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name: project-kickoff-brief
description: "Writes a project kickoff brief: goal, scope, roles, timeline, risks and success measures. Use to start a project aligned."
---

# Project kickoff brief

Alignment at the start saves weeks later.

## How to work

1. State the goal and why now.
2. Define scope and non-goals.
3. List roles and decision makers.
4. Outline milestones and dates.
5. List risks, dependencies and how success is measured.

## Rules

- One page.
- Mark unknowns as questions.

## Output

A kickoff brief.