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4.1.1.3 Agreements

Agreements are used to define initial intentions for a project. Agreements may take the form of contracts,
memorandums of understanding (MOUs), service level agreements (SLA), letter of agreements, letters of intent,
verbal agreements, email, or other written agreements. Typically, a contract is used when a project is being
performed for an external customer.

4.1.1.4 Enterprise Environmental Factors

Described in Section 2.1.5. The enterprise environmental factors that can influence the Develop Project Charter
process include, but are not limited to:

• Governmental standards, industry standards, or regulations (e.g. codes of conduct, quality standards,
or worker protection standards),
• Organizational culture and structure, and
• Marketplace conditions.

4.1.1.5 organizational Process Assets

Described in Section 2.1.4. The organizational process assets that can influence the Develop Project Charter
process include, but are not limited to:
• Organizational standard processes, policies, and process definitions,

• Templates (e.g., project charter template), and
• Historical information and lessons learned knowledge base (e.g., projects, records, and documents; all
project closure information and documentation; information about both the results of previous project
selection decisions and previous project performance information; and information from the risk
management activity).

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