Business Intelligence/Project charter


 * Purpose: Clearly identify the objectives of the BI project. The goals of the project must be made clear to the stakeholders.
 * Input: All documentation
 * Activities: Consolidate Documentation from planning stage
 * Outputs: Acceptance of project charter by frame stakeholders
 * Documentation: Project charter

It is assumed that a project proposal has been delivered and accepted. The next step is to develop a project charter. The project charter is usually a short document that refers to more detailed documents such as a new offering request or a request for proposal. The project charter establishes the authority assigned to the project manager. This is a project management tool used to define the scope, objectives and participants in a project. See wikipedia section on Project Charter or.

Purpose
The purpose of the project charter is to document:
 * Reasons for Project
 * Objectives and constraints
 * Directions concerning the solution
 * Identities of the main stakeholders

Charter contents
The charter should contain:


 * Preliminary delineation of roles and responsibilities
 * An outline of project objectives
 * Identities of the main stakeholders
 * Project manager's authority
 * References to important project documents

Uses
The three main uses of the project charter:


 * To authorize the project - using a comparable format, projects can be ranked and authorized by Return on Investment.
 * Serves as the primary sales document for the project - ranking stakeholders have a 1-2 page summary to distribute, present, and keep handy for fending off other project or operations runs at project resources.
 * As a focus point throughout the project - for example: project as people walk in to team meetings and use in change control meetings to ensure tight scope management.