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

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

Section Before Your Project Kickoff MeetingDraft the AgendaGather FeedbackPrepare the PresentationHold an Internal Kickoff MeetingSchedule the External Kickoff Meeting

Section During Your Project Kickoff MeetingWelcome and Rundown of AgendaIntroductionsProject Sponsor UpdateProject GoalsTeam Organization ChartHigh-Level ScheduleProject Assumptions and ConstraintsCommunication PlanChange Management ProcessMilestone Signoff and Invoicing ProcessTechnical UpdateOther ConsiderationsNext StepsQ&A SessionWrap Up

Section After Your Project Kickoff MeetingSend an UpdateFollow Up on Action Items

Free BonusAs 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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Genres: Management, Leadership

59 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 9, 2019

Reviews

[Charles Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Project management expert Hassan Osman, in his book, Project Kick Off: How to Run a Successful Project Kick Off Meeting, offers a three-step method to ensure success of your project initiation. A very short book that covers the actions necessary before, during, and after a project kick off meeting, this book also provides free templates that can be used to keep track of the actions that are essential to keep a project on track and get buy-in from all stakeholders, from members of your internal project team to the customers to whom the project is being pitched.

The author takes advantages of his many years of experience in managing projects, his failures as well as his successes, to take the mystery and confusion out of running a complex, multi-dimensional project.

Written in plain language that is easy to understand, it outlines relatively simple steps that can be mastered by neophyte project managers and serves as a handy guide for more experienced individuals.

I give it four stars for its usefulness.

[Rick Yvanovich · Rating 5 out of 5]

Disclosure: I was offered a free copy of this book by the author in return for an honest review.

The author promised a quick read and it was (only about 15-20 minutes) and that in itself was appealing as I really like bit sized micro-learning that gets to the point and cuts out the fluff.

This book is exactly what it says on the cover: a how-to for project kick-off. Just because its short does not mean it's not comprehensive as it is. Additionally, Hassan gives links to a kick-off PPT template which is also a very useful resource.

So however experienced you are in Project Management, read this book as its a great reminder and even a good tool to use to train others internally.

[Douglas Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource if you are nervous about the big kickoff

This 5-star rating is based on the book being a handbook to perform a specific task. Obviously it is not a full-spectrum PMO book. It does do a very nice job expanding on the typical 8-bullet agenda suggestions into a well-explained manual. It includes suggested scripts for several key points, which is very useful; in a meeting that sets the tone for the project, this isn't the time to start winging it. A nice job that youmwould do well to refer to as needed.

[Long Nguyen Van · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book for make a good start of project. Highly recommended.