# Define a new team's mission, scope, and success measures

A one-page charter for a team you're setting up: mission, scope boundaries, first-year measures, and questions for your sponsor.

- Topic: Leadership & Management
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Fill-in Template, Step-by-step
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/define-a-new-team-s-mission-scope-and-success-measures

## Prompt

```text
Help me define a clear mission and scope for a team I'm setting up, before I hire into it. This is step 1 of the 'Build a new team from scratch' pack.

**Why the team is being created:** [BUSINESS PROBLEM or goal]
**Who asked for it and what they expect:** [SPONSOR and expectations]
**What the team will own:** [AREAS, products, processes]
**What it won't own, or what's unclear:** [LIST]
**Teams we'll depend on or serve:** [LIST]
**Approved budget and headcount:** [DETAILS]

Produce a one-page team charter:
1. Mission in one sentence a stranger would understand.
2. Scope: in, out, and 'needs a decision', naming who should make each open decision.
3. 3-5 success measures for the first year, with baseline and target. Use [ADD BASELINE] rather than inventing numbers.
4. Key customers and partners, and what each needs from us.
5. How we'll work with other teams: requests, handoffs, escalation.
6. The top 3 risks to the team's success and early mitigations.

Then list the questions I should take back to my sponsor before I start hiring. Push back if the scope is too broad for the headcount.
```

## What to fill in

- BUSINESS PROBLEM or goal
- SPONSOR and expectations
- AREAS, products, processes
- LIST
- DETAILS
- ADD BASELINE

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