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- First draft of the result
- Scope
- Included
- Agreed
- Unchecked
- Assignee
- Empty
Work & projects · Project plan
Small project kickoff
When you align on goals and first tasks for a short project
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Small project kickoff
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- Start date
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- Deadline
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- Overall lead
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- Status
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Write the problem this project will solve in one sentence.
The problem to solve
Agree in one sentence on whose problem you'll solve and what it is.
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Whose problem is it?
2.
How is it handled now?
3.
What changes when it's done?
If the problem statement runs past two lines, the scope is still too broad.
Scope and success criteria
Split what's in and out this time, and set the bar for calling it done.
| Item | ScopeLabels | AgreedCheckbox | AssigneeAssignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| First draft of the result | Included | Unchecked | Empty |
| One round of user feedback | Included | Unchecked | Empty |
| Polishing design details | Later | Unchecked | Empty |
| Public release | Excluded | Unchecked | Empty |
- Item
- One round of user feedback
- Scope
- Included
- Agreed
- Unchecked
- Assignee
- Empty
- Item
- Polishing design details
- Scope
- Later
- Agreed
- Unchecked
- Assignee
- Empty
- Item
- Public release
- Scope
- Excluded
- Agreed
- Unchecked
- Assignee
- Empty
Who's involved
Separating who decides from who executes speeds things up.
| Role | CategoryLabels | AssigneeAssignee | Hours per weekNumber |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project lead | Decisions | Empty | 4 |
| Building the result | Execution | Empty | 8 |
| Review and advice | Advisory | Empty | 1 |
- Role
- Project lead
- Category
- Decisions
- Assignee
- Empty
- Hours per week
- 4
- Role
- Building the result
- Category
- Execution
- Assignee
- Empty
- Hours per week
- 8
- Role
- Review and advice
- Category
- Advisory
- Assignee
- Empty
- Hours per week
- 1
Tasks to the first result
Break out only the work needed for the first result, and spell out what done looks like.
Tasks to the first result
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To do
In progress
In review
Done
Risks and decisions
Note the risks you can already see and what's still undecided.
| Risk | ImpactLabels | ResponseStatus | AssigneeAssignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| The schedule may slip | Medium | Empty | Empty |
| Needed materials arrive late | Low | Empty | Empty |
| The scope grows | High | Empty | Empty |
- Risk
- The schedule may slip
- Impact
- Medium
- Response
- Empty
- Assignee
- Empty
- Risk
- Needed materials arrive late
- Impact
- Low
- Response
- Empty
- Assignee
- Empty
- Risk
- The scope grows
- Impact
- High
- Response
- Empty
- Assignee
- Empty
What we decided
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The problem to solve is written in one sentence.
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Every task has an owner and a due date.
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A date to review the first result is set.