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Project Close Out

Course description

Course Objectives:

The participants will learn the IT project manager s role in the close out phase of a project.

Learn to:

  • Define the term lessons learned and explain the role of lessons learned in the project management process
  • Define the elements in the project management close out phase
  • Prepare for hand over to team and customer maintenance
  • Perform customer evaluation
  • Celebrate the project s success
  • Reward team members
  • Set-up hand off to customer
  • Document project s lessons learned
  • Transition to maintenance mode

 

Course Outline:

1.0 Introduction

  • Seminar member introduction and overview of course material

2.0 Close Out IT Scope

Learn how to:

  • Create a historical file for all IT project plans
  • Perform analysis of the scope and report results to management
  • Determine how to do final analysis to make sure all project requirements are complete

3.0  IT Resource Management

Handling issues such as:

  • Reassigning team members and releasing sub-contractors
  • Rewarding team members and paying bonuses
  • Writing letters of recommendation for team members

4.0  Closeout the IT Schedule (Time)

Learn to:

  • Analyze schedule performance
  • Analyze estimated duration vs. actual and interpret the data
  • Store completed project schedules as a resource for future projects
    Group exercise in analyzing a completed schedule

5.0  Close Out the IT Budget (Cost)

Learn to:

  • Perform post project evaluation on the cost data
  • Analyze estimated cost compared to actual cost
  • Evaluate how to store cost results to help you better estimate future projects
    Group exercise in analyzing a completed budget

6.0  IT Risk Evaluation

Determine how to:

  • Perform a risk evaluation
  • Use data to improve the way you identify and plan for risk in the future

7.0  IT Quality Assessment

Learn to:

  • Carry out a quality evaluation on a project
  • Use this information to improve the quality of future projects

8.0  IT Contract Evaluation

Learn to:

  • Perform an inventory close out and release claims
  • Make final payment and evaluate procurement performance
  • Perform a contractor s evaluation for the contract close out

9.0  IT Communicate Project Results

Learn to:

  • Communicate IT project results
  • Create the close out report
    Group exercise in putting together a close out report

 


Disclaimer: All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. The course topics and order of presentation may be modified based upon the needs of each individual class.