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Closing a Project - Post Project Review
May 11, 2010 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Lessons Learned, Project Closure
Closing a Project - Post Project Review (#39 in the Hut Introduction to Project Management)
By JISC infoNet
In many cases the benefits (or unexpected problems) of a project can’t be assessed until the change has been in place for some time. The review process is therefore incomplete without a post project review and evaluation. This is required to check whether:
- outcomes are those expected
- projected benefits have occurred
- operational working is as planned
- costs are as expected
The Project Sponsor has overall responsibility for ensuring that the desired business benefits are achieved and it may be the Sponsor who leads the review, particularly if the Project Manager has gone on to other duties.
The review will also highlight any unanticipated issues and highlight any further changes required.
Perhaps it will even provide the stimulus for your next project…
JISC infoNet aims to be the UK’s leading advisory service for managers in the post-compulsory education sector promoting the effective strategic planning, implementation and management of information and learning technology.
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It seems the closing phase of the project is easy to ignore, after all everyone wants to get on to their new project and no one wants to hash over the problems of the last one. Unfortunately, the next project could benefit from the information gathered during the closing of previous projects.
I have used a few different tactics to gather the project closing information that have worked.
1 -don’t wait until the project is over, do a review of key phases, or of issue resolutions
2- break the review teams into smaller groups to get the information faster.
3 - do as much as possible through surveys, or other online to give people the opportunity to do it on their own schedule.
thanks for the post.
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