Kicking off any project is critical for project success. You start with the schedule, right? WRONG. When you skip the Project Charter, your schedule can end up being nonsense. The critical Project Charter defines WHY you are doing this project by identifying roles, objectives, risks, constraints, communication and governance. You're dead without it. The good news it takes less than 45 minutes to complete a Project Charter.

Think about a real project you'd like help with and attend this session to get your project humming. You'll get a copy of the Project Charter template to work on one of your real projects. You'll learn with peers to document simple activities in the charter. You'll easily finish it before the session is over and you'll be very proud of all the things you know now but didn't know before. Whether you work with ADDIE, SAM, LLAMA, AGILE or you like to just-build-it, the Project Charter is the critical starting place. Bring a pen and let's begin.

In this session, you will learn:

• Why the Project Charter is the secret sauce of successful projects
• How role clarity is critically important—who's in charge?
• What objectives, constraints, communication, and governance contribute to the Scope Diagram
• How a visual Scope Diagram drives communication with all stakeholders
• How the Project Charter jumpstarts a successful project schedule

Audience:
Designers, developers, managers

Technology discussed:
Templates and pencils