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

Osman, Hassan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1795072172 ISBN 13: 9781795072175

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

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

1. Draft the Agenda
2. Gather Feedback
3. Prepare the Presentation
4. Hold an Internal Kickoff Meeting
5. Schedule the External Kickoff Meeting

Section II: During Your Project Kickoff Meeting

1. Welcome and Rundown of Agenda
2. Introductions
3. Project Sponsor Update
4. Project Goals
5. Team Organization Chart
6. High-Level Schedule
7. Project Assumptions and Constraints
8. Communication Plan
9. Change Management Process
10. Milestone Signoff and Invoicing Process
11. Technical Update
12. Other Considerations
13. Next Steps
14. Q&A Session
15. Wrap Up

Section III: After Your Project Kickoff Meeting

1. Send an Update
2. 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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Review:

"This is a must-read book for any project leader. You can either kick off your project in the right way, or kick yourself later for not following the smart steps Hassan shares."- Terry Schmidt, Author, Strategic Project Management Made Simple
"Hassan Osman has distilled his considerable experience into a practical guide for a critical but often under-valued project management activity. This book is a nugget: compact and valuable."- Eric Verzuh, Author, The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management
"Project Kickoff: How to Run a Successful Project Kickoff Meeting in Easy Steps is well written and provides an easy and concise step-by-step approach to having a successful project kick-off meeting. Anyone running a project kick-off meeting would be well-served to get and use this book as a reference for ensuring success."- Juana Clark Craig, Author, Project Management Lite
"Hassan offers a very thorough approach to handling kickoff meetings in his book, 'Project Kickoff' using a helpful planning framework to help you plan your meetings properly. If you're new to kicking off projects, or just want reassurance that you're doing it right, you'll find this book a great resource. It's an easy read which includes helpful scripts, checklists and scenario options to cover off just about everything you need to know."- Ben Aston, Founder, TheDigitalProjectManager.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1795072172
• ISBN 13: 9781795072175
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 57