Project Charter

Now that you have gained project approval we will move forward to the project charter. This will be the "contract" for the project team and the project sponsor.

Read "A Project With No Charter"

Within your project charter the following areas should be addressed and can be found within your text in chapter 4-4:

1.  Title

2.  Scope Overview

3.  Business Case

4.  Background

5.  Milestone Schedule

6.  Risks, assumptions and constraints

7.  Resource Estimates

8.  Stakeholder list

9.  Team Operating Principles

10.  Lessons Learned

11.  Signatures and Commitment