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7 Easy Steps I Use To Close A Project Effectively (Steal my checklist!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

But there’s another area that is arguably as important, if not more so than those: how to close a project. I've closed out lots of projects in my 20+ years career as a project manager. One project in particular was difficult to close and sticks in my mind as there was no one to hand it over to, so I sat with it for ages.

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How To Close A Project In PRINCE2

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you aren’t using PRINCE2®, or if you want some general guidance as well about project closure documents and so on, read this next: How to close a project. A project has a start, a middle and an end, so closing a project is an important part of the project management lifecycle. How does PRINCE2® handle closing a project?

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Project Risk Management: How-to guide (with tips)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Risk management is a staple skill of project managers. As the project environments we work in get more and more complex, with greater levels of uncertainty and more transformative, disruptive projects, being able to deal with risk remains top of the list of desirable skills for managers in all areas of business.

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How to Actually Close a Project

Project Risk Coach

However, I encourage you to actually close each project before moving to the next one. Archive the Documentation Be sure to archive the project documentation such as the project charter, project plan, requirements document or backlog, design documents, lessons learned, risk register, and final evaluation. There are many benefits.

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Reshoring – The Future of Supply Chains

Speaker: Rosemary Coates - Board Member & Founder at Reshoring Institute, Best-selling Author, Host of the Frictionless Supply Chain podcast

Companies can lower the risk of disruptions by shortening the supply chain and moving manufacturing close to the points of sale to reduce the need for expensive and time-consuming transportation. How to reduce risk. Re-shoring is one solution that is gaining popularity as a result of pandemic-related issues.

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What to do when your project closes early: A guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Closing down a project early is very different to carrying out a controlled close when a project has reached its natural conclusion and delivered everything that stakeholders were expecting. When a project is unexpectedly closed early, it can be difficult to know what steps to take next. Why do projects close early?

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How to Manage Project Environment from Initiation to Close

ProjectManager.com

It’s sort of like managing risk in that way. For example, where is the project happening, and does that space have potential risks? Know their experience, the culture they come from, the structure in which they work, their appetite for risk, priorities, etc. Think of the project environment as the context the project exists in.

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