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, eg new legislation, contracts with third parties?
  When do we expect to be able to commence?
  What is the initial expectation for the duration of the project (and any intermediate stages or phases)?
  Over what period of time should benefit be assessed for the purposes of prioritisation and the benefit case?
Control How will the project be managed and controlled?
  Who has ultimate responsibility, accountability and authority for the project?
  Who handles day-to-day Project Management?
  Which people form the executive control body (eg steering committee) such that they can deliver the full stewardship, decision making, resourcing, and funding that is required for or on behalf of the sponsors?
  How do these participants expect to participate, eg frequency of meetings, format, formality, reports, minutes etc?

Source: Simon Wallace, 1999-2007

2.3 More About the Definition of a Project
Clearly, a key part of project definition is establishing the project scope, but a project can only be considered properly defined when several other things are established, have you considered any of these?
  who will fill each project role (project manager, project sponsor, etc);
  are there nominated suppliers who will supply resources and when;
  what the project will cost (estimates);
  how long it will take, what will be done when (plan/schedule);
  how work will be tracked, controlled and reported;
  what the risks are and how they will be managed;
  how the quality of the project's products will be assured

If you ask people what factors cause problems in projects these are the sort of things they will say:
  Undefined scope;
  Unclear objectives;
  Unclear roles and responsibilities;
  Vague requirements;
  Lack of leadership from sponsor;
  Lack of user involvement;
  Inadequate planning;
  Scope creep;
  Uncontrolled change;
  Inadequate monitoring and reporting;
  Team know it's impossible but management believe it will be done;
  Ignoring reality, wishful thinking;
  Inadequate communication
Source: Project Management Book. Copyright M Harding Roberts 2006 2007 2008 2009

There is no hard and fast rule how these process's are actioned, however the flow chart shown below gives an indication of the stages involved. In most projects it does take a number of attempts to produce a correct definition acceptable to all stakeholders.

Diagram 1.

In some instances an outline of the business case and a description of how this project supports business strategy its plans or programmes including the reason for selection of this solution.
Also:
  What should the customer's quality expectations be when the project is completed
  What will be the Clients Acceptance Criteria for the completed or at stages of the project.
  Any risks known to the client are included into the brief so that any financial implications can be best resolved.
  The estimated target expenditure for the project, including stage paym