The following are project artifacts necessary to initiate a project:
- Project Charter
- Project Statement of Work (SOW)
- High-Level Business Case
- Enterprise Environmental Factors
- Organizational Process Assets
Enterprise Environmental Factors
At the beginning stages of a project, enterprise environmental factors (introduced in Chapter 1) may not be easy to identify. However, these factors can influence and affect the development or content of a Project Charter and the initiation of a project. Governmental and industry standards, for example, are factors that should be considered and detailed in a Project Charter if applicable. Regulations are also environmental factors that should be documented in a Project Charter if these will have an effect on a project. Organizational culture and structure are environmental factors that can influence and affect the development of a Project Charter, for example, since these may dictate its development such as format, content, etc.
Excerpts from:
How to Initiate a Project and More, Dowdell, 2017