2.10. Manage project closure

Plan Phase Closure task includes the following enablers:

• Obtain project stakeholder approval of project completion.
• Determine criteria to successfully close the project or phase.
• Validate readiness for transition (e.g., to operations team or next phase).
• Conclude activities to close the project or phase (e.g., final lessons learned, retrospectives, procurement, financials, resources).

To learn the Plan Phase Closure task, you need:

1. In the PMBOK Guide 8^th Edition, read chapters 3.3, 3.4, 4.5.5 (part ‘Standard’), 2.1.6.9 (part ‘PMBOK’), Section 4 (Lessons learned register; Final product, service, or result transition; Final report; Organizational process asset updates), Section 5 (Document analysis, Regression analysis, Trend analysis, Variance analysis).
2. Watch the video:

4. Test your knowledge to complete the study of the task.