Project Charter Template: Want More Best Practices? Visit
Project Charter Template: Want More Best Practices? Visit
A Project Charter lists the main goals of a project as well as a detailed plan for how to attain those goals. This detailed plan involves
identifying the relevant stakeholders and determining the roles and responsibilities of each individual involved with the project.
Project Charter is beneficial because it can be created for an existing or future project, making it a useful project management tool.
Additionally, a Project Charter is an effective presentation tool for upper-level management, organizational clients, or potential investors
and can be used as an accountability mechanism that ensures each member of the project team is doing their job and has a shared
understanding of the project.
Use the template on the next page to outline your Project Charter.
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Complete the project charter using existing data
Project Name Edit this text with project name Project Leader Edit this text with leader’s name
Sponsor Edit this text with sponsor’s name
Description & Goals Edit this text with project background and purpose
Project Manager Edit this text with project manager’s name
• Edit this text with in-scope items
In •
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Estimated Budget $
Scope
• Edit this text with out-of-scope items • Edit this text listing key resources needed
Out • Key Resources •
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Business Case Edit this text with the justification for starting the project
Key Milestones
Time Edit this text to describe time deadlines mm/dd/yyyy Edit this text with milestone
mm/dd/yyyy Edit this text with milestone
Budget Edit this text to describe budget limits
mm/dd/yyyy Edit this text with milestone
Constraints
Quality Edit this text to describe quality criteria mm/dd/yyyy Edit this text with milestone
mm/dd/yyyy Edit this text with milestone
Scope Edit this text to describe non-negotiable scope items
Project Approval
• Edit this text to outline key deliverables
Deliverables • mm/dd/yyyy Edit this text with approver’s name
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Actions
Create an action plan to guide the process of developing your project charter, or to define the steps in building out your full project plan.
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