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:

• De-commissioning a Project
• Identifying Follow-on Actions
• Project Evaluation Review

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
• User Acceptance Signoff received
• Operational / Support Acceptance received
• End Project Report Prepared
• Post Project Review Plan Approved (if required).
• Project File Archived

• PMBK_TPL009 - End Project Report
• PMBK_TPL013 - Post Project Review Plan

• PMBK_FRM011 - Lessons Learned Forms
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• Other links
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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge

• 10.4 Administrative Closure
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