Tips/best practices on how to start and manage a well run project? Some projects have gone well in the past and some were very stressful. Would love thoughts from the 🐠 bowl 

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I can't stress this enough. The right team from the start is the #1 factor for success. Don't care who is running it, the project lives and dies by the team that drives it.

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Use a project schedule and have weekly checking with work stream leads and weekly reporting to internal leadership

Have a kick off meeting where expectations and policies are clearly defined and agreed upon by all staff

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I got
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