Local Government Reform Project Charter

This project charter outlines the Local Government Reform Project, including its purpose, description, risks, stakeholders, budget, objectives, and success criteria.

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Project Title: Local Government Reform Project
Project Sponsor:
LIC, and combined executive
team Date Prepared: 9th June 2018
Project Manager: <Anonymous> Project Customer: Local community
Executive Summary:
The main aim of the proposed project is the development of an organization which is new which would
be able to meet the legislative requirement which would be affecting the outcome of the project. It can be
stated here that it is very much obvious that the project would be divided into different parts and phases
with the main aim of reaching to a particular goal of the project and objectives of the project. There
should be an efficient delivery of the project relating to the aspects of interim, review and transition.
Project Purpose or Justification:
The main aim of the report is provide a guideline which is related to the aspect of the preparation and
management of the transition of the new government which is local in form. The establishment of the
organization was done in the year 2015 July covering the area of city of Swan and Shire of mundaring.
This project was basically designed to be able to deliver the objective and the expectation of the
customer or the user considering the aspect of meeting the legislative agreements and business.
Project Description:
The main working of the project would be divided into three parts which mainly consist of analyzing the
present situation and the process of the project management. This phase would be involving the sector
of delivering the project in a standard and effective manner. After this phase there would be the delivery
endorsement of the project management that was mainly established in the phase which was done
previously and followed by the transition phase which would be executed in the commenced after the
existence of the new entity.
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Initial Risks:
…
Risk Id Risk
Statement
Probability Impact Score Strategy Response
R 001 Creep scope 5 5 25 Implementation
of proper
quality
Implementation
of proper
quality
R 002 Escalation of
schedule
4 5 25 Planning in a
proper manner
Planning in a
proper manner
R 002 Not meeting
the proper
satisfaction of
the customer
5 4 20 Monitoring in
an effective
and
appropriate
manner
Monitoring in
an effective
and
appropriate
manner
R 003 Budget
escalation
4 5 16 Proper
estimation of
budget
Proper
estimation of
budget
R 004 Gap in
communication
3 4 12 Plan of
communication
management
Plan of
communication
management
R 005 Agreement of
legal
2 5 10 Agreement of
legal in a
proper manner
Agreement of
legal in a
proper manner
R 006 Lack of
resources
4 3 12 Effective
manner
resource
planning
Effective
manner
resource
planning
Initial Stakeholders:
…
Name Interest Impact Strategies
Suppliers Medium Low Necessary resource growth in the sector of the
development of the project.
Contractors High Medium High quality material being provided and the resources
which belong to the requirement of the project.
CEO High Very high Better aspect related to decision making capability
Combined
executives
Very high Very High Taking up decision which would be effecting the entire
project.
LIC Medium High Coverage of all the risk factors.
Union
representatives
High Medium Legal approval which are related to various matters.
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Project Deliverables:
Enhancement of the resources
Increase in the sector of support related to financial.
Better development of assets. Service integration in a manner which is effective.
Enhanced and better management of the organization.
Summary Milestones Due Date
Budget 31/ 4/ 15
Corporate Business Plan 4 / 5/ 15
One network 15 / 5 / 15
Customer interface 20 / 5 / 15
Financial set up 23 / 5 / 15
Summary Budget and Feasibility:
The overall budget of the project is estimated to be $1,782,390 and taking into consideration present
time the budget would be increased by 10%. On the other hand the cost of the resources would also be
increasing so the overall stated budget would be $1,960,629.
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Project Objectives and Success Criteria
Scope:
Development of a transition plan which would be establishing a better and proper organization through
the combination of both the organizations.
Time:
Five years
Cost:
$ 1,960,629
Quality:
The quality of the project should be good enough to be accepted by the customers.
Other:
Customer needs are fully meet and taken into consideration.
Acceptance Criteria:
The main acceptance criteria would be reach to the desired standard of the project were all the criteria
are meet properly.
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Project Approval and Manager
Project Approval Requirements:
The project approval and the draft is passed by the authority and now the development of the new
project should be implemented and the objective of the project should be reached.
Project Manager:
The project manager has a role of delivering a standard plan of the project taking into consideration the
need of the stakeholders and the proper quality of the project.
Approvals:
Project Manager Signature Sponsor or Originator Signature
Project Manager Name Sponsor or Originator Name
Date Date
References:
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