Homework: Project Closure
Length: 3 to 4 pages.
You are now at the final step of your project-closure. It is important to consider how you will communicate with stakeholders and conduct your post mortem.
An essential part of project closure is the documentation of lessons learned that can be applied to future projects. Often these lessons learned originate from problems associated with a project, but some come from fortunate circumstances as well. In this assessment you will consider the lessons that you may have learned from the change to your project that you described in Assessment 4.
Directions
Complete the following four items:
i. Executive Summary: Write an executive summary for your project. It should inform major stakeholders about how the project was initiated, planned, managed, controlled, and closed. Answer the following at the end of the document: Do you believe a formal executive summary is appropriate for your project? Why or why not?
ii. Closure Checklist: Create a project closure checklist that effectively inventories project objectives, components, and processes than need to be completed before the project is considered fully closed.
iii. Post Mortem: Detail plans for how you would conduct a post mortem on the project.
iv. Lessons Learned: Describe the lessons learned from the project change you described in Assessment 4. Consider what you could have done differently or kept the same, and how the lessons affect how you would conduct the project initiation and planning process groups for your next project.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.