# Write a project charter

Defines a project's purpose, scope, objectives, stakeholders, and success criteria.

- Topic: Projects & Operations
- Framework: RCTFVV
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Leadership, Write, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/write-a-project-charter

## Prompt

```text
Role: Act as a project manager writing the charter for a newly approved project.

Context: Project purpose and the business need: [PURPOSE_NEED]. Sponsor and key stakeholders: [SPONSOR_STAKEHOLDERS]. Desired outcomes and how success is measured: [OUTCOMES_MEASURES]. Known scope and explicit out-of-scope: [SCOPE]. Budget, timeline and resource envelope: [ENVELOPE]. Assumptions, constraints and dependencies: [ACDS]. Major risks: [RISKS].

Task: Produce the charter: purpose and background; objectives and measurable success criteria; scope and out-of-scope; key deliverables and milestones; stakeholder list with roles and interest; governance (decision rights, meeting cadence, reporting); assumptions, constraints, dependencies; top risks with initial responses; and a light business case (cost, benefit, and the cost of not doing it).

Format: A charter with numbered sections and a milestone table. ~600 words.

Verification: Check every objective has a measure and every deliverable maps to an objective; flag assumptions that, if wrong, would change scope or budget.

Validation: Review as the sponsor: is it clear what will be delivered, by when, for how much, and how we will know it worked? Tighten anything ambiguous.
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## What to fill in

- PURPOSE_NEED
- SPONSOR_STAKEHOLDERS
- OUTCOMES_MEASURES
- SCOPE
- ENVELOPE
- ACDS
- RISKS

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