If you are the project manager for a new project. You have collected the necessary input information and delivered the project charter to the stakeholders. What should you do next?

Question

Options

• ADevelop the preliminary project scope statement.
• BGet the project charter signed.
• CStart to create project plan
• DStart the initial project planning process.

• A
  11% (3)
• B
  81% (22)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

Getting the project charter signed is the critical next step because a signed charter formally authorizes the project, grants the project manager authority, and must be approved before any planning work begins - without it, the project has no official standing.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Preliminary scope statement): This is a planning output that comes after the charter is signed and the project is formally authorized.
• C (Create project plan): Planning activities are premature until the charter is approved; you cannot plan an unauthorized project.
• D (Initial planning process): Same issue as C - the planning process group only begins once the charter has been formally signed and accepted by stakeholders.

Memory tip: Think of the charter signature as the "green light." You've handed over the paperwork (delivered the charter), but the project doesn't officially exist until someone in authority signs it. No signature = no project = no planning.

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