Developing An Effective Project Charter

"Plan the Work then work the Plan"

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.6

- Develop a Project Charter
- Document a projects objective
- Document a projects criteria for success - to include metrics that can be quantified

What you'll learn

Develop a Project Charter

Document a projects objective

Document a projects criteria for success - to include metrics that can be quantified

Document a projects scope

Document project assumptions

Document project risks

Document project team to include their roles and responsibilities

Document projects expected duration

Document project budget

Obtain project clarity for all relevant stakeholders

Learn the importance of getting sign off on project documentation

* Requirements

* 3 years or more of experience as a Project Manager
* Basic computer skills
* Proficient in Microsoft Word
* Proficient in both verbal and written communication
* PMP preferred but desire and experience can be substituted
* Understanding of terms and project methodologies

Description

Develop a Project Charter
Document a projects objective
Document a projects criteria for success - to include metrics that can be quantified
Document a projects scope
Document project assumptions
Document project risks
Document project team to include their roles and responsibilities
Document projects expected duration
Document project budget
Obtain project clarity for all relevant stakeholders
Learn the importance of getting sign off on project documentation

Course content

3 sections • 6 lectures

Introduction to course on How to develop an effective Project Charter 2 lectures

Project Charter - Introduction Preview 01:48

If you struggle managing projects to success and are rarely given time to do the work upfront to gather requirements and provide transparency in the work your team is about to take on this is a course you may want to consider taking. The focus in this course is to PLAN THE WORK AND THEN WORK THE PLAN. Upon completion of this course you will have the skills necessary to develop a project charter to ensure you are maximizing any project to have the highest probability of success!

Will include a Project Charter template for download

Welcome! - I am stoked you are taking this class. Preview 03:27

Let's take a moment and breakdown what task and activities we are going to be covering so that you have a great idea of the value to be realized and how we can take what we learn here and make it actionable right away in the work we do!

Meeting with our manager to get the project assignment 2 lectures

Preparing for the meeting Preview 07:25

In this lecture we will discuss the various topics that will make up the agenda for our meeting with our manager to ensure that we cover the necessary topics so that we can develop our first draft of the Project Charter.

The Meeting - requirements gathering Preview 07:05

We conduct our mock meeting with our manager in order to begin to gather requirements based on the agenda we developed earlier.

Iteration ONE - Developing the Project Charter 2 lectures

Develop the first iteration of the Project Charter

Based on the meeting we just had with our manager we should be able to take the content that was captured via our meeting minutes and start to place the various pieces of content in their appropriate sections in the Project Charter template