Every project comes to an end eventually. But how many project participants get
excited about closing out a project? The deliverables are complete. Ownership is
ready to be transferred. Everyone’s focus is what’s next—hopefully a new, exciting
project. Carefully managing the closure phase is as important as any other phase
of the project. Observation tells us that organizations that manage closure and review
well prosper. Those who don’t tend to have projects that drag on forever and
repeat the same mistakes over and over