Project charter for the St. Dismas Assistance Living Facility

Project charter for the St. Dismas Assistance Living Facility

Develop a project charter for the St. Dismas Assistance Living Facility Case Study. You should develop a

Scope statement and work breakdown structure (WBS) for this project.

Project scope statement and a work breakdown structure. Develop a project charter for the St. Dismas
Assistance Living Facility Case Study. You should develop a Scope statement and work breakdown
structure (WBS) for this project. Include the standared title page, introduction, scope statement, WBS and

conclusions. That is the instruction.

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Project Charter for the St. Dismas Assistance Living Facility

Purpose of Project Charter
The purpose of this project charter is to develop a project charter for the St. Dismas Assistance
Living Facility Case Study.
The project charter for the St. Dismas Assistance Living Facility project charter documents and
tracks the necessary information required by decision maker(s) to approve the project for
funding. The project charter should include the needs, scope, justification, and resource
commitment as well as the project’s sponsor(s) decision to proceed or not to proceed with the
project. It is created during the Initiating Phase of the project.
The intended audience of the project charter for the St. Dismas Assistance Living Facility project
charter is the project sponsor and senior leadership.
Project and Product Overview:
The living facility that is intended for development is for St. Dismas church. The facility is to
provide residence for the church leaders who have been renting living premises for a very long
time. This has been too expensive for the church. The living facility is intended to commence
being constructed as soon as possible when the funds are made available. The facility is intended
to be put up within the church compound and will take a period of 18 months. The total amount
expected for the project is $1.5M

Justification

The facility will be very useful for both church members and church leaders. St.Dismas church
has a total population of 300,000 church members who need spiritual nourishment from their

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leaders. The leaders and the spiritual providers therefore are required to be within the church
premises so that they can be accessed by the church members so easily. Therefore, development
of this living facility will have so much impact to St.Dismas church members and the society as a
whole.

Scope

Objectives
The objectives of the St. Dismas Assistance Living Facility project are as follows:
 To construct a five storey building for accommodation of the church leaders
 To furnish the living facility with all the necessary furniture
 To buy more land for further development
High-Level Requirements
The following table presents the requirements that the project’s product, service or result must
meet in order for the project objectives to be satisfied.
Requirement I Requirement Description
Land ownership The land is present. However, the builder and house design are

selected separately.

Construction and
design
requirements

All works and practices in relation to the construction must be
ccompleted:

(Schwalbe, 2009).

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Major Deliverables
The following table presents the major deliverables that the project’s product, service or result
must meet in order for the project objectives to be satisfied.
Major Deliverable I Deliverable Description

Issuance of required permits This are very necessary since no construction can take

a place without them

Contractor’s scope of work and
Schedule of Values

This is the definition of the worl plan

Subcontractor and Material
Suppliers

This involves the delivery of all the builing materials.

(Heldman, 2011).
Boundaries
The project work will not include construction of pavements and the block fence. In addition, it
is not automatic that the contractor’s contract will be renewed in case of any other form of
construction.

Duration

Timeline
The designing of the project would take a period of two month, construction work until its
completion a total of 16 month from December 2014 to 2016 March.
Assumptions, Constraints and Risks

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Assumptions
The living houses are being constructed to provide accommodation to the church leaders. The
assumption is that the church leaders are having challenges in getting accommodation.
Constraints
There might be time constraints especially in finishing the construction within the scheduled
time. This is due to changes in weather patterns which are unpredictable.
Risks
The approval of the construction by the government authorities might delay the project work. A
possible mitigation strategy would be to schedule requirement sessions with the partners as early
as possible.

Project Organization

Roles and Responsibilities
This section describes the key roles supporting the project.
Project Role Project Responsibilities
Project Sponsor Person responsible for acting as the project’s champion and

providing direction and support to the team.

Government Monitor Government employee who provides the interface between the

project team and the project sponsor.

Contracting Officer Person who has the authority to enter into, terminate, or change a

contractual agreement on behalf of the Government.

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Project Officer A program representative responsible for coordinating with
acquisition officials on projects for which contract support is
contemplated.

Project Manager (This could
include a Contractor Project
Manager or an FTE Project
Manager)

Person who performs the day-to-day management of the project and
has specific accountability for managing the project within the
approved constraints of scope.

Business Steward Person in management, often the Branch Chief or Division Director,

who is responsible for the project in its entirety.

Technical Steward Person who is responsible for the technical day-to-day aspects of the

system including the details of system development.

Security Steward Person who is responsible for playing the lead role for maintaining

the project’s information security.

(Anderson & Forest Products Laboratory 2002).
Stakeholders (Internal and External)
The stakeholders are the church members and other related churches.
Project Charter approval

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The undersigned acknowledge they have reviewed the project charter and authorize and fund the
St. Dismas Assistance Living Facility project. Changes to this project charter will be
coordinated with and approved by the undersigned or their designated representatives.

Signature: Date:
Print Name:
Title:
Role:

Conclusion
This project charter will provide a comprehensive guideline towards implementing the above
named project work.

References

Anderson, L. O., & Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.). (2002). Wood-frame house construction.
New York ; Hong Kong: Books for Buisiness.
Heldman, K. (2011). Project management jumpstart. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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Schwalbe, K. (2009). Introduction to project management. Boston, Mass: Course Technology.