Project Chartering | Glossary

Definition

A Project Charter is an important document that allows the identification of the scope, budget, technology and resources behind the project. In an Agile Project, a charter is usually a very lightweight documentation, often a single sheet. It is a flexible document that offers the team to respond to changes, as well as deliver high quality product in a fast rate.

A Charter in Agile, is devoted to the single-minded approach to being simple. There are typically four typical components of an Agile charter :

  • Establish the norms of the Team
  • Develop and elevator speech
  • Create a Product Box
  • Capture Success Criteria

Further Reading

  •  “Agile Project Management”(book), by Jim Highsmith.

Scrum Guide | Book Series

Overview: This Scrum Guide gives details on the basic definition of Scrum, Scrum Principles, and concepts. This basic handbook consists of Scrum Master’s roles, Scrum events, artifacts used in Scrum, and the rules that bind them together. The authors Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland who originally developed Scrum, have written “The Scrum Guide” book. The Scrum guide contains advanced information on Scrum and covers all the topics on the values of Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness, and Respect are embodied and lived by the Scrum Team, the Scrum pillars of Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation come to life.

Authors:

Jeff Sutherland

Ken Schwaber