Free Project Kickoff Template

Projects fail in the first week, not the last. This kickoff template captures the goal, the non-goals, the milestones and the risks while everyone is still in the room โ€” so week six has nothing to argue about.

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Project Kickoff โ€” {Project name}

Owner: {name} ยท Start: {date} ยท Target ship: {date}

Goal

One sentence: what does success look like, measured how?

Non-goals

  • Explicitly out of scope (this list prevents scope creep)

Milestones

  • M1 โ€” {milestone} โ€” {date}
  • M2 โ€” {milestone} โ€” {date}
  • M3 โ€” launch โ€” {date}

Team & owners

AreaOwner
{area}{name}
{area}{name}

Risks & mitigations

  • โš ๏ธ Risk: {risk} โ†’ Mitigation: {plan}
  • โš ๏ธ Risk: {risk} โ†’ Mitigation: {plan}

Open questions

  • Question that must be answered before M1

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