Project Kickoff <Date Here> kickoff.pmi.org Today’s Agenda Introductions Approach Ground Rules 5 min 20 min 5 min Our Client Next Steps 5 min Team Roles & Responsibilities The Project 5 min Q&A 15 min Teamwork 5 min Scope 5 min 20 min kickoff.pmi.org 5 min Meet Your New Favorite Team! Allow everyone to go around the room and introduce themselves. Introducti ons 5 min kickoff.pmi.org 1 If this is an external project, provide some background information on the client. Our Client 5 min kickoff.pmi.org 2 Set the scene for the group and share what you know to get everyone on the same page. What are we doing, and why are we doing this? The Project 15 min kickoff.pmi.org 1 Why is the business requesting this project? 2 What does success look like? 3 What does failure look like? Let’s talk about If you have already created a project specifics. charter, now is the time to review it with the team. Begin to talk about risks, dependencies, outputs, deliverables. Scope 20 min kickoff.pmi.org How are we going to make this happen? Approach 20 min kickoff.pmi.org It’s time to get some ownership and buy-in from the team. Ask the team if they have ideas on approaches to try. Who is Map each team member to his or her roles/responsibilities doing and clarify the deliverables. what? Roles & Responsibility 5 min kickoff.pmi.org Teamwork 5 min How will we work together to accomplish our goal? kickoff.pmi.org Establish meeting cadence, collaboration tools to use, how the team will communicate, etc. Try to keep it as simple as possible, and find a way that works for everyone. Setting ground rules can help kick start a healthy team culture. Things like “start and end meeting on time” and “encourage everyone to participate” are good starters. Ground Rules 5 min kickoff.pmi.org Set some team ground rules so we can be as effective as possible. Get that momentum going! Next Steps 5 min kickoff.pmi.org Don’t let the energy unravel as people lose momentum. Be clear about what people need to do next. Q&A 5 min kickoff.pmi.org What else do you need to Is there anything else that we Know? need to discuss?
