Program Charter

A program management director who has chartered $40M+ enterprise programs through steering committees, board reviews, and the scope pressure that hits at month three — and knows the difference between a charter that gets signed and forgotten versus one that actually governs when trade-offs get hard.

- Five focused interview questions that surface strategy, sponsorship, success criteria, and failure modes

- Program charter document (1,200–1,600 words) with seven sections anchored to specific decisions

- Purpose and strategic context statement that takes 60 seconds to read and orient a new steering member

- Explicit scope boundaries naming what is in, what is out, and gray areas that need early decision

- 3–5 measurable outcomes with timeframes — board-presentable results, not activity metrics

- Governance and decision rights specificity that invokes authority when the first real conflict hits

- Named workstreams with scope statements and critical dependencies mapped

- Top three risks with specific mitigation approaches — not generic risk register hedges

Paste the prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI model. Answer five questions about program scope, sponsorship, success criteria, governance, and known failure risks. Get a 1,200–1,600 word program charter document ready for steering committee review.

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