How to write a project charter
A practical guide to writing a decision-ready project charter, with nine drafting steps, common mistakes, a worked example and approval guidance.
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A practical guide to writing a decision-ready project charter, with nine drafting steps, common mistakes, a worked example and approval guidance.
A practical checklist for reviewing whether a project charter is clear enough to put to the authorised reviewer.
A practical guide to framing a decision, comparing realistic options and presenting a reviewable recommendation.
A practical checklist for confirming the authority, evidence, ownership, boundaries and early controls needed for a project's next approved stage.
Build a useful stakeholder register in 10 steps while handling stakeholder information responsibly.
A practical agenda for starting an authorised project with clear roles, working arrangements, decisions and actions.
Build a project management plan that connects delivery controls, ownership, governance and change decisions.
Check whether project scope is clear enough to support planning, acceptance and controlled change.
Create a useful risk register with clear causes, impacts, owners, treatments, dates and escalation rules.
Understand when to use a RAID log, when to use a risk register and how the two can work together.
Prepare a steering pack that separates information from decisions and gives sponsors a clear executive view.
Report project progress with RAG status, milestones, risks, issues, decisions, budget and next actions.
Run a change request process that assesses scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality and benefits impacts.
Check whether your issue log gives enough ownership, impact, priority, escalation and closure evidence.
Prepare UAT with clear scope, scenarios, participants, defects, acceptance criteria and sign-off expectations.
Plan handover, cutover, BAU ownership, training, communications, support and hypercare.
Close a project with acceptance, handover, residual actions, lessons, financial closure and benefits review.
Run a useful lessons workshop that turns project experience into practical improvement actions.
Define benefits, owners, measures, baselines, targets, dependencies and review cadence before delivery drifts.
Standardise PMO reporting with consistent project, programme, portfolio, risk, issue and decision views.