Volunteer Project Charter
This template can be used by volunteers and Member Organisations to fully plan their projects based on the initial Project Description Forms provided by Client Managers.
Project name:Background
[What is the overall purpose and impact of this project?]
Start date: / Finish date:
Project objectives
Objective / Importance / Benefit / Measurement
[Insert the project objectives. Each objective should be measurable to the success of the project.] / [High, Medium, Low.] / [Insert the expected benefit that this objective will have.] / [Insert the measurement that will be used to determine that the objective has been achieved.]
Project scope
In scope / Out of scope
Project approach: Deliverables and Milestones
Deliverables/ Outputs / Authority/ Sign-Off
Milestone / Target date
Dependencies, assumptions, and constraints
Project dependencies / Detail
Project assumptions / Detail
Project constraints / Detail
Risk management
Risk description / Impact / Likelihood / Mitigation
[Insert known risks to the project, organisation, community, other.] / [High, Medium, Low.] / [Likely, Possible, Unlikely.] / [Insert action or plan to mitigate.]
Project governance
Project Supervisor:
Volunteer:
Steering committee
Name: / Relationship to project:
Project team [Ensure you discuss and obtain agreement from their respective departments/organisations.]
Name/ Role / Specialist skills/Relationship to project / Expected time commitment and when
Project stakeholders[Internal and external stakeholders impacted by the project, have important information, or are decision makers.]
Name of stakeholder or group / Relationship to project
Project communication plan
[Frequency of project reporting, communication to stakeholders and steering committee/sponsors.]
Quality control
[Quality checks and who is responsible for review/sign-off, including external communications/marketing copy]:
Review and acceptance
This document forms the baseline for the project. Any changes to the project must be approved by the project supervisor.
Project supervisor signature: / Project supervisor name: / Date
Volunteer signature: / Volunteer name: / Date
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