SOW vs Charter vs Project Scope Statement vs Scope of Work

Submitted by PMP Fighter on Thu, 05/22/2014 - 03:35
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The following is the order of sequence and the meaning of each terms as i understand, am i wrong? Please justify if i am wrong, thanks you.

1. Statement of Work - Create by Sponser
To status the overview of the product/service they want, the budget and the deadline.

2. Project Charter - Create by StakeHolder
To approve the project, status the product/service Description, business case, cost and more define in PMBOK.

3. Project Scope Statement - Create by Project Manager
The Proposal of project, create by PM on Initiating Process Group.

4. Scope of Work - Create by Project Manager
The detail of the work, output of Define Scope process to create WBS.

And finally, what is "Scope Statement", is it same as "Project Scope Statement"?
I search on Google, and i found the wording is quite different.

Thanks you very much for help!

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sunku65

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 06:00

HI PMP Fighter,

The Project Scope is also known as scope statement or statement of work.

This site describes generally easy to understand for your requirements:

http://pmstudycircle.com/2012/05/project-charter-a-document-to-formally-...

 

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admin

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 06:30

According to PMI the Project Charter is the Formal Authorization of a Project. Without a Charter you do not have a project. The SOW is the "description of the products and services" and will reference the Business Need, Scope Description and Organization's Strategic Plan.