GENERAL / CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEMPLATE
Team Charter Template
Team alignment: purpose, ownership, people, working agreements, and success metrics.
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Field | Details |
|---|---|
Team | |
Lead | |
Created | |
Last Updated |
Why We Exist
What does this team do and why does it matter? One paragraph that a new hire can read on day one and understand the team's purpose.
What We Own
In Scope | Out of Scope |
|---|---|
What this team is responsible for | What belongs to another team (and which one) |
Team
Person | Role | Focus Area |
|---|---|---|
Name | Title | What they primarily work on |
How We Work
Practice | How We Do It |
|---|---|
Communication | Primary channel (Slack #team-name), response time expectations |
Meetings | Which recurring meetings, when, who attends, what's async instead |
Decisions | Who makes what decisions? When do we need consensus vs. one person decides? |
Code / work review | How work gets reviewed and by whom |
On-call / support | Rotation, expectations, escalation |
Documentation | Where we document things, who's responsible for keeping it current |
Working Agreements
The norms the team has agreed to. These should be specific enough to hold each other accountable.
Agreement — e.g., "We don't schedule meetings before 10am to protect focus time"
Agreement — e.g., "PRs are reviewed within 24 hours"
Agreement — e.g., "If you're blocked for more than an hour, ask for help"
Success Metrics
Metric | Target | How We Track |
|---|---|---|
What we measure to know we're doing a good job | ||
Stakeholders
Stakeholder | What They Need From Us | What We Need From Them |
|---|---|---|
Team or person | ||
