The document outlines the steps for project completion, including contract closure, documenting lessons learned, final reporting, and archiving documents. Key steps are ensuring all documentation is up-to-date, completing testing, providing notice that deliverables are satisfactory, releasing the project team, evaluating customer satisfaction, archiving important documents, and documenting lessons learned. The project is then considered complete.

1. Project Completion

2. Project Completion
 Contract Closure
 Lessons Learned
 Final Reporting
 Document Archival

3. Contract Closure
 Ensure that all documentation is up-to-date
 Requirements may have changed
 Completion of testing should be noted
 Provide formal notice that deliverables are
satisfactory (or not)
 Release the project team
 Final Payments
 Post-project evaluations

4. Completion of all sub-plans
 Schedule
 Budget
 Risk
 Procurement
 Evaluate Customer satisfaction

5. Document Archival
 Charter documents
 Scope statement
 Original budget
 Change documents
 DPCI ratings
 Manager’s summary—lessons learned
 Final DPCI rating (see Budget Planning Chapter)

6. Project Completion Summary
 All contracts are signed off and closed
 Lessons Learned are documented
 Final Reporting goes to management
 Project documents are archived

7. The project is complete!
Celebrate the success with the project team.
Acknowledge, commiserate, start consolidating lessons learned!

8. Questions?