How deeply does Think Like a CTO cover team charter?

Keeps the charter concise and high-level, specifying responsibilities, resources, and success measures rather than an elaborate document.

Team charter

As explained in Think Like a CTO

A team charter is a concise document defining a team's purpose, responsibilities, expectations, resources, and contribution to the wider organization.

A team charter concisely states why a team exists, what it is responsible for, and how it contributes to the wider organization. Make it available to the group, identify the resources needed, and give the team leader support and room to execute. section 6.1 section 6.8

A practical charter can specify:

Purpose and contribution to organizational success. section 6.1
Responsibilities, including what the team does not own. section 6.1.2
Customers, resources, and required skills. section 6.1.2
Measures of success. section 6.9

Online product support team

A support team might help users with the online experience and onboarding, handle data changes, and file bug or feature tickets without making code changes. Its charter can name its customers, required access and skills, and measures such as time to close requests. section 6.1.2

When taking over an established team, first learn what it does and why before changing its charter. Document team knowledge and processes so new members can contribute and the group does not depend on one person. section 6.1 section 6.1.1

How Think Like a CTO covers it

liveBook manning.com

Read Think Like a CTO on liveBook Get the book at manning.com

Related concepts

metricmeasures · A metric is a quantitative measure used to characterize or assess a property, condition, behavior, performance, or outcome.
teamconfigures · A team is a group of people who collaborate and share responsibility for achieving a common objective.
project managementused by · Project management is the discipline of planning, coordinating, organizing, and controlling work and resources to achieve defined project objectives within constraints.
test charterconfigures · A test charter is a concise mission statement that defines the focus and purpose of an exploratory testing session.

This explainer was generated by Manning's knowledge graph from the text of Think Like a CTO. The section links point to the parts of the book it draws on.