The kick-off meeting is the first meeting between the stakeholders: the project manager, the client, and the team. It takes place after the contracts have been signed and its sides have agreed upon the work, the budget, and the timelines. The purpose of the kick-off meeting is to make sure that everyone is on the same page: the stakeholder is aware of the key milestones and what needs to be done to get to them, while the team gets introduced to the project requirements and individual responsibilities.

A project plan maps out steps and resources necessary for project success, which usually covers scope management, quality management, risk assessment, resource management, stakeholder management, schedule management, and change management plans.

In project management, a communications plan is an outline of how you’re going to communicate the right information to the right project stakeholders. The communications plan defines who should get which notification, the update frequency, the communication channels, and who is responsible for each of them.

Meeting notes are a tiny but powerful project management delivery that outlines the key points of the meeting. These notes usually contain follow-ups, next action steps, and links to the mentioned documents and are sent out shortly after the meeting.

Performance reports can be built at any project stage to evaluate team productivity, identify bottlenecks, review project costs, and more. Typically, project managers use time tracking systems to assign tasks, manage time, calculate costs, and review project progress. Performance reports are essential project management deliverables that give insight into the project's progress and allow to reach higher productivity.