Module 1 checkpoint: write your project on a card

You have a project on a card. By the end of this module checkpoint, you can answer the four questions that turn that card into something a team can join.

A project that lives only on your card is still a wish. The move from wish to project is mostly answering questions out loud. Doing this in writing — even rough writing — is what shifts a project from "I have been meaning to" to "I am starting this".

The four questions: What is the moment this is done? Who needs to be in the room for it to work? When does the world need this by, working backwards? What are we calling success that someone outside the project could verify? You do not need final answers. You need first answers.

You will refine each of these in later modules. Module 2 picks the project style. Module 3 builds the scope. Module 4 puts the team and timeline in writing. For now: answer the four questions for the project on your card. Sentence apiece.

If you cannot answer one of the four, that is fine — it is information. It usually means the project needs a conversation with someone before it can really start. Note who that conversation is with, and put it on your calendar for this week.