Develop a Higher Education Website for Students - Project Charter Report

Running head: PROJECT CHARTER REPORT
Project Charter Report
Develop a higher education website for students
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author’s note:

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
1. Overview......................................................................................................................................2
1.1 Summary of Objectives.........................................................................................................2
1.2 Scope of the Project...............................................................................................................2
2. MOV analysis..............................................................................................................................3
3. Project Management Methodology..............................................................................................3
3.1 Selected Project Management Methodologies.......................................................................3
3.2 Identification of the Strengths and Weaknesses....................................................................4
4. Stakeholder Analysis and Communication Plan..........................................................................4
4.1 Analysis of Stakeholders.......................................................................................................4
4.2 Communication Plan.............................................................................................................5
5. Leadership Qualities and Roles & Responsibilities.....................................................................5
5.1 Leadership Qualities of Project Manager..............................................................................5
5.2 Roles and Responsibilities of team members........................................................................5
6. WBS.............................................................................................................................................6
6.1 Work Packages and WBS......................................................................................................6
6.2 Identified tasks list.................................................................................................................7
6.3 Duration of the Activities......................................................................................................9
6.4 Responsible Team Member.................................................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
The following assignment had been developed for listing the elements of project in a
project charter document for the project of ‘Develop a higher education website for students’.
The project charter would serve the option for transferring the initial information to the project
team members and the aligning the utilization of the effective management and operations
(Ekrot, Kock & Gemünden, 2016). The charter document would help the project team for
understanding the basic information and initial requirements for the project. A WBS of project
plan is included this report for developing the understanding of the effective completion. The
complete charter document would align with the inclusion of the prospects of development and
understanding. The alignment would also be helpful for easing the simplification and
development.
1. Overview
1.1 Summary of Objectives
The objectives of the project of ‘Develop a higher education website for students’ are,
 To design and develop a website comprising of integrated database of higher
education
 To imply the use of project management principles and techniques for aligning
with the formation of operations
 To complete the project in the estimated time and budget exhaustion
1.2 Scope of the Project
The scope of the project of ‘Develop a higher education website for students’ is given
below,
In scope: The documentation of project progress, project plan development, design of
website, development of website, testing, and go live are the in scope items of the project.

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Out of scope: The training and change management are out of scope items of the project
as they are not in need for the completion of the project.
2. MOV analysis
The MOV is the analysis of the project outcomes based on the factors of better, faster,
cheaper, and do more. The project deliverable of website for students has been analysed on these
factors as given below,
Better The development of the website would allow the integration of the information
and aligning the single database for the higher education information.
Faster The students would be able to access the information from a single platform and it
would align with the increasing the faster access to the information.
Cheaper Since no other resources would be required for accessing information, it would
consume less resources for the operations
Do More The students can provide feedback on the information and review it for improving
the operations
3. Project Management Methodology
3.1 Selected Project Management Methodologies
The waterfall methodology has been selected for the development of the website as it
would allow the utilization of the effective and improved operations. The activities would result
in listing the project for developing and designing the website using innovative tools and
operations. The following diagram would show the waterfall methodology model,