A project charter is a document with high level scope, main stakeholders, objectives, risks, project manager authority etc. This is a signed document that formally authorizes a project.
Project Charter would normally include
- Business Case
- Project Manager authority
- Main Stakeholders and their function, role, influence etc.
- Measurable goals
- Key Project constraints and priorities (scope, time, cost, quality etc)
- Scope of the project
- Requirements
- Assumptions
- High level risks
- High level deliverable and milestones
- High level cost and schedule estimates
- Key Success Factors
Key points to remember
- Project Charter should not be changed often. So it should be generic and should contain high level goals, objectives, scope etc.
- Project Charter must be signed by someone external to project and with appropriate authority such as Sponsor, PMO etc.
- Project must not start before signed Project Charter.
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the report has not put in detail the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders