KICK-OFF MEETING: A Project’s Liftoff

A kick-off meeting (KOM) is more than a group meeting—it is an essential boundary in a project's life to almost ritually separate the project's planning from its execution.

At this point, all the stakeholders must be introduced to one another, ground rules must be developed and agreed upon, and the plan must be reviewed. Stakeholders must question things they find uncertain and adjust the plan accordingly.

Omitting KOM is unhealthy for the project; pretending to have one and then turning it into another seminar is useless.

{COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES, INFORMATION, GROUND RULES, KAIROS}