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Project closure

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˌprɑːdʒekt ˈkloʊʒər/nounCommon term

In project management, project closure means: The final phase of a project, when the work is formally completed: deliverables are accepted, contracts are closed, the team is released and documents and lessons are archived.

In Turkish: proje kapanışı, projenin kapatılması

How it is used

Often rushed or skipped when the team moves to new work, which is why methods insist on it. People talk about the closure phase, a project closure report and closure activities. The verb is close: close the project.

Example sentences

  1. Project closure will take two weeks: final invoices, archiving and the lessons-learned workshop.

  2. The project closure report must be approved by the sponsor before the budget code is closed.

Common collocations

  • project closure report
  • formal project closure
  • closure phase
  • close the project
  • handoverThe formal transfer of a finished product, a system or a piece of work, along with the knowledge and documents needed, from the project team to the people who will use or support it.
  • lessons learnedThe useful knowledge a team gains from a project, both from what went well and from what went wrong, recorded so future projects can benefit.
  • sign-offFormal approval from an authorised person that a deliverable, phase or document is complete and acceptable, so the project can move on.
  • project lifecycleThe series of phases a project goes through from start to finish, commonly initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closure.

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