Project Management Kick Off Meetings - What is the Point?
By: aaron adish
Submitted: 2010-10-30 03:26:17 | Word Count: 599
Project Management Kick Off Meetings - What is the Point?
I was asked throughout a gathering with a client what is the purpose of a project start off meeting? Apparently, the sponsor (who I used to be meeting with) was being pressurised by a project manager to carry such a workshop. I instructed that the project manager should be congratulated for the suggestion. I explained that the workshop could be two folks meeting for 30 minutes to the full team going away for the week. I went on to suggest that they were essential for the fashionable day project where speed appears to be of the essence.
This might appear strange; the workshop slows down the project initiation method while at the same time helping to deliver the project a ton quicker! How so? Rather than rush in and begin to plan the project you have got the opportunity of guaranteeing:
* there's clear understanding to the background of the project
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* certify what you have got may be a project through the event of a business case
* identifying project roles - project board, sponsor, project manager
After all, the workshop can be utilized in several completely different ways in which and you'll be able to have more than one. Some shoppers have one at the start of every stage of their projects.
I told the client concerning a project management training course we tend to ran for a particular cluster of staff. This was a team of seven folks who were delivering a key strategic project and wanted to develop their project management skills. Throughout the morning of the primary day it became obvious that the team were not conscious of the background to the project nor what was expected of them in terms of delivery - was it a report or a coaching programme. There was confusion. The group were ready to in a position to induce hold of the sponsor who came along and talked through the project in a lot of detail.
This was the beginning up workshop. It ought to have taken place a minimum of 2 weeks prior however it did not. By asking the sponsor to come back along and make a case for the background the team soon developed a business case, that was agreed by the sponsor. The group were in a position to use the course to produce a project plan. They arranged a meeting to test that the work done thus way was worthwhile and to appear at the monitoring and control aspects as they realised they required sponsor input. They speeded up the project management processes by holding, via the training event a start up workshop.
My client? After I explained all of this the project manager he arranged a date to carry a gathering, and that they decided that of the key stakeholders ought to be invited. Result? The project manager and sponsor were clear what they needed to achieve. The stakeholders were engaged and understood their role within the project and they'd a clear mandate to proceed.
Yes, start up conferences take time to arrange, time to carry but if run successfully make a extremely important impact on the project.
Smart luck with your next meeting!
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