Project Management Absolute Beginner’s Guide, 5th Edition

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Ending a Project

In this Chapter

• Find out how to properly bring closure to your project

• Use the Project End Checklist to make sure your projects end in style

• Understand the common challenges to overcome when ending your project

• Review the different reasons a contract and project can end

As in most personal interactions, how we begin and end the process can make all the difference. The same can be said for projects. Continuing to use the personal interaction analogy, we know how initial impressions and the relationship we establish can make our “goodbye” extremely awkward or very exciting for the promise of what is yet to come. In addition, there is nothing more frustrating in personal relationships than a lack of closure. Our goal, as ...