Project Closure Checklist
Project Closure Checklist
Task #
Task
Completed? Yes/ No
Team
1
Have all team employees been reallocated to new projects?
2
Has an employee evaluation been completed for each project team member and provided feedback?
3
Did the project team discuss and complete the project retrospectives?
4
Were the project documents reviewed/ discussed and archived?
Vendors/ Contractors
5
Have all contracts been closed?
6
Have all final invoices been sent/ paid?
Customers/ Users
7
Has the website testing been completed and all outstanding issues been resolved?
8
Did PMAN verify that all deliverables met the requirements and signed off on the project delivery?
9
Has enough training/ knowledge been shared?
Equipment/ Facilities
10
Have all closure provisions been satisfied?
Operations/ Maintenance
11
Has the PMAN website been launched and now live?
12
Was the website ownership defined and communicated to PMAN?
13
Has the maintenance/operational overview of the website been discussed?
14
Have the employees been assigned for the PMAN website maintenance/operational overview?
15
Has the maintenance/operational costs been discussed?
Project Retrospectives: Advocates of retrospective methodology claim there are distinguishing characteristics that increase its value over past lessons learned methods. What are they? How does each characteristic enhance project closure and review?
A project retrospective is a method used to analyze past projects to determine what lessons can be learned to create an action plan to enhance and improve project management in the future. There are five distinguishing characteristics of retrospective methodology that Advocates claim increase its value over past lessons learned methods. These characteristics include:
1. Uses an independent facilitator: a project facilitator is responsible for gathering, identifying, and implementing all the lessons learned during the project execution. The facilitator analyzes the project tasks and
Task #
Task
Completed? Yes/ No
Team
1
Have all team employees been reallocated to new projects?
2
Has an employee evaluation been completed for each project team member and provided feedback?
3
Did the project team discuss and complete the project retrospectives?
4
Were the project documents reviewed/ discussed and archived?
Vendors/ Contractors
5
Have all contracts been closed?
6
Have all final invoices been sent/ paid?
Customers/ Users
7
Has the website testing been completed and all outstanding issues been resolved?
8
Did PMAN verify that all deliverables met the requirements and signed off on the project delivery?
9
Has enough training/ knowledge been shared?
Equipment/ Facilities
10
Have all closure provisions been satisfied?
Operations/ Maintenance
11
Has the PMAN website been launched and now live?
12
Was the website ownership defined and communicated to PMAN?
13
Has the maintenance/operational overview of the website been discussed?
14
Have the employees been assigned for the PMAN website maintenance/operational overview?
15
Has the maintenance/operational costs been discussed?
Project Retrospectives: Advocates of retrospective methodology claim there are distinguishing characteristics that increase its value over past lessons learned methods. What are they? How does each characteristic enhance project closure and review?
A project retrospective is a method used to analyze past projects to determine what lessons can be learned to create an action plan to enhance and improve project management in the future. There are five distinguishing characteristics of retrospective methodology that Advocates claim increase its value over past lessons learned methods. These characteristics include:
1. Uses an independent facilitator: a project facilitator is responsible for gathering, identifying, and implementing all the lessons learned during the project execution. The facilitator analyzes the project tasks and