Chapter 18. Archiving Historical Information

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL:

  • Identify information to archive about completed projects

  • Discover several methods for building a project archive

  • Learn about archival features in enterprise project management solutions

“Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

ALBERT EINSTEIN

If an organization wants to improve performance on projects in the future, it must learn from the projects in its past. Whether a project was a spectacular success or a dismal failure, there’s valuable information in the documents from completed projects about what to do or what not to do the next time. Unfortunately, many project managers file away project documentation as soon as a project is ...

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