# Hand over my work before moving to a new team

A structured handover plan and document so your old team keeps running smoothly after you move.

- Topic: Career & Job Search
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Leadership, Plan, Fill-in Template, Step-by-step
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/hand-over-my-work-before-moving-to-a-new-team

## Prompt

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Help me plan the handover of my current work before I move to a new team. This is step 4 of my internal move plan; use the transition timeline agreed with my manager in step 2.

**My responsibilities:** [LIST projects, recurring tasks, systems I own, stakeholders, clients]
**Who's taking over:** [NAMES or "not decided yet"]
**Transition dates:** [last day on current team, start on new team, any overlap]
**Knowledge that lives only in my head:** [e.g. workarounds, history with a difficult client, access setups]

Give me:
1. A handover table: Responsibility | Status | Owner going forward | Key contacts | Documentation needed | Handover date.
2. A template for a handover document per project: goal, current status, next steps, decisions pending, risks, where files live, who to ask.
3. A schedule of handover sessions with the new owners, ordered by risk.
4. A message to stakeholders and clients introducing the new contact.
5. Boundaries for after the move: how long I'll answer questions and through what channel, so I don't end up doing two jobs.

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## What to fill in

- NAMES or "not decided yet"
- last day on current team, start on new team, any overlap

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