4.6 Close Project or Phase

project management plan input

- becomes the agreement between the pm and sponsor, defining what constitutes completion

close project or phase: tt

- expert judgement - analytical techniques - meetings

expert judgement tt

- experts ensure project or phase closure is performed to standards - other pms - pmo - professional and technical associations

close project or phase: outputs

- final product, service, or result transition - opa updates

close project or phase

- finalizing all activities across all process groups - key benefit - provides lessons learned, formal end, release of resources

meetings tt

- ftf, virtual, formal, or informal - include team members, stakeholders involved/affected by project - lessons learned, closeout, user group, and review meetings

close project or phase: inputs

- project mgt plan - accepted deliverables - opa

organizational process assets input

- project or phase closure guidelines - historical information and lessons learned

analytical techniques tt

- regression analysis - trend analysis

final product, service, or result transition output

- that the project was authorized to produce, or intermediate if phase

accepted deliverables input

may include: - approved specs - delivery receipts - work performance documents

opa updates output

may include: - project files - project or phase closure documents - historical information