During  this course, you will be the project manager for a project of your  choice. The project could be an office move, hosting an office party, a  work-related project, implementing a new business process, developing a  new product, developing a training program, and more. The project must  have at least four team members and at least five project stakeholders.  If you are unsure if the project will work, please contact your  instructor. 

 You will focus on the beginning stages of project integration and stakeholder management. There are two parts to this assignment 

PART 1

In Part 1, you will complete a project charter for your project. The  project charter should be completed separately and in a Word document.  The project charter will be between 3 to 4 pages in length.Your project charter must contain the following elements:

1. Project Purpose
2. Measurable Project Objectives and Success Criteria
3. High-level Requirements
4. Overall Project Risks
5. Summary Milestone Schedule
6. Preapproved Financial Resources
7. Key Stakeholder List
8. Project Approval Requirements
9. Project Exit Criteria
10. Assigned Project Manager
11. Name and Authority of the Sponsors

PART 2

After  completing the project charter, you will move on to Part 2. For Part 2,  you will conduct a stakeholder analysis and complete a stakeholder  register of your project’s stakeholders. Your stakeholder register  should contain the following information for each stakeholder:

1. Name
2. Title
3. Interest in the Project
4. Power or Authority Level over the Project
5. Requirements for the Project
6. Expectations for the Project

After  completing the stakeholder register, you will complete the stakeholder  analysis by grouping your stakeholders into the four categories  discussed in this week’s lesson. The four categories are listed below:

1. High power and highly interested people.
2. High power and less interested people.
3. Low power and highly interested people.
4. Lower power and less interested people.