Project Charter Using the Project Charter Template, choose either planning a birthday party or planning a ten year high school reunion as your base project to work with. Remember this is your project definition, so write out your information clearly in business language.
- Be sure to fill out each section in detail using as much information as possible. The charter has guidance on it in red font, so please follow this and then remove any template evidence from your assignment.
- There may be information that is not easily accessible, so you may have to conduct some nominal research, as this is a fictitious project. Make this document as professional looking as possible. You are the project manager for the reunion or birthday party. Therefore, present the documentation as if this is going to the client that “hired” you as the project manager to plan their special occasion.
- Follow the guidance and instructions in each section of the template.
MUST USE THIS TEMPLATE
Project Charter Template
| Project Name | Give your project a name | ||
| Project Manager | This is you | Start Date: | mm/dd/yyyy |
| Sponsor |
This is a person with a title. The sponsor is your client and the one who controls the progress of the project and holds the purse strings.
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Completion Date: | Mm/dd/yyyy
Remember this is not the day of the reunion or birthday party. The end date is after the close out when you paid your vendors, dismissed the team and finalized the project. |
Mission |
What is the purpose? What does your project accomplish? | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Scope | What are you delivering to your client? Remember to list all items to be delivered (food, entertainment, a project plan, and all other components) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Assumptions and Constraints |
What conditions are you working under that you want to highlight to your client. For example, working with a firm budget, the dates are not flexible, etc. |
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| Key Events | Key milestones, decisions, dates. It is best to have this in a table format so it is clear to the reader what the chronology and key events are from the beginning through project closure. Remember there are tasks to be done after the actual event.
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| Cost/Financial Assumptions | It is best to have a table here with a breakdown of labor, materials, contingency funds, and a final budget amount. You make up your own budget.
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| User Acceptance Criteria/Quality | Internal standards? Customer’s standards? Make this a checklist of what your client would consider a successful and acceptable project. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Major Risks | Negative and positive risks. List 5-10 show stoppers that you would want your client to be aware of. This should be in a table with mitigation plans and owners. Risks should be specifically worded. A mitigation plan is what you will do if the risk becomes an issue. For example, if the risk is inclement weather, the mitigation plan would be to have an alternate location to host the event.
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| Project Team: |
Name, Title, Contact Info
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| Subject Matter Experts (SME) |
Name, Title, Contact Info
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Signature |
Date |
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| Project Manager
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This is you.
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