How to Write a Useful Project Charter in 30 minutes | Project Charter Example

It's hard to write a project charter for the very first time. In this video, I'll show how to transform simple meeting notes I took during the first meeting with project owners into a useful project charter. It will help to kick off our IT project the right way.
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00:00 | Intro
01:03 | Meeting notes review
01:49 | Searching for a project charter template
02:29 | Adopting the project charter template
04:16 | The final charter template
04:35 | Project title section
04:43 | Description section
06:00 | Business case section
07:26 | Stakeholder requirements section
08:54 | Deliverables section
09:21 | Constraints section
10:14 | Assumptions section
11:17 | High-level project risks section
12:16 | Stakeholders section
12:32 | Finishing the project charter
13:16 | Practical tips for writing your first project charter

[@ITProjectManagers]

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[@Fleurlean4]

Wow I needed this video, right on time thank you.

[@ITProjectManagers]

You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful.

[@MrDpUA]

Good start. Everything is clear.

[@ITProjectManagers]

Glad to hear that. Thanks for your feedback!

[@ukaszbonczol5613]

You're doing a great job man!

[@ITProjectManagers]

I appreciate that!

[@kunihiragloria]

Thanks very much for this

[@ITProjectManagers]

Very welcome. Glad it was helpful, Gloria.

[@user-zo6cl5bg4t]

Thanks so much again, Dmytro, I`m watching it for a second time taking notes - what else would I be doing at the end of the year? :) Happy New Year to you and everybody here, thank you for the awesome material Kinga

[@ITProjectManagers]

Happy new year, Kinga! So glad to hear you find this videos useful.

[@noi9425]

Omg it’s like the universe is talking to me. I am literally writing my first one out.

[@ITProjectManagers]

Delivery Just In time:) Glad it was useful. There's also an older video, but it will give you a different example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWmQq3SVhb-jo6c

[@ElizabethObuks]

This is really informative! Thank you. I'm a newbie PM (transportation sector). How would i go about coming up with assumptions?

[@ITProjectManagers]

You are welcome! Check this video it cover a bit about assumptions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYrHdoSpZ7x0atU

[@yukojohnson31]

🍏'31can u suggest what's the best template to use for a hypothetical project, I'm a newbie and a budding PM. Thank you.

[@ITProjectManagers]

A project charter template? Then, use the one I propose in this video. Just follow the same structure. Just to clarify, there's no such thing as a template for the whole project. As a project manager, you have to build a PM approach suitable for your project and industry. But with that said, you should be using tested and proven processes and tool. You should not invent the wheel:)

[@Moodfullmelody]

Hi do we write the same project charter for Agile project?

[@ITProjectManagers]

Hello, Good question. I most cases, I would say, yes. Project Charter is all about what customer will get in the end. So, the idea stays the same. But depending on how versed the customer with agile approach, you should consider to mention that it's all sprint by sprint basis and they have a say when to stop and go live.