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Project Charter Template 18 Key Fields

1. Description- A high-level description of the project. Details:

2. Goals/Deliverables - The goals and expected deliverables of the project. Details:

. !"siness Case - The driving reasons behind this project.How it will help your customer / company. hy it!s being underta"en. hy it!s

worth doing. Details:

#. The name o$ the P%- ma"ing it o#cial who!ll be running the project andempowering them

$enabling them later to get the resources they will need%.Details:

&. The name o$ the sponsor- and signature $This is "ey because itauthorizesthe project% Details:

'. %ilestones (Time constraints)- such as hard deadlines for the full project itselfor for any of the project!s individual chec"-in points.Details:

*. !"d+et (Cost constraints)- if a budget cap is "nown at charter creation time. Details:

8. ,ta-eholders- the names and roles of the "ey sta"eholders "nown at time ofcharter creation who will be part of the project. Details:

. ,"ccess %etrics- &or measuring 'uality of the deliverables( and customersatisfaction.

Details:

1. 0is-s) hich could jeopardi*e the project!s success( e.g.(If this project is not completed before our competitors product hits the market,our eorts may be in vain.

Details:

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11. ss"mptions- about the project( for example(We are assuming that roughly ten technicians ill be provided for this project,

hich ill be needed in order for this project to come in on deadline. Details:

12. Dependencies +n other projects being underta"en( on mar"et conditions(on pending rules or legislation( or on other external factors.Details:

1. Key Prod"cts yo"3ll "se &or example( "ey project artifacts will be created in, roject

or ocial ,edia software( will be stored in hareoint or larity( etc.

Details:

1#. %a-e or !"y4 0f "nown at this time( is the intent for the team to create thedeliverables

in-house or to manage the procurement from an outside source / vendor1Details:

1&. Contract or ,.5.6. in place4 tatus of contract or .+.. $igned( in-progress( pending1%

Details:

1'. 5ther -ey constraints on this project) $e.g. cope% xample - a new carbeing created as the

deliverable must average 32 mpg in city driving( must surpass certain speci4c'uality metrics(

must comply with certain laws or regulations( etc.Details:

1*. 6hat is 75T part o$ this Project5Details:

18. +ile or 6ater$all4Details:

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