PK0-005 Tools and Documentation Practice Question
Which project document formally authorizes the project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources?
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Project charter
The project charter is the document that formally authorizes the project and gives the project manager authority. The project management plan describes how the project will be executed. The scope statement defines the scope. The stakeholder register lists stakeholders.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Stakeholder register
Why it's wrong here
The stakeholder register records stakeholder identification, interest, influence and engagement approach; it grants no project authorisation or resource authority. It is tempting because stakeholder analysis is central to engagement planning, and would be the correct document when determining how to manage a particular stakeholder's involvement.
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Project charter
Why this is correct
The project charter formally authorises the project by establishing the project manager’s authority to apply organisational resources, directly satisfying the stem’s requirement for a document that grants both formal approval and resource allocation power. Unlike a project scope statement, which defines deliverables and boundaries after initiation, the charter is the single binding authorisation instrument that triggers the project’s official start and legitimises resource use.
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Project management plan
Why it's wrong here
The project management plan describes how the project will be executed, monitored and controlled; it does not authorise the project or grant resource authority. It is tempting because it is the master document guiding delivery, and would be the correct reference for baselines, subsidiary plans and change control.
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Scope statement
Why it's wrong here
The scope statement defines deliverables, boundaries and acceptance criteria; it neither authorises the project nor confers resource-application authority. It is tempting because scope documentation underpins planning and prevents scope creep, and would be the correct choice when confirming what work is in or out of the project.
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