Agile project kick-off meeting toolkit

By Nick Butler

Tags: Agile

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Give your project the best chance of success. This Kick-off Kit gives you the tools, templates and tips you need to run an effective project kick-off meeting, all in a handy 39-page ebook.

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Based on our Kick-off Kit blog post series, it’s been revised and expanded, collecting all the resources in one place. It shows you how you can start your project on the right foot, making sure you get the results you need.

What it will help you do

Learn what you need to run a fun and practical one-day project kick-off meeting that sets you up to start developing the next day.

The Kit will help you:

build a shared understanding of the Project Vision and what you’ll deliver for your organisation and your customers
bond the team as a collaborative unit aligned behind the Vision
reduce time and cost by ruthlessly prioritising only those elements that will deliver your outcomes
set expectations about what will be delivered within your organisation
do all this quickly with a view to delivering a working product you can test with customers as soon as possible
have fun while you’re at it.

Who the Kick-off Kit is for

The Kit is for anyone starting an Agile project and wanting to run a project kick-off meeting.

You don’t need to have worked in an Agile way before. It’s designed for recent arrivals in Agileland, and doesn’t assume you already know the lingo or concepts.

You might be the manager, product owner or project lead who is planning the project kick-off meeting or the facilitator who will run the meeting on the day.

Nor do you need to be developing software—your product might be something like a policy, plan, strategy or research programme.

What you’ll cover

Find out:

who to invite to the project kick-off meeting
what to have on the agenda
how to facilitate the sessions
what each activity achieves.

You’ll get tips on how to complete the activities, templates to guide you, examples to follow, advice about common pitfalls and ideas for other activities you might like to try.

You’ll learn how to run sessions on the:

Product Vision Presentation
Press Release
Elevator Pitch
Success Sliders
Pragmatic Personas
User Story Mapping
Prioritisation of User Stories
User Story Writing
Team Charter.

The Kit is based on what’s worked for us. We’ve tried an array of exercises, refined some and discarded others; you’ll be able to experiment to find what works for you too.

Want help running your workshop?

If you’re based in New Zealand, Boost can plan and facilitate your workshop for you. It’s a great way to get clear what you want to achieve, how long this will take and how much it will cost.

Learn how the project discovery experts can take the hassle out of building your business case and getting your project up and running.

How we can help you plan, size and cost your project

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Improving the Agile project kick-off meeting toolkit

Let us know how you find it. We’d love to get your feedback on the Kit and the activities it covers, or just to hear about your experiences running project kick-off meetings.

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