You and your team have worked hard on a project, and then, before you know it, the project is complete. Or maybe you received an unanticipated change in direction from management and the project was terminated. These scenarios will affect your project in different ways, but they have processes in common.
This course describes how to manage the close-out phase of a project, including how to leverage any close-out planning that already exists. At the end of this course, you should be able to:
+ Identify the critical project elements to include in the closing process.+ Differentiate between closing a project and terminating a project.+ Identify the closing tools and techniques within each knowledge area.+ More fully contribute to the closing processes within assigned projects.
Wesley E. Donahue, Ph.D., PE, PLS, PMP, 6σ Black Belt (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), is the course Master Instructor. Formerly, he was the director of Penn State Management Development, a self-supporting provider of education and training services to business and industry clients around the world. Before joining Penn State, he was co-founder and executive vice president of a manufacturing and specialty engineering firm; manager of corporate development and international manager of technology for a Fortune 200 company; and, professional associate of a worldwide provider of technical management professional services.
