COMM 153 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Executive Sponsor, Project Charter, Project Sign
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Closing the project is a process step often overlooked but has great value. Here project approval is obtained, contracts are closed out, vendors are paid, product is documented and lessons learned are reviewed. The closing processes can sum this up below: Project approval: verification and formal acceptance of the product or service. Note: a successful project meets or exceeds the stakeholder"s expectations. Closing processes: closing accounting records and finalizing contracts. Implementation checklist- issues to be discussed once website prototype is delivered to customer questionnaires help gauge customer feedback: archiving project documents. All project documentation should be archived at the close of the project. This includes the project charter, all project planning documents, lessons learned, and more: celebrating your success. Project sign- and sending formal notice closure project status below. Warranty period: a period of time when the stakeholders can notify the team of problems and have them corrected immediately. Not a time for product enhancements, merely to correct defects.