Project Charter Template
This project charter template enables you to accurately record all the necessary details in one document to formally announce the existence and commencement of a project. The project charter document provides the selected project manager with the authority to organize and control the defined resources of the organization for the duration of the project.
What Questions Should it Answer?
The project charter is a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and specifies initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholder's needs and expectations. It should answer the following questions:
- 1) What is the project going to do?
- 2) What is the business case for doing it?
- 3) Who wants it done?
- 4) Where is the money coming from?
- 5) Who is going to manage the work?
- 6) Who is going to do the work?
Whether the project is a complex or simplistic one it will require the author of the project charter to seek out subject matter experts to help compile the necessary data for this document. This information will be acquired through a variety of group activities, meetings, group discussions and exchange of ideas. All this data will then have to fitted into the guidelines and culture of the organization, including all their proprietary procedures, processes and policies.
