Project Charter Template
Project Charter Template
Project Charter Template
Description
Project need: [Click here and briefly describe the reason for the project]
Project description: [Click here and briefly describe the project (Preliminary scope
statement)]
Project Start Date: [Click here and type date]
Projected Finish Date: [Click here and type date]
Goal
[Click here and enter measurable and specific objectives accomplished by this project]
Resources
Financial: [Click here and enter projected budget in whole currency amount]
Personnel: [Click here and summarize personnel required to complete this project]
Material: [Click here and outline materials required to complete this project]
Approach
[Click here and outline high-level steps and milestone dates to complete this project]
Sign-off
[Click here and type sponsor name], [Click here and type sponsor title] Date
[Click here and type project manager name], [Click here and type project manager title] Date
Comments
Project Charter Template Instructions
The layout and contents of this template are recommendations and should be modified to fit
organizational and/or project requirements. The fields of the template and their contents are
described below:
Project Title: The title of the project. This may be a new online registrations system, a new
Description: A description of the project the clearly describes the bounds of the project. The
Project need: A short paragraph that overviews the reason for this project. Examples of this
field are: A new online registration system to replace the manual telephone based system to
Project description: A paragraph that describes the bounds of the project and may include high-
level deliverables of the project. This paragraph is the preliminary project scope statement that
may describe what is included in the project deliverables and what is not included in the project
deliverables. This statement will be refined in the project planning phase, described in the
chapter 3. However, the boundaries outlined here must be adhered during this refinement
process.
Project Start Date: The planned start of the project – the planned project charter agreement
date.
Projected Finish Date: The date when the project is placed into production or the course is
delivered.
Goal: The goal of this course development. An example of this might be ‘Develop and deliver a
Assumptions: A summary of the conditions assumed in the project. A sample of this might be:
Each participant in this course will have access to Microsoft Word and Excel. In addition, the
participants will have at least 56kb Internet access and access to an e-mail client.
Constraints: A summary of the constraints for this project. An example of this might be: This
project will be developed using existing Internet development applications and existing
resources.
Risks: An outline of the potential risks involved with this project. An example of a risk for this
project this might be identifying limited information technology staff to support the design,
Resources
Financial: The projected budget, in whole currency, for the project. This item is one entry that
Personnel: The total number of people required to complete this project. This value is the total
of the number of full-time and full-time equivalent personnel required to complete the project.
Material: An outline of the materials required to complete the project – not operate the project
application, 10 desktop personal computers with access to a development server with 120 GB of
storage.
Approach: An outline of the high-level steps and milestone dates planned to complete this