Meeting preparation: handover checklist
Make the result understandable to the next person. Start with approved agenda notes and account summaries and plan a meeting brief with open questions.
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The project in view
- Start with
- approved agenda notes and account summaries.
- Proposed result
- a meeting brief with open questions.
- A decision to resolve
- private notes outside the intended audience.
This is a planning example. It does not describe a completed client engagement.
Handover checklist for this project
- Assign an owner for knowledge updates, evaluations and access reviews. Keep tool actions auditable.
- Deliver a meeting brief with open questions with references to approved agenda notes and account summaries.
- List any unresolved questions about private notes outside the intended audience, with an owner and proposed next step.
Questions to answer together
- Which files, instructions and access details must be transferred?
- Who owns updates and unresolved questions?
- How can someone trace a result back to its source?
What to have at the end
A handover register with deliverables, owners, known limitations and open actions.
Record the decision on private notes outside the intended audience alongside the source material. If it is still unresolved, identify who can answer it and what work depends on the answer.
Prepare your enquiry
Use this as a starting point. Add your current process, available examples and constraints before sharing.
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