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PROJECT CHARTER TEMPLATEV1.0
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INTRODUCTION
The Project Charter establishes a partnership between the performing and requesting organizations of a project.
An approved Project Charter formally initiates a project and is typically used for project kick-off.
The Project Manager should ideally participant in creating the Project Charter.
The Project Charter provides the Project Manager with the required authority to plan and execute the project.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Project Purpose & Description Project Objectives High Level Requirements Summary Milestone Schedule Estimated Project Costs / Budget Stakeholder Project Manager Project Organization High Level Risks Training Needs Change Management Technical Decisions Conflict Resolution
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PROJECT PURPOSE & DESCRIPTION
o Describe the main purpose or justification of the project. Consider using parts of the business case and other available agreements related to the project.
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PROJECT OBJECTIVES
o Describe the main objectives of the project. Please considero Scopeo Timeo Costo and other areas of interest
Objectives Success Criteria
Sponsor
Scope
Time
Cost
xxx
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HIGH LEVEL REQUIREMENTS
o Define the high level requirements for the product or services for which the project has been set up
o Think about using a requirements traceability matrix from the very beginning of the project to properly document each requirement
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SUMMARY MILESTONE SCHEDULE
o Provide a summary of expected milestones for the product or service of this project.
o In case of known time constraints, please describe them here as well.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Kick Off
Start Design
Start Build
Start Test
Go-Live
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ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS / BUDGET
o Provide high level estimated project costs and budget for the project.
o Depending on information available, describe overall budget and budget for individual project phases.
o Use business case information
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STAKEHOLDER
o List the key stakeholders and describe their role.
Stakeholder Role
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PROJECT MANAGER
o This is to officially nominate and authorize the project manager of the project.
o Authorization level should be mentioned here as well
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PROJECT ORGANIZATION
o Draft a high level org chart for the key areas of the project.
Project Managers<>
Bus. Owners<>
PMO<>
Bus. Owners<>
Project Managers<>
Program Manager<>
Development Lead<>
Test Lead<>
Training Lead<>
Functional Lead<>
Developer<>
Developer<>
Developer<>
Training SME<>
TechnicalLead<>
Architecture SME<>
Test Team<>
Functional Team<>
Infrastructure SME <>
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HIGH LEVEL RISKS
o Describe the major known risks and how to mitigate them.
# Description
Impact Probability Response
Responsible
Status
1 Scope changes
High 75% Mitigate John Doe open
2
3
4
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TRAINING NEEDS
o Describe the known training needs in case of introducing o New softwareo New productso New serviceso Organizational changes
o Consider also possible training need to deliver the project.
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT
o Describe the organizational change management need to obtain acceptance for the new product or service coming with the project.
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TECHNICAL DECISIONS
o Describe any technical decisions critical for the project.o Architectural changes o Infrastructure changeso Etc.
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CONFLICT RESOLUTION
o Describe the process to solve conflicts. Define an escalation path.