Creating A Project Charter

$$ Individually create a project charter for your own

project.

$$ Consider what the charter accomplishes:

$$ It authorizes the project.

$$ It defines the business need in full.

$$ It identifies the sponsor of the project.

$$ It identifies the project manager.

$$ It makes the project manager responsible for the project.

$$ It assigns authority to the project manager on behalf of the

project sponsor.

Project Charter Elements

$$ Official project name

$$ Project sponsor and contact

information

$$ Project manager and contact

information

$$ Purpose of the project

$$ Business case for the project

$$ Key deliverables of the

project

$$ General statement about

how the team will approach

the work

$$ Basic timeline of when the

project milestones will be

reached

$$ Project resources, budget,

staff, and vendors

$$ Summary budget

$$ High level assumptions and

constraints

$$ High$-$level risksponsor.