Types of project meetings

Last updated Jun 5, 2023

Types:

• Project kick-off
• Status updates
• Stakeholders reviews
• Project reviews

A project kick-off meeting is the official beginning of a project and serves as a way to align the team’s understanding of the project goals with actual plans and procedures.

Kick-off meeting

This category includes regular team meetings where the primary goal is to align the team on updates, progress, challenges, and next steps.

• Tasks updates
• Project schedule status
• Budget status
• Current or anticipated Issue
  • Changes
  • Risks
  • Resource issues
  • Vendor issues
• Action items

• Project complexity
• Number of team members
• Level of information required by the project sponsor, clients, and others

The goal of a Stakeholders meeting is to get buy-in and support.

1:1 meeting vs group meeting

• Present a project update
• Seek and listen to feedback
• Make a decision or resolve a major issue

Retrospective