1-Page Project Charter
A collaborative facilitation exercise for aligning a team or group of stakeholders on the purpose, scope, goals, constraints, and success criteria of a project — on a single page. The constraint of one page forces clarity and prevents scope creep from the start. A well-facilitated charter session surfaces conflicting assumptions before a single task begins.
Comment l'animer
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Gather key stakeholders and the project team.
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Work through the charter sections: Problem/Opportunity (why are we doing this?), Objectives (what will we achieve?), Scope (what's in and out?), Success Criteria (how will we know we've succeeded?), Key Stakeholders, Constraints and Risks, High-level Timeline.
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Spend the most time on Scope and Success Criteria — these generate the most disagreement and the most value.
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For each disputed item: make the disagreement explicit and resolve it in the room. Do not paper over it.
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All key stakeholders sign (physically or digitally) to indicate genuine commitment.
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Post the charter visibly. Reference it when scope creep emerges.
Conseils
The signature step is not ceremonial — it's a commitment device.
If someone refuses to sign, that's important information.
A charter that takes 3 hours to create prevents 30 hours of scope conflict later.
Variantes
Run a 'lightweight charter' (30 minutes) for internal team projects. Use for workshop design: agree on purpose, audience, outcomes, and constraints before designing the session.
Contextes d'utilisation
Questions fréquemment posées
Quand utiliser 1-Page Project Charter ?â–ľ
Utilisez 1-Page Project Charter lorsque vous souhaitez: Project kick-offs; New initiative alignment; Workshop design; Cross-functional team launches.
Combien de temps dure 1-Page Project Charter ?â–ľ
1-Page Project Charter dure généralement 60–120 minutes.
Pour combien de participants 1-Page Project Charter convient-il ?â–ľ
1-Page Project Charter fonctionne mieux pour des groupes de 2–15 participants.
De quels matériaux ai-je besoin pour 1-Page Project Charter ?▾
Pour animer 1-Page Project Charter, vous aurez besoin de : project charter template, whiteboard or digital doc.
Quel est le niveau de difficulté de 1-Page Project Charter ?▾
1-Page Project Charter est classé intermédiaire — une certaine expérience en facilitation est utile.
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