Project Charter Template Example (Remember to give your project a name and remove any evidence that this is a 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. / 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?
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)
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.

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.
Date / Milestone
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.
Materials (broken down into categories)
Labor Costs
Final Budget Amount
User Acceptance Criteria/Quality / Internal standards? Customer’s standards? Make this a checklist of what your client would consider a successful and acceptable project.
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.
Risk / Mitigation Plan / Owner
KEY STAKEHOLDERS
Names
Project Team: / Name, Title, Contact Info
Subject Matter Experts (SME) / Name, Title, Contact Info
APPROVALS
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Signature
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Date
Project Manager / This is you.
Owner/Sponsor