Play of the Month: Don’t skip that project kickoff meeting!

[Markku Miettunen]

In my experience, any project tends to fail without a proper kickoff session,

[Markku Miettunen]

Without a proper kick-off meeting with all stakeholders, any project is doomed to fail. 

[Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_]

Very true. Kickoff meetings are really required.

[Graham Twine]

The kickoff is a good place to get everyone pointed in the same direction.

Now all we need to do is keep them pointed in that direction ;)

Seriously though this is one of the keys to a successful project

[Rakesh Kambattula]

Agreed..
We should have Project Kick-off meetings..

[Manoj Gangwar]

Thanks for sharing

[Anthony Morais]

Nice..thank you for sharing! 

[Sanjog Sigdel]

Need to bring this to my teams and start implementing it.

[Markus Fredén]

(y)

[Markus Fredén]

Great points!

[Rilwan Ahmed]

I agree. Vision and Mission should be understood

[Collista Lewingdon]

So glad that Confluence now has the whiteboards built in for those project kick-off meetings. 

[Sanjen Bariki]

Kick-Off most Important, I am the most biggest fan of kick-off timing in the project.

[Tomislav Tobijas]

We do practice this with our clients, but I'm not so sure about having the same practice when it comes to internal projects 🤔 (and that might be one of the reasons they are stuck at a specific implementation stage). Anyhow, defining and sharing the vision with all stakeholders is one of the keys to having a successful project - IMO.

[Collista Lewingdon]

Still waiting to sit in on a project kickoff meeting. 

[Varunish Garg]

Very true. Skipping the 'Kick-off' meeting is just like not listening to the Prelude of a foot-tapping song. The interlude might be as great, but it is the Prelude that sets the mood.

[Ankush Bora]

There should be more 'likes' on this one. Well said by @Kristen Roth

[Marcus Jensen]

great post! 

[Alex G]

Agree! Project kickoffs are essential

[Josh Shepherd]

Resurrecting this thread. It's really easy to launch into projects thinking that they are all rinse and repeat, only to have things bite us. I also find that skipping the kickoff can cause a lot of delays in getting various teams into action and have the tasks on their sprints in time. Thanks. Good article.