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Project Summary
Project summary provides a description of the project and the business needs it intends to fulfill.
It consists of three parts.
Project Summary
Statement of Need Business
Project Description
or Opportunity Objectives(s)
• An overview of the history behind • Describe the purpose of the • The desired result produced by a
the project. project. This could be a business project that answers or resolves
problem being solved the business problem.
• The description of requests made
by the project sponsor underlying • Or an opportunity for an • Define the specific business
the need for an IT project. improvement from a customer’s objectives of the project and
perspective. correlate them to the strategic
• The business problem can be a
question, issue, or situation,
pertaining to the business, which
needs to be answered or resolved.
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