CP - Closing a Project
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Projects should be finite - without a clear Project closure there is a tendency to drift into operational management.
  • CP1 Decommissioning a Project
  • CP2 Identifying Follow-on Actions
  • CP3 Project Evaluation Review

Purpose of a Post Project Review

  • is to find out whether the expected benefits of the product have been realised
  • if the product has caused any problems in use

Contents:

  • Achievement of expected benefits
  • Unexpected benefits
  • Unexpected problems
  • User reaction

Purpose of Lessons Learnt Report
 

  • is to pass on any lessons which can be usefully applied to other projects.
     

Contents:

  • What Quality & Management Processes
    • Management Processes
    • Went Well?
    • Went Badly?
    • Lacking?
    • Quality Reviews
    • Went Well?
    • Went Badly?
    • Lacking?
  • Abnormal Events Causing Deviations
  • Assessment of Technical Methods & Tools
  • Project Issues
    • Analysis
    • Results
  • Project Management Method
    • Recommendations for Enhancement /Modification
  • Measurements
  • Statistics
    • Quality Reviews
    • Tests

Purpose of Follow on Recommendations Document

  • To pass details of unfinished work or potential product modifications to the group charged with future support of the final product in its operational life.

Contents:
 

  • Date of the recommendations
  • Requests For Change
    • which were considered to have merit, but were not implemented during the project
  • Off-Specifications
    • recording missing products or products which do not meet the original requirements
  • Risks identified
    • during the project, which may affect the product in its operational life
  • Any identified hand-over or training needs
  • Any other activities needed to take the product to the next stage of its life

Purpose of End of Project Report
 

  • The report is the Project Manager`s report to the Project Board (which may pass it on to corporate or programme management) on how well the project has performed against its Project Initiation Document, including the original planned cost, schedule and tolerances, the revised Business Case and final version of the Project Plan.
     

Contents:

  • Achievement of the Project’s Objectives
  • Performance against Planned Target Time & Cost
  • Approved Project Changes
  • Effects on Original Project Plan
  • Effects on Business Case
  • Statistics
  • Impacts
  • Quality Statistics
  • Post Project Review
    • Review Date:
    • Review Plan:
 
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