Project Charter

Project Name Project Number

Project Manager Start Date:

Owner(s)

Scheduled Completion Date:

Mission/ Purpose What is your project going to accomplish? How does this project relate to overall goals and objectives of the company? It is part of a program or larger project?

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SOW What will this project create? What is the product of the project? At a high level, how do you plan on doing the work of the project? What are the high-level deliverables for this project?

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Objectives What objectives, if any, of the company is this project designed to meet?

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Business Need Why should we do this project? What will be gained, changed, or modified? Is there a financial or business reason to do this project? This area should contain any feasibility studies, NPV, PI, PB, or PBD used to advance the project.

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Project Manager and Stakeholders Who will lead this project? Who are the major stakeholders?

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Milestones What are the key milestone dates associated with the project?

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Budget What is the order-of-magnitude budget for this project?

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User Acceptance Criteria/Quality What are the minimum success criteria as defined by the key stakeholders?

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High-Level Project Assumptions What are the assumptions on which the project is based?

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High-Level Project Constraints What are the major limiting factors that affect the project?

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Exclusions and Boundaries What are the boundaries of the project? What is to be included and what is to be excluded from the project?

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Major Risks What are the major risks affecting the project?

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KEY STAKEHOLDERS

Project Manager Authority Level

Project Core Team

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) (include company and channel designations if applicable)

APPROVALS

Type Name Signature Date

Project Manager Approval:

Customer/Sponsor Approval: