CHAPTER 2

Plan the Kickoff

In This Chapter

• Why kick off an Agile project?

• Who do you invite to the kickoff session?

• What does a kickoff agenda look like?

“Megan, I know this isn’t the kind of project you want, but we could really use some quick help,” a client, Jim, said over phone.

“Sure, how can we help?” I replied, because that’s what I’m in the business of doing.

“I have three PowerPoint decks for the same workshop, each created by a different instructor. Can you just combine the three into one that looks good, and make us a facilitator guide so they can be consistent going forward? There aren’t any changes to the course itself. Seriously, I’m just asking you to put lipstick on my pig. We’re rebuilding the entire workshop later, but ...

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