From Business Case to Project Charter

As a project manager, the two most common ways to receive a project are through a written hand-off of a business case or a verbal "make this happen." Having the ability to understand the business case need behind the project will help you write an effective project charter to increase the likelihood that your project will succeed. This course will teach you to take a business case and frame it in a project charter. It will also teach you the most critical parts of a project charter to help define the business need if it was not included in the project hand-off.
Name: From Business Case to Project Charter
Credit(s): 0.45 CEU's
Course Days: See Dates/Times Tab Below
Location: Map
Notes: There is a prerequisite for this course, see Prerequisite Tab below

Course Details

Length: 4 hours

Audience

People who lead teams, departments, change initiatives, process improvement efforts, and/or determine goals and strategic plans.

Competencies

  1. Understand how the elements of a business case transfer to a project charter
  2. Recognize the audience for a project charter
  3. Appreciate the elements of an effective project charter
  4. Learn to critique your own charters with a best practice checklist
  5. Write a project charter based on business case

Prerequisites

To take this course, you must also register for Building the Business Case for Change.

Price/Logistics

Price: $150.00 Early Bird Pricing: $135.00 up to 4 weeks prior to the course start date.

Course Texts: no texts are used in this course

If your organization has at least 6 participants and you desire to host the class at your site or if you would like to customize this course specifically for your organization, contact Beth Schaefer at 651-999-5834 or beth.schaefer@metrostate.edu

Cancellation Policy:

Class cancellations must be done fourteen full business days before the class start date.  No refunds for cancellations of less than fourteen full business days.  No Shows/Missed Classes – Refunds will not be issued for any missed class.  Late Arrivals/Early Departures – Metropolitan State University reserves the right to decrease continuing education units issued for late arrivals and early departures.  Written confirmation will be sent to you a week before class.  If a class is canceled, you will be contacted by phone, mail, or email.  Metropolitan State University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as weather (a full refund will be granted).

Testimony

This course is new for this academic year.

Dates/Times

Project Management courses, series, and certificates will run again in the fall of 2020.  If you would like to be notified when the schedule is posted, click here, enter your email address and select Project Management.