Project Charter
High-level summary of objectives, business case, sponsor, and primary success criteria. Use concise language to make scope and value clear to approvers and auditors.
Using the Project Management De La Torre Template reduces ambiguity by consolidating key project elements—scope, milestones, ownership, and acceptance—into one document. It standardizes communications, speeds stakeholder approvals, and creates a single source of truth for audits and post-project reviews.
The template is used across functional teams and project stages to align sponsors, project managers, technical leads, and procurement or legal reviewers.
Role-based completion and review ensure accountability; signers should be the people who have authority for scope, budget, or acceptance.
High-level summary of objectives, business case, sponsor, and primary success criteria. Use concise language to make scope and value clear to approvers and auditors.
Detailed in-scope and out-of-scope items, acceptance criteria, and exclusions. Clear scope limits reduce change requests and disputes during execution and closeout.
Chronological list of critical dates with owners and prerequisites. Milestones should include deliverable names, target dates, and acceptance authority for each item.
Task-level breakdown with durations, dependencies, and resource assignments. Include estimated effort and contingency to allow accurate resource planning and tracking.
Document anticipated risks, likelihood, mitigation actions, and issue escalation paths. Assign owners and review cadence to keep the risk register current.
Formal process for documenting requests, impact assessments, approvals, and version updates. Record outcomes and dates to maintain an auditable trail of scope changes.
| Field | Configuration |
|---|---|
| Approver Order | Sequential: Sponsor first, PM second, Legal last |
| Authentication | Email link plus optional SMS code for higher assurance |
| Conditional Fields | Show budget fields only when project type = capital |
| Versioning | Enable automatic version tag on each approval |
Choose a signing platform that supports your required authentication level and integrates with your repositories and project tools.
Verify integration credentials, set access controls for document folders, and confirm the platform provides an exportable audit trail for compliance.
Target within 5–10 business days after initial draft
Weekly or biweekly depending on project cadence
Allow 3–7 business days for evaluation and impact analysis
Sign-off after deliverable verification and test completion
Archive final signed template within 7 days of acceptance
Sponsor approves charter and funds allocation.
Team completes work breakdown and schedule.
Deliverables are produced and tested against acceptance criteria.
Final acceptance, lessons learned, and archival occur.
Tim Martin adopted online execution for property‑management projects to maintain compliance and speed approvals.
Xerox integrated template signing into NetSuite to align document formats and signature capture.