Project Charter

Establish the portfolio-level justification before diving into requirements. Answers: why are we investing in this? Who has authority? What kills this project?

Announce at start: "I'm using the project-charter skill to establish the business-level justification for this initiative."

When to use

• "project charter", "initiative brief", "why are we doing this"
• Starting a greenfield project — charter before BRD
• Stakeholders need a go/no-go decision document

Four-Beat Rhythm

Every section follows: