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Build a client kickoff handoff packet

Turn a sold project into a delivery-ready kickoff packet with confirmed boundaries, decision rights and the first milestones. Use meeting context to surface assumptions, a maintained page to record agreement, and a task workspace to assign only the work that the client has actually approved.

For: Account leads handing an approved project to the people delivering it.

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YOUR STARTING MATERIAL

An approved proposal, permitted kickoff notes, the delivery team's role list and any written client clarifications, each labeled by version.

YOUR STARTING OPTIONS

Granola · Notion · ClickUp

THE FINISHED DELIVERABLE

A kickoff packet containing a scope boundary table, decision-rights map, milestone assumptions and an owner-reviewed first-week task list.

The situation

An agency has agreed to redesign a client's onboarding experience. The proposal, sales notes and kickoff discussion describe slightly different written deliverables. Design wants a research deadline, engineering needs access, and the client has mentioned an additional dashboard without confirming its scope. Before anyone starts, the account lead needs a packet that makes those differences visible, names the people who can resolve them and gives delivery a stable starting point.

Build a small, reviewable version

  1. Establish the agreed baseline

    Place the approved proposal and clarifications in a Notion project page. Record the version, approving person and date beside each source. Separate deliverables, exclusions and unresolved requests before looking at meeting notes, so later conversation cannot silently rewrite the agreement.

    Check: Every scope statement points to an approved source or remains unresolved.

  2. Extract the scope differences

    Use Granola's notes and meeting context to find statements that add, narrow or contradict the baseline. Copy the relevant passage into a difference table. Ask the account lead to label each item as clarification, requested change or open question.

    Check: The dashboard request has a named decision owner and no assumed approval.

  3. Prepare the delivery handoff

    Create ClickUp tasks only for approved first-week work. Include the expected output, responsible owner and source-page link. Record access or client decisions as dependencies to resolve, keeping a proposed deadline visibly separate from one the responsible person has accepted.

    Check: Each task has an accepted owner and a checkable output.

  4. Run a kickoff read-back

    Walk the client and delivery lead through the packet, starting with differences rather than a polished project story. Capture explicit resolutions in the baseline page, update affected tasks and retain the previous wording so the team can explain what changed.

    Check: Client and delivery reviewers confirm the same scope and unresolved decisions.

Your acceptance checklist

  • Included work and exclusions are separately listed with sources.
  • Each unresolved request names the person deciding its scope.
  • First-week tasks contain outputs, owners and accepted dates.
  • The delivery lead can explain every milestone assumption.

Where the process can go wrong

  • Treating a sales suggestion as a confirmed deliverable.
  • Assigning a deadline before checking access or dependencies.
  • Keeping conflicting scope versions in separate private notes.

Choose the workflow deliberately

Use this packet when sales context and delivery expectations need reconciliation. A small project may only need the scope table and first-week tasks. Keep the maintained agreement in one place; add more workspace automation only after both sides can explain the same boundaries and responsibilities.

A working brief to copy

Prepare a kickoff handoff from [approved proposal], [clarifications] and [permitted meeting notes]. Treat [version] as the approved baseline. Return four sections: included and excluded deliverables; statements that differ from the baseline with source passages; decision owners and unresolved questions; and proposed first-week tasks with outputs and dependencies. Use 'not agreed' for missing owners or dates. Keep proposed scope changes separate. Finish with five questions the client and delivery lead must answer before work begins.

Tool context and original sources

This is an editorial task plan using the products’ published positioning, rather than a record of controlled product testing. The steps describe a trial for you to run. Confirm current access and terms, and review each tool’s limitations.

YOUR STARTING TOOLKIT

Meet the candidates.

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Notion

Organize documents and projects, with AI features available by offering.

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ClickUp

Bring tasks, documents and AI-assisted work into a project workspace.

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