CAPM Practice: Determine how to follow and execute planned strategies or frameworks

Project initiation is the phase where the project is formally authorized, typically through a project charter. This phase defines the project's high-level scope, objectives, and requirements, and identifies the project manager and their authority level.

**Why not A:** Closing out the project and documenting lessons learned describes the project closing phase, which occurs at the end of the project. Initiation is the beginning phase that authorizes the project, not the phase that concludes it.

**Why not B:** Executing deliverables and monitoring progress against the baseline describes the executing and monitoring/controlling phases. These occur after planning is complete, well beyond the initiation phase.

**Why not D:** Creating detailed work breakdown structures and activity sequences is part of the planning phase. Initiation establishes the high-level scope and authorization — detailed decomposition and sequencing happen during subsequent planning activities.