The Project is Done – Now What?
It has been 18 long months since this project started, and now it is done with just a few small details waiting to close out. There is only one remaining question, now what? There...
Category: Project Closure
The Project Handover Checklist
The Project Handover Checklist By Ron Rosenhead Here’s a brief checklist of what could be included in the project handover plan: Identifying and managing key stakeholders including the group who will receive the handover...
10 Questions for Effective Retrospectives/Post Implementation Reviews
10 Questions for Effective Retrospectives/Post Implementation Reviews By Zenkara If you run retrospectives and don’t find them valuable, then read on… Any organization that has existed for more than a few years will have...
Training for Project Closure
Training for Project Closure By Andrea Brockmeier Closing out a calendar year brings to mind the challenges of closing out projects. But unlike a calendar year, the close of a project only happens with...
Project Management: Post Mort It!
Project Management: Post Mort It! By Project Manage This You just spent months, you don’t even remember how many any more, 120% invested in your project. When you weren’t working on it, you were...
An All Purpose Checklist for Project Closure
An All Purpose Checklist for Project Closure Kevin Sequeira You’ve reached that point in the project where you stand at deployment and you are ready to shake hands with the project customer and move...
5 Ways to End Projects Well
5 Ways to End Projects Well By Kathleen Welton There is an end to everything, to good things as well. – Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet Projects do indeed end and the key is to...
Project Closure and Analysis
Project Closure and Analysis By Marc Lane Allen and Hardin (2008) note that there is a temptation for a project team to celebrate the conclusion of a project without adequate reflection on its strengths...
Increasing Project Knowledge Retention and Transfer of Best Practices
Increasing Project Knowledge Retention and Transfer of Best Practices By Michael Stanleigh Individuals within an organization move from one project to another, repeating the same mistakes, managing through similar crises, despairing over under-performing team...
How to Hand Off a Project Successfully
How to Hand Off a Project Successfully By Ben Ferris So, you made it to the end of the project at last. Hopefully you can look back with a lot of satisfaction at how...
