This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.

In this episode you will learn:

- The purpose of the Starting Up a Project (SU) process is to verify project viability before any detailed planning begins.

- The key trigger for the SU process is the Project Mandate, and its main output is the Project Brief.

- Core activities include appointing the Executive and PM, capturing lessons, designing the team, and preparing an OUTLINE Business Case.

- A common exam trap is confusing the pre-project SU process with the more detailed Initiating a Project (IP) process.

- The SU process produces an outline Business Case and an Initiation Stage Plan, not the full Business Case or the complete Project Initiation Documentation (PID).

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