{"id":1689,"date":"2015-09-18T12:19:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T06:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:03:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:33:02","slug":"develop-a-project-charter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/develop-a-project-charter\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Develop a Project Charter: The Essential Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Project Charter is one of the first critical steps in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/5-phases-project-management-lifecycle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project life cycle<\/a>. Without a project charter, a project is like a ship without sails; it doesn\u2019t have what it takes to move forward and lacks direction. According to popular <a title=\"Invensis Learning imparts Project Management training courses through instructor-led classroom training, live online and e-learning mode. Courses include PMP, PRINCE2, P3O, CAPM and others.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/project-management-certification-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">project management certification courses<\/a> approaches, the primary objective is to develop a project charter before initiating a project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main purpose of developing a project charter is to identify the <a title=\"How to Bring Vision to Your Projects and Excel as a Project Manager\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/how-to-bring-vision-to-your-projects-and-excel-as-a-project-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">project vision<\/a>, scope, deliverables, execution, and organization, and implementation plan. It gives direction to the project and helps you to get the buy-in from all the stakeholders on how the project life cycle spans out. The project charter will also help you to <a title=\"5 Ways to Improve Project Success with Better Scope Management\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-improve-project-success-with-better-scope-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">manage the scope of your project<\/a> wherein it determines what needs to be attained at what point in time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J4QYPeP7-os\" width=\"615\" height=\"318\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Critical Steps Involved in Developing a Robust Project Charter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Have a Good Measure of Project Vision:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first and foremost step in creating a project charter is to have a good measure of your project vision. The vision states the purpose of the project and gives a fixed goal to attain to the project team. Develop <a title=\"7 Tips to set SMART Goals for Your Workforce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/7-tips-to-set-right-goals-for-your-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SMART goals<\/a> along with your vision; this happens when the project objectives are clear from the beginning. Your project goals should be specific, measurable, attainable, real, and time-bound (SMART). Once you have documented the vision and the objectives for the project, now you have to define the scope and document the same. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/project-scope-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project scope management<\/a> identifies how the business environment will change during project deliverables.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Defining Project Structure:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This whole activity helps to identify clients, stakeholders, assigning responsibilities, and creating reporting lines. A client is a person or an entity responsible for agreeing to project deliverables and signing of the project to start in the first place. A stakeholder can be a person or an entity depending on the specific interest in the project. A stakeholder is someone who is directly involved in the project in the form of the project owner, team members, project manager, project sponsor, internal to the organization such as a Financial Head or CEO to ensure the project has enough resources and to oversee the project lifecycle or in the form of external entities in project consultants or governmental departments.<\/p>\n<p>Now assign responsibilities by making a list where every key role is involved in a project. It can be project owner, project sponsor, Change Advisory Board (CAB) or project manager. It will be even more helpful if you provide a short summary regarding the responsibility of each member.<\/p>\n<p>After completing the documentation of project structure in the organization, you can create a diagram with project stakeholders and the reporting lines between them using a project organization chart.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Describing Project implementation:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the vision and creating project structure you should now be in a position to describe the project implementation. The project implementation should include key milestones, implementation plan, dependencies and resource plan. Here the implementation plan will include all the steps and activities of the project along with the phases of the project. This in fact gives the stakeholders the confidence that the project has been well thought out. Creating a resource plan should be the next step for the project; this should include all resources such as people, finance, materials, and equipment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Listing Project Risks:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the final step in the project charter where you have to document the risks and issues that might arise down the line in your project. With this activity, you will be better prepared for the risks and you will have a plan B if something goes wrong.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/pmp-certification-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-14626 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PMP-Certification-Training-Banner-4.jpg\" alt=\"PMP Certification Training - Invensis Learning\" width=\"696\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PMP-Certification-Training-Banner-4.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PMP-Certification-Training-Banner-4-300x86.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to Develop A Project Charter?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before even thinking about how to create a Project Charter, one should always start preparing a Project Statement of Work (A written description of the project&#8217;s product, service, or result) and a business Case (Reason for undertaking the project, Solutions to resolve problems, and analysis of the benefit-cost. These factors will work as a baseline for the Project Manager to draft the Project Charter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A legal authorization document that states the beginning of a project, while describing the purpose and scope of a project is called a Project Charter. As formal documentation, any given project nowadays requires a signed project charter before initiating a new project. For example, if a stakeholder needs to know what he is investing in, the project charter will provide him\/her with precise details as to what the project is about and the resources required for the successful completion of the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project charter is an essential part of project management due to its importance as a legally binding document. It provides clarifications on the general specification, the purpose of the project, the key stakeholders, and the possible outcomes. The critical thing to be noted is that, upon completing the project charter, there is no room (in rare cases) for any further changes.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Expert Opinions about Developing a Project Charter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDo not underestimate the value of the project charter. It is such an important document that a project should not be started without one. If the project charter serves as a definition of how success will be measured, then without a project charter, the project and project manager cannot be successful\u201d. &#8211;\u00a0<strong><em>Rita Mulcahy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTake great pride and care in your project charter because this is where you sow the good seeds. It will eventually take care of you.\u201d &#8211;\u00a0<strong><em>Randy Tangco &#8211; PMP Expert<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Is creating a Project Charter that important?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As discussed earlier, the primary purpose of a project charter is to authorize the project manager to start the approved project and allow him to use organizational resources to accomplish the objectives of the project. A perfect project charter will help executives see\u00a0the business value of the project\u00a0and also provide them with information on how well the project is aligned with the organizational strategies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Josh Nankivel, PMP<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, a trainer, and principal of PMStudent,<\/em><\/strong> was quoted saying that \u201cA project charter should also serve as an executive overview of your project, one that any new executive can reference to evaluate it. A good project charter can help save you from unnecessary scrutiny or having your project shut down because some executive didn\u2019t see the business value in it from their perspective&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Cornelius Fichtner, PMP<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0trainer and host of the PM Podcast,<\/em><\/strong> views whether should a Project Manager be involved in creating a Project Charter &#8211; \u201cThe PM is a subject matter expert when it comes to initiating and starting a project. Hence the PM is more qualified to create the project charter. He or she has more experience in doing this and knows what kind of details to add to the project charter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/pmp-certification-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-14627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PMP-Certification-Training-Banner-5.jpg\" alt=\"PMP Certification Training - Invensis Learning\" width=\"696\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PMP-Certification-Training-Banner-5.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PMP-Certification-Training-Banner-5-300x86.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Formal Components of a Project Charter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-14710 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/components-of-project-charter.png\" alt=\"components of project charter - how to develop a project charter - invensis learning\" width=\"702\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/components-of-project-charter.png 702w, https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/components-of-project-charter-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/components-of-project-charter-696x448.png 696w, https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/components-of-project-charter-652x420.png 652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Project Charter ITTOs &#8211; Inputs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Business Documents<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sources that depict the information about the project&#8217;s objectives and their business goals are the business case and the benefits management plan. Even though the business documents are developed before the project initiation, they are reviewed periodically.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Agreements<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agreements are those documents that are used to define the underlying intentions of a project. Agreements can take various forms contracts, service level agreements (SLA), memorandums of understanding (MOUs), letters of intent and agreement, emails, verbal agreements, or other written agreements. In simple terms, it\u2019s a contract that is used when a project is being performed for an external customer or client.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Enterprise Environmental Factors<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Understanding all policies, practices, procedures, and legislation that prevail both on the inside and outside of the company will impact the way a project is managed.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 53.4483%;\">Internal Factors<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 46.2644%;\">External Factors<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.4483%;\">Organizational Structure<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.2644%;\">Government Regulations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.4483%;\">Organization&#8217;s Culture<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.2644%;\">Market Conditions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.4483%;\">Working Style<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.2644%;\">Political Situations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.4483%;\">Organization Policies<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.2644%;\">Weather Conditions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.4483%;\">Reviews and training records<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.2644%;\">Infrastructure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>Organizational Process Assets\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plans, processes, policies, procedures, and knowledge bases are specific to and used by the performing organization.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 44.9713%;\">Knowledge Base<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 54.7414%;\">Procedures \/ Processes \/ Policies<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.9713%;\">Lessons Learned<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.7414%;\">Project lifestyle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.9713%;\">Project Files<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.7414%;\">Organization Process Documents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.9713%;\">Financial Database<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.7414%;\">Communication Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.9713%;\">Project Management Database<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.7414%;\">Guidelines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.9713%;\">Previous Projects Database<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.7414%;\">Policies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><strong>Project Charter ITTOs &#8211; Tools And Techniques<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Expert Judgment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A crucial step in executing the project by taking opinions from subject matter experts, garnering valuable inputs, and understanding the business case complexity related to the project. The subject matter experts as mentioned above should have the desired skills and specialized knowledge on the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"blog-ul-list\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Organizational strategy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Benefits management<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Technical knowledge of the industry<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Focus area of the project<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Duration and budget estimation, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Risk identification<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Data Gathering<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listed below are some of the techniques that can be used for gathering data:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol type=\"i\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Brainstorming<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; This is a method that is used to collect vast and unique data in a short period.\u00a0The project team members discuss and generate new ideas that can contribute to the project&#8217;s success. The brainstorming technique helps in two ways, namely &#8211; Generating Ideas and Analyzing Ideas. Ideas or solutions can be gathered from the project stakeholders, subject matter experts, or the project manager during the development of the project charter.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Focus Groups<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; This is a technique that is used to bring together stakeholders and subject matter experts to learn about the recognized project risk, success criteria, and other topics in a more conversational way than a one-on-one interview.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Interviews<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Click here to know about Project Stakeholders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/who-are-project-stakeholders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As the role of the stakeholders\u00a0<\/a>is considered crucial in determining the success of the project, talking to them throughout the project&#8217;s lifecycle is essential. This technique will provide the project manager with information on high-level requirements, constraints or assumptions, project approvals, and many other things.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Interpersonal and Team Skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The crucial techniques involved in this process are as follows<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol type=\"i\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Conflict management<\/strong> &#8211; The project&#8217;s success depends on the approval of the stakeholders. They are the ones who determine the project&#8217;s objectives, requirements, project description, milestones, and all other essential elements of the project charter. Hence it is best advised that the stakeholders are appropriately aligned with the project, and the conflict management technique is what best suits a project manager.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Facilitation<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; it&#8217;s a technique that can efficiently drive a team to form a successful decision or solution. It ensures that there is active participation, mutual understanding, and contributions, from every individual. The important thing is that everyone should be given an equal opportunity in expressing themselves and their ideas or suggestions are not to be left unattended too.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Meeting Management<\/strong> &#8211; Meeting management is a technique that includes preparing the meeting agenda, inviting key stakeholders representatives, discussing the project outcomes, and most importantly preparing and sending out minutes of meeting data.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Meetings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">This process comprises meetings that are held with key stakeholders to identify the project objectives, success criteria, key deliverables, high-level requirements, summary milestones, and other summary information.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"margin-top-20\"><strong>Project Charter ITTOs &#8211; Outputs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Project Charter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The final output of all the features mentioned above will result in creating an entirely accessible project charter. This final project charter will act as an essence that can be used during the project. The project charter documents the high-level information on the project and on the product, service, or result in which the project is intended to meet, like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"blog-ul-list\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Project purpose<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">High-level requirements<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Overall project risk<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Preapproved financial resources<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Summary milestone schedule<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Measurable project objectives<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Key stakeholder list<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">Assigned project manager<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Project Manager&#8217;s responsibility and authority level.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\"><strong>Assumption Log<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The business case will identify the high-level strategic and operational assumptions even before the project is initiated and will be added to the project charter. Task assumptions such as defining technical specifications, schedules, estimates, risks, etc. are generated at the lower level of the project. Basically, the assumption log will record all the expectations and project pressures throughout the project&#8217;s lifecycle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/pmp-certification-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-14625 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PMP-Certification-Training-Banner-3.jpg\" alt=\"PMP Certification Training - Invensis Learning\" width=\"696\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PMP-Certification-Training-Banner-3.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.invensislearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PMP-Certification-Training-Banner-3-300x86.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mini-text margin-top-20\">A project charter is not merely a document that states facts and information concerning a project. It serves as the groundwork for efficiently communicating with stakeholders and for efficiently routing work between various individuals that take part in the project. 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