Co-hosts Jeff Plumblee and Matt Stoltz are live today for the second Community of Practice live event! The group discusses preparing a business case for executive approval, starting a project, and gathering subject matter experts and an executive sponsor. Jeff asks for the amount of detail that is wanted to start a project. The conversation moves to involving cross-functional team members and conducting retrospectives after every phase and concludes with an overview of solutions for storing and sharing the lessons learned for best practices. Listen in for new perspectives on making the most of your projects.   Key Takeaways: We've doubled our community since the first event! The group discusses how to turn an idea into a project: Present the business case to executives. Gather cross-functional folks. Empower subject matter expert champions. Get an executive sponsor. Support the SMEs. Jeff asks John what level of detail he looks for in a project idea. John wants to know the date, description, benefits, and the company pillar it touches. Lauren talks about drilling down to the use case, the benefit, and keeping up with the competition. Jeff suggests using a template. Matt asks how to share project learnings. John holds a retrospective listing what they Loved, Learned, Loathed, and Longed for on sticky notes on the wall to discuss. Aaron says to hold an Agile retrospective after each project phase so nothing will be missed. Then institutionalize the learning. Lauren discusses surveys and retrospectives. She uses Start/Stop/Continue for actionable takeaways. John’s Lessons Learned is an Excel spreadsheet. Matt also uses an Excel file. Aaron suggests using a database system. Lauren says to have one knowledge management repository that links to every document.   Brought to you by Moovila — Autonomous Project Management Website: Moovila.com/thisprojectlife Email: [email protected] Resources Mentioned: Moovila.com Teams Agile FunRetro EasyRetro Start/Stop/Continue (SKS process) Confluence Notion