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For questions about all aspects of the initiation phase of projects.

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How can a project manager create a plan without having specifications for the product define...

Make that clear as part of the plan, add the risks of having so many unknowns and a lack of defined specifications to the risk register you create during project initiation, and move on with your life. … It's a common issue in project management, and the project's sponsors fundamentally own that risk so long as you've done your due diligence in pointing that out during project initiation. …
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Is initiating a project part of the project management?

While those elements are often captured in project initiation artifacts, there's usually a person, committee, or role that effectively sponsors the project. … That's pretty much what real project initiation looks like. …
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What is the document that must be provided by a client before contracting?

A Contract is Anything to Which Two or More Parties Can Legally Agree There's no singular answer to this question, and most of the question is out of scope for project management. It's more properly a …
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Who are the stakeholders of my new communications app project?

Analysis I'm going to highlight a few items and assumptions from your question in order to answer based on the limited information provided. You say: I am developing a communications app to help coll …
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Should I write the performance or the architectural specification first?

The Project Management View As always, your project initiation (including stakeholder expectations and project sponsorships) will drive a lot of this conversation. …
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How to articulate ROI for "strategic" project?

TL;DR Regardless of whether or not you use ROI or something else as a core metric, your real problem is that you need a way to measure the current and future value of communications. Measuring value …
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