PMI CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) Examination Content OutlineProject Management Fundamentals and Core ConceptsEasy
A project manager is developing a project document that outlines the business need, high-level project description, and the project manager's assigned authority. Which document is the project manager creating?
- AStakeholder Register
- BProject Management Plan
- CScope Statement
- DProject Charter
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Correct answer: D. Project Charter
The Project Charter is the document that formally authorizes the existence of a project, provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources, and outlines high-level project information including the business need and project description.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. The Stakeholder Register is a list of project stakeholders and their relevant information, not the document authorizing the project.
- B. The Project Management Plan details how the project will be executed, monitored, controlled, and closed, not its initial authorization.
- C. The Scope Statement describes the project deliverables, exclusions, and acceptance criteria in detail, which comes after the charter.
Project Charter
A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.
- Formalizes project existence.
- Grants PM authority.
- Contains high-level project information.
Memory trick: Charter is the 'key' to starting a project.