CDH Project Charter – Princeton Geniza Project Year 2, 2021-2022

Project charter for continuation of work on the Princeton Geniza Project.

The charter is the foundational document that describes the rationale, goals, plan of work, resources needed, terms and conditions, and outcomes of a Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton (hereafter CDH) project. Charters are written by core members of a project team in a series of planning meetings taking place over the course of a month. The planning process is intensive, collaborative, and requires substantial input from everyone on a team. Charters serve as formalized agreements among all team members on such crucial questions as scope, technical design, infrastructural needs, and success criteria.

This is a digital copy of a “living document” at a single point in time. Charters are amended as necessary throughout the project lifecycle to document major changes and note when the “Built by CDH” Software Warranty and “Built by CDH” Long Term Service Agreement take effect, and serve as part of the CDH project archive. Certain components of the Charter, such as the Roadmap, are intended to be updated more frequently as development progresses and priorities naturally shift. For more information, see the Charter amendment policy located in the Agreements section of this Charter.

CDH charters and their planning documents exist in several forms as we have refined them over the years and tailored them to the several types of projects we have supported. For more about CDH project management, including the charter process, visit: https://cdh.princeton.edu/research/project-management.