A Charter Sample

Project Charter Model Sample
Here is a sample project charter to get you started. This project charter was created for the corporate employee recognition framework.

PROJECT CHARTER

1.0 PROJECT IDENTIFICATION
Name Employee Recognition Framework
Description Design, develop and implement the employee recognition framework
Sponsor
Project Manager
Project Team Resources Communications, Policy, Healthy Workplace Advisory group, Attraction & Retention working group

2.0 BUSINESS REASONS FOR PROJECT
 Improve government’s ability to attract and recruit high quality candidates and to compete more effectively (with the private sector and other levels of government for candidates)
 Respond to the level of employee engagement and employee perceptions relayed though the corporate employee surveys.
 An element of the Corporate Human Resource Plan
 Component of a healthy workplace
 Element of the Public Service Commission’s Business Plan for 2006/2007
 Complements and builds upon existing departmental recognition activities
 Complements corporate human resource values
 Element of performance management

3.0 PROJECT OBJECTIVES (PURPOSE)
 Overall, to create a workplace culture that includes regular recognition and feedback
 To recognize employees for their high-quality service and commitment to public service
 To reinforce linkages between employee performance and department business goals to achieve corporate goals
 To develop tools, guidelines and support for departments to assist with departmental recognition activities
 To develop and implement corporate recognition activities

4.0 PROJECT SCOPE
 To include recognition activities for all government departments
 To address two components of recognition - a corporate component and a department component
 Includes guidelines to govern corporate and department activities
 Does not include mandatory requirements
 Framework, research summary, guidelines and tools to