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Running Head: THE PROJECT CLOSURE PHASE 1 THE PROJECT CLOSURE PHASE
2
The Project Closure Phase William Fiedler Columbia Southern University The Project Closure Phase Inside this paperwork, I am going to make a discussion regarding the closing project. I will also extend to discussing the lesson learned towards the end of the project. 1 THE FOURTH AND LAST PROJECT LIFECYCLE STAGE IS THE PROJECT CLOSURE PHASE. IT IS IN THIS STAGE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO YOUR PROJECT FORMALLY CLOSES AFTER THE REPORT SUCCESS LEVEL OF THE SPONSOR YOU HAVE. The exercises that are needed in closing the task in brought in to be by the Project Closure Report and this guarantees the project a conclusion that is embraced productively and comfortably. Once the report is brought into action and acknowledged by the individuals, the reports of the completion of the inside exercises indicated are attempted (Larson, 2014). As a result, the project closure comes into effect formally. 1 AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE TASK IN A PERIOD OF AT LEAST ONE TO THREE MONTHS, THE BUSINESS IS BELIEVED TO START GAINING THE ADVANTAGES GIVEN BY THE PROJECT WHICH MAKE IT MORE ESSENTIAL TO ALLUDE THE POST IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW (PIR) EVALUATION. This provides the business with a wide range of view towards recognizing its achievements level of different tasks as well as offer the education on the future projects that will arise.
2 PROCESS FOR CLOSING THE PROJECT THE PROJECT TRANSITION TASK CONTROL DOCUMENT WILL RECORD THE VICTORIES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE TASK. It gives a chronicled record of the orchestrated and unique spending plan and schedule, proposals for future endeavors of practically identical size and unpredictability, information on staffing and aptitudes used to meet errand targets and destinations, how the client wants were managed, exercises learned, and an official undertaking close down. One reason for the conclusion understanding system is to offer the sellers a formal warning to the structures that may have been created which has a high expectation that is elegant and commendable or that may have been rejected as a result. If the business does not meet its goals, it ought to make the amendment that hinders them from this achievement, and the individual or the dealer responsible for this should try to fix or eradicate any errors that may have caused it with a formal affirmation (Larson, 2014).
Before the closure of the agreement, all the minor things are fixed, and the competed expectation is to strike the depressed. Over rages of errands, the world has audited quality performance, and the vendor was allowed to influence chan.
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Running Head: THE PROJECT CLOSURE PHASE 1 THE
PROJECT CLOSURE PHASE
2
The Project Closure Phase William Fiedler Columbia Southern
University The Project Closure Phase Inside this paperwork, I
am going to make a discussion regarding the closing project. I
will also extend to discussing the lesson learned towards the
end of the project. 1 THE FOURTH AND LAST PROJECT
LIFECYCLE STAGE IS THE PROJECT CLOSURE PHASE. IT
IS IN THIS STAGE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO YOUR
PROJECT FORMALLY CLOSES AFTER THE REPORT
SUCCESS LEVEL OF THE SPONSOR YOU HAVE. The
exercises that are needed in closing the task in brought in to be
by the Project Closure Report and this guarantees the project a
conclusion that is embraced productively and comfortably. Once
the report is brought into action and acknowledged by the
individuals, the reports of the completion of the inside exercises
indicated are attempted (Larson, 2014). As a result, the project
closure comes into effect formally. 1 AFTER THE CLOSING
OF THE TASK IN A PERIOD OF AT LEAST ONE TO THREE
MONTHS, THE BUSINESS IS BELIEVED TO START
GAINING THE ADVANTAGES GIVEN BY THE PROJECT
WHICH MAKE IT MORE ESSENTIAL TO ALLUDE THE
2. POST IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW (PIR)
EVALUATION. This provides the business with a wide range of
view towards recognizing its achievements level of different
tasks as well as offer the education on the future projects that
will arise.
2 PROCESS FOR CLOSING THE PROJECT THE PROJECT
TRANSITION TASK CONTROL DOCUMENT WILL RECORD
THE VICTORIES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE
TASK. It gives a chronicled record of the orchestrated and
unique spending plan and schedule, proposals for future
endeavors of practically identical size and unpredictability,
information on staffing and aptitudes used to meet errand
targets and destinations, how the client wants were managed,
exercises learned, and an official undertaking close down. One
reason for the conclusion understanding system is to offer the
sellers a formal warning to the structures that may have been
created which has a high expectation that is elegant and
commendable or that may have been rejected as a result. If the
business does not meet its goals, it ought to make the
amendment that hinders them from this achievement, and the
individual or the dealer responsible for this should try to fix or
eradicate any errors that may have caused it with a formal
affirmation (Larson, 2014).
Before the closure of the agreement, all the minor things are
fixed, and the competed expectation is to strike the depressed.
Over rages of errands, the world has audited quality
performance, and the vendor was allowed to influence changes
before the procedure than the conclusion to organize. The issue
is not a keen idea to hold up until the specific end of the effort
and after that fastened each subject and the matters on the carter
drastically. It is possible to significantly stable in considering
the dealer you may have in trying to take the best way for the
progress because it accepts the amendment when the issues
happen. By utilizing following the means, we can properly close
the project:
· Customer’s formal Sign-off.
3. · Product scope final analysis.
· The resources release.
· Contract closure or the procurement.
· Project files Indexing.
· Documentation of the lessons learned
Lesson Learned Document My group and as a task director, I
took in numerous things from this end undertaking, for example,
how to deal with the venture. 3 FOR EXAMPLE, EXPANDED
EFFICIENCY AND EXECUTION, BUNCHES THAT WORK
THAT CAPACITY SPLENDIDLY TOGETHER CAN ACHIEVE
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN INDIVIDUALS WEARING
DOWN THEIR OWN. A FULL EXTENT OF APTITUDES CAN
BE ASSOCIATED WITH DOWN TO EARTH ACTIVITIES
AND OFFER AND DISCUSSING MUSINGS CAN ACCEPT A
FUNDAMENTAL PART IN BUILDING UP YOUR
APPRECIATION OF A SPECIFIC BRANCH OF
KNOWLEDGE.
Aptitudes Advancement: 3 BEING A BIT OF A GROUP WILL
ENABLE YOU TO DEVELOP YOUR RELATIONAL
CAPACITIES, FOR INSTANCE, TALKING AND TUNING IN
AND FURTHERMORE BUNCH WORKING APTITUDES, FOR
EXAMPLE, ORGANIZATION, AND WORKING WITH AND
ENERGIZING OTHERS. A portion of these demeanors will be
useful all through your academic job, and managers regard all
(Serra, 2015). 1 WHAT'S MORE, KNOWING MORE ABOUT
YOURSELF: collaborating with others will perceive your
characteristics and weaknesses (for example, you may be a
prevalent pioneer than the gathering of people, or you might be
incredible at thinking about the 'tremendous contemplations' yet
not too impressive at putting them
energetically). 3 ENHANCED CARE WILL BOTH HELP
YOUR APPROACH TO MANAGE TO LEARN AND WILL BE
VALUABLE WHEN YOU COME TO CREATE YOUR CV OR
FINISH OCCUPATION APPLICATION SHAPES. It enhances
the accompanying things:
· Better services delivery efficiency.
4. · Increased, enhanced and improved the satisfaction of the
customer.
· Enhancement of services delivery effectiveness.
· Growth and Development should be highly improved inside
your group or team.
· Greater competitive and Edge
Some turned out badly are Flexibility, Risk Assessment,
diminishing in Quantity. 1 I RECOMMENDED THAT FUTURE
VENTURE MUST SPOTLIGHT ON THE EXPANSION THE
FLEXIBILITY, REDUCE THE RISK ASSESSMENT AND
EXPANDED THE QUANTITY. Since the quality administration
is a method of constant change that consolidates picking up
from past errands and taking off upgrades to improve the next
endeavor. This strategy is recorded as an affirmation that
quality administration hones are being utilized. A couple of
affiliations have formal systems for changing work techniques
and fusing the exercises picked up from the wander so
individual assignments can benefit. A couple of alliances are
less formal in the procedure and foresee that individuals will
pick up from experience and take the experience to their next
endeavor and confer what they made sense of how to others
coolly. Whatever kind of strategy is used, the going with parts
should be surveyed, and the results shortened in reports for
outside and inside utilize (Watt, n.d.).
3 ENCOURAGE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS I CAN EMPOWER
COLLEAGUES BY PERSUADING THE COLLEAGUES FOR
FUTURE TASKS. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME COLLEAGUES
ARE CONFIDENT AND CONFIDENT, WHILE OTHERS ARE
GENERALLY HUMBLE AND QUIET. A PARTICULAR AND
CONFIDENT INDIVIDUAL ENHANCES MUSINGS THAN A
MODEST, AND CALM INDIVIDUAL, BE THAT AS IT MAY,
DYNAMIC INDIVIDUALS, ARE ALTOGETHER MORE
SLANTED TO BE HEARD AND TO HAVE THEIR
THOUGHTS FOLLOWED UP ON. TO GET THE BEST OUT
OF YOUR QUIETER ASSOCIATES, STRUCTURE YOUR
SOCIAL OCCASIONS WITH THE GOAL THAT EVERYONE
5. HAS AN EQUIVALENT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK. GIVE
PEOPLE TIME TO CLARIFY THEIR CONSIDERATIONS
ALTOGETHER (LOCK, 2017). EXERTION TO REVIEW
EACH SUGGESTION AS IMPARTIALLY AS COULD BE
PERMITTED GIVEN THE IDEA ITSELF AND NOT THE
CHARACTER OF THE PARTNER PROPOSING IT. ON THE
OFF CHANCE THAT YOU COULDN'T CARE LESS FOR A
PROPOSAL OR PICK NOT TO MAKE USE OF IT, DON'T
CRITICIZE IT TOO GENUINELY (TIPPING, 2015). A
HUMBLE ASSOCIATE MAY ACCEPT POSITIVE INPUT AS
EXPULSION AND MAY SWEAR OFF MAKING PROPOSALS
LATER ON. MAKE A GROUP OVERFLOWING WITH
PIONEERS BY USING A NETWORK RATHER THAN AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LEVELED ESTABLISHMENT.
The pioneer in any association is the careful individual, so
pioneers are significantly vigorous for the social affair to
succeed. In a mounting structure, emerge leads at each level of
the affiliation. In an agreeable arrangement, each from the
group has an expert part in precisely a player in the assignment.
Designate each right associate obligation concerning some piece
of the wander given that accomplice's characteristics and
capacities. Give partners a level of control over their regions of
the venture. For example, one part might be responsible for
making applications for the wander. On any issue doing with
applications progression, that associate would be the pioneer.
Regardless, on any request doing with the inventive structure
for the endeavor, another associate would be the pioneer
(Tipping, 2015). Instead of a strict division among pioneers and
supporters, every partner would be a pioneer in one association
and a fan in others. This backing a sentiment of proprietorship
and ethical commitment.
References
Larson, E. W., Gray, C. F., Danlin, U., Honig, B., & Bacarini,
D. (2014). Project management: The managerial process (Vol.
6). Grandview Heights, OH: 4 MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION.
Lock, D. (2017). 5 THE ESSENTIALS OF PROJECT
6. MANAGEMENT. Routledge.
Serra, C. E. 6 M., & KUNC, M. (2015). 7 BENEFITS
REALISATION MANAGEMENT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON
PROJECT SUCCESS AND ON THE EXECUTION OF
BUSINESS STRATEGIES. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 33(1), 53-66.
Tipping, J., Boogaard, F., Jaeger, R., Duffy, A., Klomp, T., &
Manenschijn, M. (2015). Climatescan. nl: the development of a
web-based map application to encourage knowledge-sharing of
climate-proofing and urban resilient projects. International
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THE FOURTH AND LAST PROJECT LIFECYCLE STAGE IS
THE PROJECT CLOSURE PHASE
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INTRODUCTION The Project Closure Phase is the fourth and
last stage of the project lifecycle
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IT IS IN THIS STAGE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO YOUR
PROJECT FORMALLY CLOSES AFTER THE REPORT
SUCCESS LEVEL OF THE SPONSOR YOU HAVE
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In this stage, you will formally close your project and after that
report its general level of success to your sponsor
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AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE TASK IN A PERIOD OF AT
LEAST ONE TO THREE MONTHS, THE BUSINESS IS
BELIEVED TO START GAINING THE ADVANTAGES
GIVEN BY THE PROJECT WHICH MAKE IT MORE
ESSENTIAL TO ALLUDE THE POST IMPLEMENTATION
REVIEW (PIR) EVALUATION
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One to three months after the task has been closed and the
business has started to encounter the advantages gave the
project, it is essential to attempt an Evaluation, frequently
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And Knowing more about yourself
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I RECOMMENDED THAT FUTURE VENTURE MUST
SPOTLIGHT ON THE EXPANSION THE FLEXIBILITY,
REDUCE THE RISK ASSESSMENT AND EXPANDED THE
QUANTITY
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I suggested that future projects must focus on the increase the
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PROCESS FOR CLOSING THE PROJECT THE PROJECT
TRANSITION TASK CONTROL DOCUMENT WILL RECORD
THE VICTORIES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE TASK
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Project Closure Project Closing Process The Undertaking
Change Assignment Control Report will record the victories and
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FOR EXAMPLE, EXPANDED EFFICIENCY AND
EXECUTION, BUNCHES THAT WORK THAT CAPACITY
SPLENDIDLY TOGETHER CAN ACHIEVE SIGNIFICANTLY
MORE THAN INDIVIDUALS WEARING DOWN THEIR OWN
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For example, expanded efficiency and execution, bunches that
work that capacity honourably together can fulfil significantly
more than individuals wearing down their own (Thompson,
2010)
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A FULL EXTENT OF APTITUDES CAN BE ASSOCIATED
WITH DOWN TO EARTH ACTIVITIES AND OFFER AND
DISCUSSING MUSINGS CAN ACCEPT A FUNDAMENTAL
PART IN BUILDING UP YOUR APPRECIATION OF A
SPECIFIC BRANCH OF KNOWLEDGE
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BEING A BIT OF A GROUP WILL ENABLE YOU TO
DEVELOP YOUR RELATIONAL CAPACITIES, FOR
INSTANCE, TALKING AND TUNING IN AND
FURTHERMORE BUNCH WORKING APTITUDES, FOR
EXAMPLE, ORGANIZATION, AND WORKING WITH AND
ENERGIZING OTHERS
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being a bit of a gathering will enable you to develop your
relational capacities, for instance, talking and tuning in and
furthermore bunch working aptitudes, for instance,
9. organization, and working with and awakening others
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ENHANCED CARE WILL BOTH HELP YOUR APPROACH
TO MANAGE TO LEARN AND WILL BE VALUABLE WHEN
YOU COME TO CREATE YOUR CV OR FINISH
OCCUPATION APPLICATION SHAPES
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occupation application shapes
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ENCOURAGE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS I CAN EMPOWER
COLLEAGUES BY PERSUADING THE COLLEAGUES FOR
FUTURE TASKS
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Encouragement for Future Projects I can empower colleagues by
propelling the colleagues for future tasks
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FOR EXAMPLE, SOME COLLEAGUES ARE CONFIDENT
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HUMBLE AND QUIET
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A PARTICULAR AND CONFIDENT INDIVIDUAL
ENHANCES MUSINGS THAN A MODEST, AND CALM
INDIVIDUAL, BE THAT AS IT MAY, DYNAMIC
INDIVIDUALS, ARE ALTOGETHER MORE SLANTED TO BE
HEARD AND TO HAVE THEIR THOUGHTS FOLLOWED UP
ON
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constrained, and calm individual, nonetheless, dynamic
individuals are essentially more slanted to be heard and to have
their thoughts followed up on
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TO GET THE BEST OUT OF YOUR QUIETER ASSOCIATES,
STRUCTURE YOUR SOCIAL OCCASIONS WITH THE GOAL
THAT EVERYONE HAS AN EQUIVALENT OPPORTUNITY
TO TALK
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To get the best out of your more quiet partners, structure your
social events with the goal that everyone has an equivalent
opportunity to talk
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GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO CLARIFY THEIR
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EXERTION TO REVIEW EACH SUGGESTION AS
IMPARTIALLY AS COULD BE PERMITTED GIVEN THE
IDEA ITSELF AND NOT THE CHARACTER OF THE
PARTNER PROPOSING IT
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Endeavour to overview each suggestion as impartially as could
be permitted given the idea itself and not the personality of the
partner proposing it
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ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT YOU COULDN'T CARE LESS
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DON'T CRITICIZE IT TOO GENUINELY (TIPPING, 2015)
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not to make usage of it, don't criticize it too genuinely (Watt,
2009)
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A HUMBLE ASSOCIATE MAY ACCEPT POSITIVE INPUT
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PROPOSALS LATER ON
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may avoid making proposals later on
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MAKE A GROUP OVERFLOWING WITH PIONEERS BY
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MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION
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McGraw-Hill Education
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THE ESSENTIALS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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The Nature of Project Management
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BENEFITS REALISATION MANAGEMENT AND ITS
INFLUENCE ON PROJECT SUCCESS AND ON THE
EXECUTION OF BUSINESS STRATEGIES
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT,
33(1), 53-66
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MBA 6941, Managing Project Teams 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit VIII
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
5. Describe the process of leadership when leading project
teams.
5.1 Determine the role of the project team in the closing
processes.
5.2 Discuss how to successfully adjourn or disband a project
team.
Reading Assignment
Chapter 18:
13. Closeout
Unit Lesson
If you remember at the beginning of the class, we agreed that
one of the elements of a project is that every
project must come to an end. The project has gone through the
initiating phase where we created the project
charter that authorized the beginning of the project. Then we
moved to the planning phase of the project. In
the planning phase, the project hired the teams and started to
formulate the project plan. The project
management plan that includes the scope of the project, the cost
, the schedule, the quality plan, the risk
plan, the procurement and human resources plans, the
communication plan, and the stakeholder
management plan.
Once the project management plan is complete, the project then
moves to the executing phase. This is the
phase where the project team does all the implementations
based on what was planned. Indeed, the primary
purpose of the executing phase is create the project deliverables
based on all the plans documented in the
project plan. Like every other plan, the output of the executing
phase (deliverables) may or may not manifest
precisely as planned, and the control and monitoring process
helps the project to correct the variances and
bring the project back to achieving its objectives.
Once the project has completed the development of all the
deliverables, the project now moves from the
executing phase of the project to the closing phase. In this case,
the project is closed because the project has
14. achieved its objectives and been accepted by the project
sponsor. However, a project can be terminated if,
during the course of the project, the sponsor deems that the
project is not achieving its strategic objectives in
terms of cost, schedule, or market considerations. Projects can
also be terminated if the purpose of the
project has been overcome by events. For example, some of the
projects that were started by the U.S. Army
Health Corps to help with the Ebola disease in West Africa were
recently closed because of new medicines
and because the disease has ceased to be an epidemic.
Projects can also be terminated if the return on investment
(ROI) is perceived as negative. In addition,
sometimes changes in legislation or market demand may cause a
project to be terminated. Fundamentally,
there are many reasons (positive or negative) for a project to be
terminated. Irrespective of the reason for
termination, it is important for a project team to perform core
closing phase activities. Some of these activities
that a project team must perform during the closing phase
include the following:
ng payments due to
the project and also make payments to
all outstanding dues.
and provide final constructive and
positive feedbacks to team members.
-project evaluations to
determine if it met their success criteria.
UNIT VIII STUDY GUIDE
15. Project Closeout and Team
MBA 6941, Managing Project Teams 2
UNIT x STUDY GUIDE
Title
project must then finalize, organize, and archive all
project related documents.
Of all these closing phase activities that a project team must
perform, one of the most critical is the creation of
the “Lessons Learned” document. The “Lessons Learned”
document is one of the major deliverables of the
project closure. The goal of the “Lessons Learned” document is
to document all that went well in the course of
the project and all that went wrong in the project. Finally, the
“Lessons Learned” document should propose
suggestions for future projects based on the collective
experience of the project team. Documenting an
effective “Lessons Learned” document could be a challenge for
the project because the documentation is
done during the closing phase when most of the experienced
team members may have left the project.
Sometimes, the project team might perceive that the project
“Lessons Learned” document is a document
16. used for finger pointing or assigning blame, and therefore, team
members may not be forthcoming in
documenting what went wrong in the project. A well-
documented and well written “Lessons Learned”
document helps the organization to prepare more effectively for
future similar projects through the
documentation of suggestions based on what went right and
what went wrong in the previous project. The
overall objective of the “Lessons Learned” document is to help
the project team answer some important
questions about the project and provide a pathway to successful
future projects.
Also, as the project comes to a closure, the project team must
ensure that all outstanding works are
completed on time and efficiently and that project assets are
transferred properly by doing the following:
ar
understanding and a plan on how to transfer the
project from the project manager to the operations manager. If
this transition is not properly
managed, it might negatively impact the project deliverables in
terms of performance or operational
ability.
sponsor to reject the final deliverable at
the closing phase if the sponsor and the end user have not been
properly informed throughout the
process. It is important that final deliverable expectations are
managed so that the acceptance
experience is positive for the project team and sponsor.
17. operational team that is now getting the
project may not be familiar with how to use the application or
facility or the final product. A
consideration should be made as part of the closing process on
the level of training that must be
given to the operational team to make the acceptance
successful.
Adjourning the Project Team
As the project comes to end, the team members are anxiously
looking for future projects or simply concerned
about to do next. It is important that a project manager takes all
the necessary steps within his or her power to
ensure that the disbanding of the team is smooth and less
stressful to the team members. If you think of the
stages that your project team has gone through from the forming
stage to storming, norming, and performing,
a lot of training and bonding must have occurred by now that
must be managed carefully because as a project
manager, you may need the same team members for another
project in the future. In a matrix organizational
structure, as the project ends, the project manager starts to
transition team members to their home
administrative managers, and the way this transition is done
will be a deciding factor in whether the same
team members work again with the project manager in the
future. Here are some consideration when
adjourning your project team members:
nager, be sure to give each one of your team a
final evaluation.
18. to transition back to their original work
team.
approved and paid.
members are rewarded (Project Management
Institute [PMI], 2013).
MBA 6941, Managing Project Teams 3
UNIT x STUDY GUIDE
Title
Reference
Project Management Institute. (2013). A guide to the project
management body of knowledge (5th ed.).
Newton Square, PA: Project Management Institute.
Suggested Reading
In order to access the resource below, you must first log into
19. the myCSU Student Portal and access the
Business Source Complete database within the CSU Online
Library.
This article gives you an insight on how to close a project
successfully:
How to kill an IT project. (2004). Computerworld, 38(39), 46-
47.