Vision Statement Template

visionstatement.md

[Camel Case Product Title]

Vision Statement

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• Charter
• Scope
  • What
  • For who
  • Why

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Charter

Project title	[Complete title - subtitles]
Project manager	[Surname Name - title / @GitHubUser - title]
Start date	[start date]
End Date	[end date / continuous integration support / can be omitted]
Purpose	[simple description of the product]
Goals & Objective	[short list of the main goals and objectives. What should the product serve when completed? What are its main features?]
Project cost	[can be omitted for open source or be "contributors' time" as a joke]
Approach	[scrum/kanban/anarchy/whatever]
Priorities	[short description of project's priorities]
Development team	[link to contributors page or list development team]

Notes: dates are in [dateformat] format

Scope

What

[What does the product do? How does it do it? Does it do better than some other similiar product?What are the main features (list them)?]

For who

[Who is the product aimed at?]

Why

[Why is that (following "for who" question)? Why should someone choose this product?]

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[Original Author] - [date of first pubblication]