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| 8-9 Apr 2025 |
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| Queensland Government Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business Executive Event | |
| 3-4 Apr 2025 |
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| Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads Corporate Division Executive Event | |
| 1-3 Apr 2025 |
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| Universal Improvement Skills Public Course in Melbourne | |
| 1-3 Apr 2025 |
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| Pure Innovations Universal Improvement Skills | |
| 31 Mar 2025 |
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| Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads Translink Division Tropical Cyclone Alfred Review | |
| 28 Mar 2025 |
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| Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads Leadership Forum | |
| 25-26 Mar 2025 |
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| Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads Translink Division Team Event | |
| 18-20 Mar 2025 |
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| Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads Translink Division Universal Improvement Skills | |
| 18-19 Mar 2025 |
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| Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads Executive Event | |
| 7 Mar 2025 |
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| Blackpool Council, Blackpool Transport, Edinburgh Trams and Lancashire County Council Tram Asset Management Strategy Event | |
| 25-27 Feb 2025 |
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| MSV Housing Universal Improvement Skills | |
| 11-13 Feb 2025 |
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| Broadland Housing Group Universal Improvement Skills | |
Project Kick-Starts
What is a Project Kick-Start?
Projects run in the traditional manner can take weeks and even months to get off the ground. This time is generally wasted in set up and scoping activities, in particular gathering views from different people.
A Project Kick-Start involves getting everyone involved in a room together, typically for ½ a day to 1 day depending on the size and complexity of the project. Typical numbers on a Project Kick-Start are 10-25 but could be lower or higher. Typical attendees are the Champion, Project Leader, Team members, Key Players, front-line staff and any others as appropriate.
A Project Kick-Start accomplishes a lot of work, saves time and has many spin-off benefits.
When to have a Project Kick-Start
| • | For any large or complex project |
| • | For mission-critical projects |
| • | When a lot of people need to be involved |
The principles and benefits of kick-starting
| • | Obtain a wide range of involvement |
| • | Use a structured approach and tools and techniques to ensure balanced participation |
| • | Saves time |
| • | Gets 'buy in' and alignment from all involved |
| • | Scoping and initial planning carried out quickly, efficiently and participatively |
Typical contents of a Project Kick-Start
| • | Introductions, what people want from the event and their contribution to the project |
| • | Briefing about and clarification of the remit |
| • | Briefing Sessions by key individuals |
| • | Project scoping |
| • | Identification of actions, by who, by when |
| • | Identification of possible problems and obstacles |
| • | Real work as required |
| • | Planning communications |
Similar events
We can also facilitate the following events for you:
| • | Process Analysis Events - analyses an existing process, a key output being a Deployment Flowchart |
| • | Project Refocus - gets a stalled or struggling project back on track |
| • | Project Review - reviews a completed project, particularly useful if the project concerned has been especially successful or has failed to deliver |
| • | Customer Involvement Events - does what the name suggests |
Use your own Facilitators
If we have trained Facilitators in your organisation, they can carry out this type of assignment for you.
Download
Click here for the Project Kick-Starts Briefing Note
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| Project Kick-Start for TransLink in Brisbane |
Project Kick-Start for South Yorkshire Housing Association in Sheffield |
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| A group this large is very unusual but can be done | This is a more normal group size |