Project closure report

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• Project name

  For example: Customer portal rebuild

• Project manager

  For example: Hamza Idrissi

• Sponsor

  For example: Maria Costa, Operations Director

• Closure date

  For example: 30 November 2029

• Objectives and what was delivered

  For each objective say whether it was met.

  For example: Objective: let customers see orders and invoices online. Delivered: portal live for all customers on 12 November, with orders, invoices and downloads. Not delivered: payment by card, moved to a later project.

• Time against plan

  For example: Planned finish 15 October. Actual finish 12 November. Four weeks late, caused by the data clean-up.

• Currency

  For example: EUR

• Approved budget

  For example: 120,000

• Actual cost

  For example: 131,500

• Why the cost differs (optional)optional

  For example: Extra 11,500 for four weeks of added work on data clean-up, approved by the sponsor on 20 September.

• Quality and acceptance

  For example: All 62 acceptance tests passed. Two minor display faults remain. The sponsor signed acceptance on 12 November.

• Open items and who owns them (optional)optional

  One row for each open item.

  For example: Fix two display faults | Support team | by 15 December Card payment | Product owner | new project in Q1

• Lessons learned

  What to keep doing, and what to do differently next time.

  For example: Check data quality before planning. Hold a short weekly demo to the customers' team. Keep the same testers from start to end.

• Handover to the team that runs it

  For example: Support team has the guide and training. Hosting passes to IT on 30 November. Warranty fixes by the supplier until 31 January.

• People to thank (optional)optional

  For example: The customer service team for their time in testing.

1. 11. Objectives and what was delivered
2. 22. Time against plan
3. 33. Cost against budget
4. 44. Quality and acceptance
5. 55. Open items
6. 66. Lessons learned
7. 77. Handover
8. 88. Thanks
9. 9Sign-off

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