For various reasons, project closing is often overlooked. The project team might just be exhausted and relieved to finish the project and fail to go through the closing procedures. They might also be getting ready to start on another project. In addition, the client might not be interested in completing the procedures for closing the project; for instance, the post-implementation process.

As the project manager, another of your considerations is software for managing the project. This deliverable addresses both your plan for closing out the project and your software choice for project management.

For this section, make a plan for the steps and procedures you will use to close out the project, including how you will handle the following:

• Getting client acceptance of deliverables
• Ensuring deliverables as installed or implemented (as necessary)
• Ensuring that documentation is in place
• Getting the client to sign off
• Conducting the post-implementation audit (as necessary)