The project charter outlines the team members and their responsibilities, project plan and timeline, project scope including in-scope and out-of-scope processes, specific and measurable goal statement, and business case justifying the project. It defines the problem statement, opportunity, projected savings, current performance level, and sponsor, champion, and team members. Tollgate review dates are also included.

1. Project Charter

2. Team Charter Elements Team Selection Who are the team members? What responsibilities do they have? Project Plan How we are going to get in done ? When are we going to complete the work? Project Scope What processes are we addressing? What is not within scope ? Specific Goal Statement What are our improvement objectives & targets ? To be SMART (Specific,Measurable,Attainable,Realistic,time bound) Starts with a verb (reduce, eliminate,increase,control etc) Specific Problem & Opportunity Statement What is wrong in meeting customer requirement? When: Time Period of problem Where does the problem occur/exist ? How big is the problem, the magnitude of problem Business Case Why Should we do this ?\ Why is the project worth doing ? Why is it important to do it now ? What are the consequences of not doing the project Now ? How does it fit with Business initiative & target ?

3. Project Title: Business Case (Benefit Analysis(Projected Savings): Specific Problem Statement: Opportunity Statement In Scope: Out of Scope: Project Scope Process: Start Point: End Point: Specific Goal Statement: Project Charter What : When : Where : How : Lakh/Annum (expected Savings) Current Sigma level :

4. Tollgate Review Dates Sponsor: Champion Project leader Process Owner Facilitator/Mentor Team Members: Resource Plan Tollgate Date Signoff (xx/xx/xx) Contact Information for Project Lead: Define Measure Analyze Improve Control Project Charter Define STEP B Weekly Review Review frequency Review responsibility PROJECT TEAM