I plan on writing and sharing more of my experiences with these soon.

Thank you for your comment.

Besides that, kickoff is also a mechanism to

- Check that every team member knows scope
- Clarify and manage their expectations on quality of deliverables
- Define roles and responsibilities
- Visit the first milestone (since that is something to come first)
- Get commitments from team on acceptability of schedules and timelines
- Identify potential risks and top level mitigation actions
- Emphasize on review and unit testing practices
- Intimate team about client’s expectations
- See what is reuasbility

To add to your points, asking tough questions during the project execution (in the status review process) also helps to accurately gauge current health of project and need for corrective actions. So according to me, a good list of questions for initiation and project reviews can add lot of value to overall project management process.