Project Kickoff: How to Run a Successful Project Kickoff Meeting in Easy Steps

By Hassan Osman

Do you know how to kick off a project effectively? Are you confused about what you should cover in your kick off meeting presentation?

Project Kickoff will show you how to run a successful kickoff meeting in simple steps.

If you’re a project manager who leads teams on customer-facing projects, then this book is for you.

It’s a super-short book that’ll help you spend less time on preparing for your kickoff meeting, and more time on delivering it. It also includes downloadable templates and scripts that will help you save time.

Here’s a partial list of what’s covered:

*What to include in your project kickoff agenda, and who to share it with before your external kickoff meeting.
*How to kickoff a meeting the right way by running through the agenda and having brief introductions.
*How to leverage your project sponsor to motivate the team.
*How to list out the project goals, along with your project assumptions and constraints to avoid any potential miscommunication down the line.
*The best practices of including a team organization chart and a high-level schedule so that you manage expectations the right way.
*Why you should cover a change management process and communication plan.
*How to end a project kickoff meeting properly by including a next steps section and a Q&A session.
*The most important thing you should do after your project kickoff meeting ends.
*A downloadable sample project kickoff agenda and project kickoff template.

The book is divided into three sections:

*Section I: Before Your Project Kickoff Meeting
Draft the Agenda
Gather Feedback
Prepare the Presentation
Hold an Internal Kickoff Meeting
Schedule the External Kickoff Meeting

*Section II: During Your Project Kickoff Meeting
Welcome and Rundown of Agenda
Introductions
Project Sponsor Update
Project Goals
Team Organization Chart
High-Level Schedule
Project Assumptions and Constraints
Communication Plan
Change Management Process
Milestone Signoff and Invoicing Process
Technical Update
Other Considerations
Next Steps
Q&A Session
Wrap Up

*Section III: After Your Project Kickoff Meeting
Send an Update
Follow Up on Action Items

Free Bonus
As a free bonus for purchasing this book, you'll get a Free Project Kickoff Meeting Template ppt (a PowerPoint file) that helps you save time in creating your own. You'll also get a Free Project Kickoff Meeting Agenda Template (MS Word format) that you can copy and paste and modify for your own team.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Hassan Osman
• Release date: Sep 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005798666

Hassan Osman

"Short books for busy managers"Hassan Osman is the Amazon Bestselling author of "Influencing Virtual Teams" and "Don't Reply All."His latest book, "Effective Delegation of Authority," is a short book for new managers about how to delegate work in easy steps.Hassan is also the author of "Write Your Book on the Side," an Amazon Best Seller about how to write and publish a book while working a full-time job.He is currently a PMO manager at Cisco Systems*, where he leads teams all around the world on delivering complex IT projects.Prior to Cisco, Hassan was a manager at Ernst & Young LLP (now EY), where he analyzed failing projects at Fortune 500 companies and recommended solutions to fix them.He was also a research assistant at Harvard University, where he studied issues related to virtual teams.Hassan is a certified PMP, CSM and ITIL, and regularly blogs about managing remote teams on www.thecouchmanager.com.He also runs a podcast about writing and publishing books while working a full-time job at www.writerontheside.com/podcast/

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Project Kickoff

How to Run a Successful Project Kickoff Meeting in Easy Steps (Includes a Free Project Kickoff Meeting Template and Free Project Kickoff Meeting Agenda Template)

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Hassan Osman

Project Kickoff: How to Run a Successful Project Kickoff Meeting in Easy Steps

Copyright © 2019 by Hassan Osman.

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