ABSTRACT
In this phase there is as yet no program-that is, a program charter does not yet exist. In fact, the purpose of this phase is to justify or provide the business case for the program. A description of the benefits to be achieved, a high-level business case, the highest-level milestones, and a plan for initiation are produced here in order to convince the organization’s program selection process to accept the effort at all, and then as a program rather than a project.
