Closing a Project, Project Manager

Closing a project provides an orderly close to the project whether it ends successfully or prematurely.  The Project ManagerDay to Day Management of the Project - appointed by Corporate / Programme Management. performs the following steps to complete this process:

• Prepare Planned Closure
• Prepare Premature Closure (if necessary)
• Hand over products
• Evaluate the Project
• Recommend Project Closure

This process is performed near the end of the last stage of the project.  (This PRINCE2® process is not a stage - however, there may be a management stage defined to close the project where the project is large and de-commissioning may take some time.)

• Resources have been released
• Project Plan updated
• User Acceptance Records signed off
• Operational / Support Acceptance received
• Follow-on Action Recommendations Prepared
• Lessons Report ready for review
• End Project Report ready for review
• Benefits Review Plan updated
• Project File Archived (Configuration Item Records, Products)
• Project Closure Notification Issued

• PMGT_TPL008 - Lessons Report
• PMGT_TPL009 - End Project Report
• PMGT_TPL012 - Follow-on Action Recommendations
• PMGT_TPL013 - Benefits Review Plan

• PMGT_FRM011 - Lessons Learned Forms

Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2®

• Closing a Project Process
• Progress Theme