# Turn a project idea into a working brief

Use a teammate to turn rough notes into an agreed starting point, then bring other teammates into specific parts of the work.

## Gather the starting material

Attach your notes and identify any existing project documents. Include the deadline, audience, constraints, and decisions already made.

> **Try this**
> Turn the attached notes into a kickoff brief for the customer onboarding project. Include the objective, scope, deliverables, owners, timeline, and open questions. Mark missing information rather than guessing it. Attach the finished brief.

## Review the brief

Correct inaccurate dates and assumptions before using the brief as a source for other tasks. Quote the relevant section when requesting a change.

Ask the teammate to place the agreed brief in shared files. Save a small set of durable project facts in memory if they should guide future conversations.

## Divide the next steps

Create or select teammates for the work that follows. In a group conversation, link the agreed brief and assign each teammate a distinct deliverable.

Finish the kickoff with a clear list of owners and outputs. If a regular status report would help, run the first report manually and then use [a routine](/docs/workflows/recurring-briefing).