How to Formally Close a Project

Learn why it is important to properly close projects and also how we do it. The step by step process

This course will teach you first and foremost, why we even want to make the effort to properly close projects. How it benefits project managers and the organization. Then, you will also learn how to actually DO it. The step by step sequence, using my CUSTOM chart, which breaks down the activities into the tiny components we need to complete.

Closing of a project is the most ignored part of project management, because it is the most misunderstood part of project management. But closing promotes project knowledge transfer and the build up of historical files at the organization. New project managers, learn from the final reports created during closing domain. The data is also a value for the organization. A very important one to improve good project management and maximize the value in return from the projects. Closing of a project, is where project deliverables are formally handed over to the customer. Receipts are issued, payments are finalized and sometimes procurement is closed in the closing phase.

This course is relevant and important for all the people who are running projects, participating in projects, Project management office, decision makers on project selection, portfolio managers and program managers.

This is an important course for a project manager and the organization to learn from.