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The Project Brief provides a brief of overview of the project and it is mainly written for the Project Board. It is used to provide a full and firm foundation for Initiating a Project and is created in the Starting up a Project process by the Project Manager. The Project Brief is then used in the Initiating a Project process and extended into the Project Initiation Documentation . Sometimes the Project Brief is also referred to as the Project Charter (PMBOK® Guide) and Project Summary (P3.express).

Timeline Project Brief

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Sample Project Brief

Project Brief

Sample online Project Brief

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Project Brief example: Driving School project

Source data for the Project Brief

Format of the Project Brief

Quality Criteria Project Brief

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