biggest lithium ion battery to secure power for South Australia

Case study scenario

You are employed by the Department of Energy Resources in your state and work as part of a small project team reviewing and evaluating the different energy initiatives implemented by other state governments across Australia.

Your manager has been closely following the Tesla battery project in South Australia and has requested that your team thoroughly research how this project was initiated and documented as your state government is considering inviting Tesla to deliver the same storage solution state-wide.

You have been asked to develop and present a project charter that captures the similar type of project management methodology, information and documentation that would have been jointly developed by the SA government and Tesla in getting their project approved.

Case study requirements

Specifically, you have been tasked with:

- Review the relevant media press releases on this SA project from a variety of sources and compiling a concise reference list (and summary) of the relevant project information. These sources could include (but are not limited to): South Australian government; Elon Musk; energy authorities;federal government; local, state and/or national stakeholders; media outlets, community and other vested interest groups supporting and/or challenging the project.

- Design and develop a commercially viable project charter template that reflects both the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK) and contemporary academic research supporting your design.

- Complete a preliminary draft of the project charter based on the historical information you locate, all assumptions made by your project team along with any other technical/non-technical information you elect to ‘create'that is appropriate for this case study.

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