The Perfect Project Kick-Off Bundle will help you to…

  • Align stakeholders to a common vision/goal at the project onset.

  • Run a smooth and impressive project kick-off meeting.

  • Set expectations with team members and stakeholders.

  • Identify project risks and create mitigation strategies to prevent or reduce their likelihood and impact of derailing your project.

  • Accurately scope and schedule research activities.

1. Perfect Project Kickoff Checklist

Prepare a presentation slide deck using this checklist in advance of your next kick-off meeting. Following this checklist will make sure you hit all the right points, help you align stakeholders and project team members, and properly plan project logistics.

2. Risk Mitigation Template Workbook

This workbook will walk you through how to identify and mitigate risks that often come up in design research. It provides an example risk mitigation strategy including eight common risks (such as the availability of stakeholders to provide timely feedback on deliverables) and their mitigation strategies. Outlining risks at the onset of a project is important for setting expectations with senior management about potential schedule impacts and preventing any unhappy surprises.

3. Sample Design Research Project Schedule

Planning makes perfect! This spreadsheet showcases three common timelines for design research projects (8 weeks, 12 weeks, and 16 weeks) and will help you determine how long activities like surveys, interviews, and data analysis should take depending on how much time you have, and in what order/sequence to conduct them in!

Ready for your most successful design research project yet?

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