respond to this post.Why is it considered a best practice to properly close a project? Closing a project properly is best practice as it is a leadership discipline that provides value, reinforces accountability, and enables strategic learning. Closure ensures deliverables are accepted, contracts finalized, resources reallocated, and lessons archived for future use (PMI 2022). It's not only administrative, it's also intentional. By engaging all stakeholders, auditing outcomes, and documenting insights, the project manager can transform completion into a catalyst for continuous improvement. For Project Leaders, this phase will affirm alignment between vision and execution, while honoring the team's contributions. When done well, closure becomes a bridge, not a boundary, between what was built and what is next. It's how we finish with integrity and begin with clarity