Build a Project Charter

Title Page

Project Mission Statement (NOT ORGANIZATION)

Project Scope

What is the project trying to accomplish?

High-level Requirements

What do you want to achieve with completing this project? What do you want your outcomes to be?

Assigned Project Manager and Authority Level

Who ist he project manager and what is their authority and when do they escalate and to who

Summary Milestones

Key dates

The project will kick off on Metrics will be defined by Planning will occur for Implementation will go live on

Stakeholder Influences

Who are your stakeholders and why

Functional Organizations and Their Participation

Which departments will be part of this project and what is their role

Organizational Environmental and External Assumptions and Constraints

What considerations do need to be reviewed that may impact the project

Financial Business Case

What is your financial story? Growing profit is not always the main indicator. What is the downstream effect of the project? (Ex/ Add of nurse call lights – this is an added expense but if it decreases patient falls, what is the cost and quality hit by not doing this and what is the downstream affect)

Please discuss metrics.

Executive Project Sponsor with Approval Signature

Who is the project sponsor and title?