Does anyone know where I can find a good Team Charter template or a helpful guideline to building one?

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Tanya Bowness Coordinator, Information Systems| City of Vernon Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

We have a newly formed team and are in need of a Team Charter to ensure we have commitment from all members prior to moving forward. Not looking for anything overly complicated, just want to ensure it covers the main points and holds people accountable for their roles.

Thanks!

Posted: Nov 19, 2018 2:45 PM

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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada

Nov 20, 2018 11:44 AM

Replying to Keith Novak

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While a formal team charter might not always be required, it can be very helpful when working in a PMO, but relying from support from contributors in other organizations in a functional or matrix aligned organization. If the PM is not getting the support they need due to conflicting priorities, they have the charter where leadership authorized the project and committed support to use when requesting reporting managers stand behind the written commitments of their organization and provide the necessary support.

Keith -

What you are describing sounds more like a project charter than a team charter. A team charter focuses on how the team members will interact with one another - rules of engagement and so on and doesn't look at the interactions or practices outside of the team (e.g. with reporting managers).

I'm absolutely in agreement that a formal project charter is a good practice, but the heaviness and formality of a team charter will vary based on the context of the project.

Kiron

Posted: Nov 21, 2018 7:33 AM

Sripriya Narayanasamy Author, Say Yes to Project Success| Director, KeyResultz Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Tanya,

A team charter is really required to get the buy-in from everyone.

I'm an author of the book, "Say Yes to Project Success - Winning the Project Management Game" which is a collection of 52 proven solutions to the top 20 Global Project Failure Factors. It has 108 Global Expert contributors who have executed 2,000+ projects in 119 countries and 54 industries.

We cover it in the first chapter called "Me, CEO". The concept of this chapter is being the CEO of your Project - Create a Slogan & Logo, Articulate your Vision.

My co-author Karthik Ramamurthy has also covered part of it in a webinar here in projectmanagement.com on "Respect Culture or Face Failure ". The webinar can be found in the link: https://www.projectmanagement.com/videos/5...Four-Continents

Posted: Nov 21, 2018 8:48 AM

Jeanellys Perez Manager of Strategic Portfolio Management| Lee Health Fort Myers, USA

I am looking for a Team Charter I can use as I align on Operational Team and Strategic Team acquisition work. Any recommendations on templates I can review.

Posted: Mar 10, 2026 6:30 PM

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