Phase I – Project Charter

Review the assignment requirements for the project/paper (Located under Course Home). You must address each of the areas in Phase I and upload your completed paper in Canvas. Please remember, a project charter is only a high-level overview and summary of the project. The template you’ll use for this assignment can be found via the below link or in the Course Files (title: Phase 1 – Project Charter). Use the headings in the rubric to organize your paper, but be sure that your narrative under each heading is a written paragraph(s), not bullets.

Phase I: Initiate – Project Charter

Review the assignment requirements for the project/paper (Located under Course Home).
You must address each of the areas in Phase I and upload your completed paper in Canvas.
Please remember, a project charter is only a high-level overview and summary

of the project.

Area Possible

Points
Points
Given

Project Title and Description
• Explain what the project is and how it will be accomplished.
• Explain the intended outcome of this project.
• What is the background/history of how the project got to this point?

3

Project Purpose
• State the purpose of the project.
• Explain why this project is important and what need it is fulfilling.
• Identify any mandates, policies, or laws that are driving this project.

2

Business Case/Requirement
• How is the project going to benefit the organization?
• Discuss what other alternatives were considered.
• Identify the high-level business requirements that the project is going

to fulfill. Do not get detailed on requirements – we will cover this in
more detail in a later assignment.

2

Constraints
• Identify those situations or events that must be considered and

accounted, for which the project has no control over. An example
may be a deadline or completion date, hardware/software, or funds.

2

Risks
• Identify and explain at least 3 high-level risks.

4

Project Deliverables
• What is going to be delivered at the completion of the project?
• This is a high-level overview of the deliverable, not specific details.

2

Project Milestones
• Identify at least 8 project milestones. Include a date, name, and

milestone description.

4

Project Manager
• Identify the project manager. Identify the project manager’s skills.
• What would you do to mitigate a lack of experience or training?

2

Project Employees/Roles/Responsibilities
• Identify the project employees. They may be internal or external.
• Include a description of their roles and responsibilities.

2

Project Sponsor
• Identify the project sponsor(s).
• Explain what role they will play in the planning and implementation

of the project.

2

Subtotal 25
Spelling, Grammar, and APA errors (-2 points for each error)
Total 25

Running head: Project Management Final Project Approval 1

Project Management Final Project Approval 4

Future Link IT is an internet service provider providing internet services, telephone services, and other IT solutions to its customers. The company is the 56th fixed wireless provider in the United States, offering services in 53 zip codes nationwide. The company has been credited with offering one of the best wireless internet services in the areas of provision. The technical department offers various solutions to customers including ERP support, disaster prevention and cyber security. The company has excellent customer support with a technical team that can help clients with their issues.

The company is more interested in serving the client and offering solutions that will benefit the client and their business. Most companies look into profit margins rather than providing solutions to the client. There are advancements in the technology industry that are driving small companies out of business unless they can change with the tide. Cloud computing services are one of the current trends in the technology industry that is beneficial to both the client and the company offering it. It is about storing data over the internet. The project I am working on is the introduction of cloud computing services as part of the solutions being offered by Future Link IT. This is a move towards the future of the company. As it will also show, the company is advancing towards the future if information technology and communication.

There are three risks that the project team may encounter during the project, and they are budget and resources, integration, and technology risk. The project being for a new service, there may be chances of overrunning the budget. This may also affect the resources required to complete the project. To minimize this risk, the project team will look into the same project in other organizations to come up with workable estimates for the budget. Integrating the new technology with the existing technology may offer a significant hurdle for the team. This will require experts in cloud computing to be part of the project team to make functional designs. Technology risk involves any service outage that may interrupt the project. The management will ensure that backups are provided in the case of an outage.

The references I plan to use during my project are relevant to the project as they are about cloud computing and the organization. This will provide an insight into the organization and how various systems work in the organization. It will also offer the benefits of cloud computing, how it is integrated into an organization, and how it is changing the technology industry.