Project Launch Meetings
At some point in the mobilizing stage, when the consulting team has been assembled, the first important event is the “kick-off” meeting that officially launches the project. We will examine the structure and agenda of the meeting in this chapter, then in the next chapter discuss other related and important issues, such as meeting dynamics and meeting management.
Exhibit 6.1 provides an outline of the structure and discussion items that can be used for a project launch meeting. Broadly speaking, the launch meeting has four basic parts: premeeting, opening, discussion, and close. When leading this meeting, it is useful to think about breaking the content into these four components so that each ...
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