Assessment item 1 Project Charter and PMP Value: 20% Due date: 13-Mar-2017 Return date: 04-Apr-2017 Submission method options Alternative submission method Task Project Charter and Project Management Plan In this assessment item you have to define the high-level goals and objectives of your project. The Project Charter is a contract between you and the client. It specifies the goals the client wants your project to achieve and items that are in and out of scope for this particular project. All the other phases of the project will be based on the goals specified in this Charter. In addition to the Charter, you also have to devise an initial Project Management Plan. This plan will document the resources (people and budget) for the project as well as a timeline for the different project phases and project milestones. In the Project Management plan you also have to evaluate potential risks that your project may face and propose risk migration strategies. The templates for the Project Charter and Project Management Plan are located in the resources section of the ITC306 Interact site. Rationale Demonstrate the student's ability to identify the different steps in the project development, as well as develop the main artifacts of the process, using project management tools. Demonstrate effective communication skills. Marking criteria Criteria HD DI CR PS FL Project steps are correctly identified (4) All required project steps are correctly identified and appropriately contextualised for the selected project All required project steps are correctly identified and are applied to the selected project with some contextualisation All required project steps are correctly identified and are applied to the selected project Most required project steps are correctly identified and applied to the selected project Multiple project steps are missing or not applied to the selected project Project charter contains all required information (4) Effectively builds upon supplied template to provide all relevant information Supplied template is adapted to provide all requested information and additional relevant information Supplied template is accurately completed with all requested information Supplied template is accurately completed with most requested information Supplied template not completed accurately or completely Project charter demonstrates effective written communication skills (4) Consistent application of industry standard language and formatting Well written with some demonstration of industry standard language and formatting Well written with demonstration of academic standard language and formatting Well written but lacks acceptable formatting Writing is not of an acceptable standard. Project management plan contains all required information (4) Effectively builds upon supplied template to provide all relevant information Supplied template is adapted to provide all requested information and additional relevant information Supplied template is accurately completed with all requested information Supplied template is accurately completed with most requested information Supplied template not completed accurately or completely Project management plan demonstrates effective written communication skills (4) Consistent application of industry standard language and formatting Well written with some demonstration of industry standard language and formatting Well written with demonstration of academic standard language and formatting Well written but lacks acceptable formatting Writing is not of an acceptable standard.