The FSCPE is Traveling in Uncharted Territory

FSCPE Charter Presentation by John Holmes II

unknown

borders

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off course

Develop a charter for the program.

A charter will provide the program with direction and focus.

• Circulating the charter throughout the program participants/members will make them aware of the overarching vision of the program.

• The charter will be reviewed and revised periodically to correspond with the dynamic objectives of the program.

• Clearly defining the goals will promote partnership and trust among the program’s participants/members.

Define the direction and focus.

A charter will document commitments to internal and external stakeholders.

• The charter will identify who is impacted by the decisions of the program.

• The charter will detail how the program shall monitor and control the involvement of stakeholders.

• The charter will outline the scope of the program.

Determine stakeholder commitments.

A charter will define the framework for future program growth.

Identify the framework for future expansion.

• The program’s participants/members and their high-level roles and responsibilities will be documented in the charter.

• The sponsor of the program will be clearly identified in the charter.

• The charter will describe the varying levels of authority granted to the program’s participants/members.

Utilizing resources effectively to navigate.

Approved Budget

Intercensal Estimates Proper Resource Allocation

• Memorandum of Agreement

• Annual Work Plan

• By-laws

• Operational Guidelines

• Access to Embargo Data and Secure Server Agreement

It is difficult to stay on course using “only” the current documentation.

Develop a charter for the program.