Improving Your Project Management Skills, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER 14Closing a Project

CHAPTERS 10 AND 11 PRESENTED the processes, tools, and techniques that guide execution and control of a project. This chapter reviews the needs of the client, stakeholders, and team members regarding project closure. It discusses the steps necessary for completing project closure and describes techniques to enact those steps. Project closure is an important step that is often overlooked or poorly executed.

Project Closure: The Final Process

During project closure, all the project’s activities are formally completed and the deliverables or results are turned over to the customer. Closure usually begins after the client has accepted the majority of the project deliverables. Sometimes a project will end prematurely or ...