Good Project Management focuses on proper planning. Great PM 🥇 focuses on efficient closing.

The best practice for closing a project depends on how often you want to update key stakeholders. As a project manager closing a project is crucial. But do you prefer to give updates after each milestone or at the end of the project? ...here are some tips in both occasions... Conducting a closing process after each milestone : • Refer to prior documentation (SoW, RFP, Risk Register, RACI chart) • Put together closing documentation (closed out reports) • Conduct administrative closure of the procurement process (close contracts, conduct any final payments to vendors, retrieve any deliverables to contracted workers) • Ensure all stakeholders are aware that a phase is ending. (sending an email) • Execute follow-up work Conducting a closing process at the end of a project : • Provide the necessary training, tools, documentation to use the product (manuals, how do guides) • Ensure the project has satisfied goals and outcomes • Document acceptance from all stakeholders (project completion document or retrospective) • Review contracts and documentation • Conduct a formal retrospective