Waterfall Project Templates

Professional templates for traditional waterfall project management with customizable fields and export capabilities

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📋 Project Charter Template

Foundation document that formally authorizes the project

Initiation Phase

Project Overview

Business Justification

Scope & Deliverables

Resources & Constraints

🌊 Waterfall Process Overview

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Initiation

  • Project Charter
  • Stakeholder ID
  • Initial Scope
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Planning

  • WBS
  • Schedule
  • Risk Register
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Execution

  • Work Packages
  • Quality Assurance
  • Team Management
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Monitoring

  • Progress Tracking
  • Change Control
  • Performance Reports

Closure

  • Deliverable Acceptance
  • Lessons Learned
  • Resource Release

📖 Template Usage Guidelines

✅ Best Practices

  • • Customize templates for your organization
  • • Complete templates in sequential order
  • • Involve stakeholders in template completion
  • • Review and update templates regularly
  • • Use templates as communication tools
  • • Archive completed templates for reference

🎯 When to Use Waterfall

  • • Requirements are well-defined and stable
  • • Technology is well-understood
  • • Regulatory or compliance requirements
  • • Fixed budget and timeline constraints
  • • Sequential dependencies in work
  • • Low tolerance for scope changes