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The '''Project Initiation Documentation''' bundles the information which was acquired through the [[[[PRINCE2#Starting_up_a_project_.28SU.29|Starting up a Project]]]] and [[Initiating a Project]] processes in a [[PRINCE2]] controlled project environment. Since PRINCE2's 2009 revision it explicitly renamed the '''Document''' part of the initial definition into '''Documentation''', which means that the methodology not so much seeks a master document describing all of the project at hand, but more the collection of documents until Authorizing a Project up to then created.

Keeping that in mind, the '''Project Initiation Document''', or '''PID''', is a [[PRINCE2]] term representing the [[plan of approach]] in project management. It is assembled from a series of other documents, including the [[Business Case]], the [[Terms of Reference]], the Communication Plan, the [[Risk register]], the Project Tolerances, the [[Project plan]], and any specific project controls or inspections as part of a departmental [[Quality plan]] or common project approach. The PID represents a detailed version of the basic project start-up document called the [[Project Brief]].