People in Projects

Pre-Kickoff

Prior to a project kickoff meeting, the project manager should make a point to have a separate, pre-kickoff meeting with the client to mutually establish expectations. While the project kickoff meeting typically includes sharing information about the project with the entire team, the pre-kickoff meeting has a different focus.

The pre-kickoff meeting must be well thought, well planned, and well executed. The goal is to establish a solid relationship between the project manager and client. The intention of the meeting is not to solidify specific project deliverables (e.g., don’t gather requirements or estimate schedules), but to establish the human relations aspect of the project. This is the place to state how you want to work with ...