Project Charter

Project Charter
Use this template to complete the project charter for your selected project. Add your own information for each section of the charter. Be sure to delete the italicized instructional text.

Project Title:
Project Start Date:
Projected Finish Date:
Budget Information:
Project Manager: Add name, e-mail address, and phone number here.

Business Need
Briefly describe the business need/requirement for the project in this section. Indicate how this will align with organizational strategic goals and objectives.
Project Objectives
Provide a brief statement regarding the implementation of the project. For example, “Implement…” Follow the statement with bullet points regarding the major deliverables.
Approach
Provide a brief description regarding how the project will be managed. For example: This project will be managed in accordance with the PMI approach as modified.
Assumptions/Constraints/Dependencies
State your assumptions. For example: It is assumed that the infrastructure to support the application is in place and requires no updates. (This is an example only; modify to suit your project situation).
State possible constraints. For example: A constraint might be the resources for this project may not be available as needed and alternative solutions may be required.
State possible dependencies. For example: A dependency might be this project is dependent on the infrastructure project (name) to be completed before this project can proceed.
Initial Risk Factors
Describe the risk factors identified to date.
Regulatory cost/impact
Indicate what regulatory impacts must be considered (for example, SOX, HIPAA, GLB, SEC rules, local and state licensing, permits, and so on).

Roles and Responsibilities
Identify all stakeholders and indicate their roles and responsibilities here. (You may use fictitious stakeholders in this section). Add additional table rows as needed.

Role Name Organization and Position Contact Information
Project sponsor
Project manager