MODULE 1 SOLUTION

EXERCISE:
PROJECT CHARTER

Solution: The project charter must contain the necessary information about the
scope, stakeholders, governance, and the people responsible for implementing the
project.

PROJECT CHARTER

Plan: Education Project

Code: HT2011-12
Date: 10/1/2010

Project Rationale and Purpose:

In August 2010, a program to reorganize the education sector laid the founda-
tion to create an education system for all children that is well-managed, without
school fees, publicly funded, and dedicated to providing quality educational
services as well as social services, for a period of five years. This USD 30 million
project is the first step towards meeting short-term needs for reshaping the
education system and laying the foundation for long-term support for educa-
tion reform.

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 Project Objectives:

Improve the provision and quality of educational services at the preschool and
primary levels in 30 schools.

The objectives of this project are the following:

(i) To provide quality infrastructure

(ii) To improve the overall quality of education and provision of school

supplies, and

(iii) To implement an effective campaign for support and acceptance of

the project

Project Strategy:

The project achieves the objectives through hiring specialized companies to de-
liver works and services on schedule, budget, and quality standards. The project
has identified the communication component as the strategy for gaining accep-
tance and support for the project from the different stakeholders.

Governance Structure:

The Project Management Board (PMB) is made up of the technical director of

the Ministry of Economy and Finance (TD), who acts as chairperson, a director
of the Ministry of Education (DME), a director of the Ministry of Public Works
(MPW), a delegate from the Economic and Social Assistance Fund, a represen-
tative from the Association of Certified Teachers, and a delegate from the civil
society representing the parents and students.

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 Project Management:

Proyect Management Board (PMB)

MEF Technical Director (TD)

Project Manager (PM)

Financial Monitoring
Civil Works Education Communication
Accounting and Evaluation
Specialist Specialist Specialist
Specialist Specialist
(WS) (ES) (CS)
(FS) (ME)

Change Control:

All change requests must be presented to the project manager, who will eva-
luate the impact on both the technical and program areas. This will also serve
to determine the project’s advantages in relation to the cost and time that the
change will require. The project manager will submit the change requests along
with the corresponding analysis to the project’s committee for their approval.
Once the request has been approved, the project manager will proceed to make
the changes to the plans.

Approved by:

Technical Director of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (TD)

Representative from the project’s funding entity

Director of the Ministry of Education (DME)

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