
174 ◾ The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence
4.8 Difference between the Use of a Charter by a
Project Manager versus a Project Leader
There is a major difference between how a project manager uses the charter
versus how a project leader uses it. In many projects, the charter is used by
project managers as an initial document to start a project. Once the project starts,
they rarely use charter in remaining project phases. The importance of charter
is ignored by the sponsor and the project manager over the course of the proj-
ect. In contrast, a project leader understands how valuable it is to refer back to
charter in each phase of the project. ...