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1          Purpose

<Replace this text with your own statement of purpose, or use the following sample.>   The Project Closure Report is the final document produced for the project and is used by senior management to assess the success of the project, identify best practices for future projects, resolve all open issues, and formally close the project.

2          Goals

<Replace this text with your own statement of goals, or use the following sample.>   This Project Closure Report is created to accomplish the following goals: Review and validate the milestones and success of the project.Confirm outstanding issues, risks, and recommendations.Outline tasks and activities required to close the project.Identify project highlights and best practices for future projects.

3          Summary

3.1       Project Background Overview

<Replace this text with a brief description of the project background. What were the original goals, objectives, and success criteria?Refer to project overview statement and/or project charter for this information.>

3.2       Project Highlights and Best Practices

Project Highlights: <Highlights><Highlights>   Best Practices: <Best Practices><Best Practices>

3.3       Project Closure Synopsis

<Replace this text with a brief description of why the project is being closed. Is it being closed because all project objectives and deliverables have been met?Or is it being closed for other reasons (loss of funding, shift in strategy, etc.)?>

4          Project Metrics Performance

4.1       Goals and Objectives Performance

<Replace this text with a comparison of actual project performance to project objectives.>

4.2       Success Criteria Performance

<Replace this text with details of project performance in terms of targeted success criteria.

4.3       Milestone and Deliverables Performance

<Replace this text with an outline of actual performance of project milestones and corresponding deliverables.

 

4.4       Schedule Performance

Project Schedule Overview: <Replace this text with overview>   Project Schedule Control Process: <Replace this text with Control Process>   Project Schedule Corrective Actions: <Replace this text with Corrective Actions>   Project Schedule Integration with Managing Project: <Replace this text with Managing Project>

4.5       Budget Performance

Project Budget Overview: <Replace this text with overview>   Project Budget Corrective Actions: <Replace this text with Corrective Actions>

4.6       Metrics Performance Recommendations

<Replace this text with an outline of metrics performance recommendations for the future.>

5          Tasks

5.1       Resource Management

<Replace this text with an explanation of how resources were managed.

5.2       Issue Management

<Replace this text with a list of any issues still outstanding at the end of the project.

5.3       Risk Management

Project Risks Mitigated: <Replace this text with Risks Mitigated>   Outstanding Project Risks: <Replace this text with Outstanding Risk>

5.4       Quality Management

<Replace this text with a description of how quality management processes were used and integrated into the project, and how quality control measures provided quality assurance.>

5.5       Communication Management

<Replace this text with an outline of the project communication process.

5.6       Customer Expectation Management

<Replace this text with a brief description of how customer expectations were managed.

5.7       Asset Management

<Replace this text with a list of assets remaining at the end of the project.

5.8       Lessons Learned

<Replace this text with a list of successes and shortcomings to remember for the future.

5.9       Post-project Tasks

<Replace this text with a list of outstanding issues for this project.

5.10   Recommendations

<Replace this text with a list of recommendations arising from review of closure tasks.

6           Appendices

6.1       Project Closure Report Sections Omitted

• <Omitted Section>
• <Omitted Section>

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