Project Charter Glossary Definition

Term Project Charter
Definition

A Project Charter is a document that formally authorizes a project and summarizes its purpose, scope, objectives, stakeholders, and authority.

Context & Usage

It helps align expectations before detailed planning begins.

Related concepts include Stakeholder.

Business analysts, project managers, and delivery teams use this concept to clarify what must be delivered and how changes or acceptance decisions will be handled.

Related concepts include Project Scope, Scope Baseline, Business Requirement, Functional Requirement and Acceptance Criteria.

Categories Technical Writing and Documentation, Knowledge Management and Content Governance