Working Group Charter

When to use this

Working groups that wander are a tax on the org. The charter forces explicit agreement on remit and decision rights — and it has an end date.

What’s included

• Purpose
• Out of scope
• Decision rights
• Members
• Cadence
• End-state

What to customise before you use it

• Replace Name with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Exec with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Date with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Date — no later than 6 months out with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace list with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace frequency, day with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace N people with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace frequency with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Specific deliverable signed off with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
• Replace Hand-off to BAU complete with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.

# Working Group Charter — [Name]

**Sponsor:** [Exec]   **Chair:** [Name]   **Established:** [Date]   **End date:** [Date — no later than 6 months out]

## Purpose
> In one sentence, what does this group exist to do?

## Out of scope
> What we explicitly will NOT cover.

## Decision rights
- The group can decide: [list]
- The group recommends (sponsor decides): [list]
- The group informs only: [list]

## Members
| Name | Role | Why they're here |
|------|------|------------------|
|      |      |                  |

## Cadence
- Meets: [frequency, day]
- Quorum: [N people]
- Written update to sponsor: [frequency]

## End-state
This group disbands when:
- [Specific deliverable signed off]
- [Hand-off to BAU complete]