 The Project Kickoff Meeting is ideal for launching a new project.
The meeting itself is a facilitated group planning session based on interviews and pre-planning prior to the meeting and implementation support following the meeting.
Participants share their views, assess roles and responsibilities, build a team vision of the project's requirements and, with computer support, drafting the project's plan.
- Though topics vary according to the needs of the project, the Project Kickoff Meeting agenda generally includes:
- Building a statement of work
- Determining the project's goals and objectives
- Identifying phases, milestones and deliverables
- Establishing roles and responsibilities
- Scheduling of tasks, time and resources
- Assessing risks and creating contingency plans
- One-on-one and small group follow-up
And, optionally, for larger projects...
- Developing a work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Building a phase-based decision-making table
- Estimating, budgeting and cost management
The information from the Project Kickoff Meeting is then developed into a project plan and follow-up is provided to help turn the plan into action.
- Build teamwork through collective planning.
- Create the project's draft plan.
- Develop the plan using any software application.
- Customize the plan to suit the project.
- Foster open communications.
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