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Program Charter

How can program charter improve people, teams, or organisational effectiveness?

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Purpose. Use this editable charter to define and formally authorise a programme before detailed planning begins. Application. Complete it collaboratively with the sponsor and the people responsible for governance, then tailor the approval roles and terminology to the organisation. The approved charter should provide a stable statement of intent while assumptions, risks, component plans and estimates continue to develop. Completion discipline. Complete the document from current evidence, name its owner and approving

Program Charter30 fields
Document control
Program nameProgram managerProgram sponsor
Charter content
A. PurposeB. Program visionC. Justification
O. Approvals
Portfolio Review Board chairpersonPortfolio Review Board member 1Portfolio Review Board member 2

Use context

Purpose, application, discipline.

Purpose

Use this editable charter to define and formally authorise a programme before detailed planning begins.

Application

Complete it collaboratively with the sponsor and the people responsible for governance, then tailor the approval roles and terminology to the organisation. The approved charter should provide a stable statement of intent while assumptions, risks, component plans and estimates continue to develop.

Completion discipline

Complete the document from current evidence, name its owner and approving authority, and link the plans, registers or decisions that support it. Retain approved versions and review the document whenever a material assumption, dependency, requirement or governance decision changes.

Field summary

Structured sections without protected files.

8 fields

Document control

Program name, Program manager, Program sponsor, Actual start date

15 fields

Charter content

A. Purpose, B. Program vision, C. Justification, D. Strategic fit

7 fields

O. Approvals

Portfolio Review Board chairperson, Portfolio Review Board member 1, Portfolio Review Board member 2, Portfolio Review Board member 3

Protected resources

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Working sheetImplementation contextField schema
Working sheet - CSV

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