By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Archiving project files and data is an important closing activity.  The specific information that is archived for a project will vary between projects and organizations.  Typically, the following project data should be archived: All project related documents should be archived for future reference including, but not limited to: The...
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 By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Do you require your customers or clients to sign a Certificate of Acceptance when the project is completed?  If not, you should and here is why. Most external commercial or government related projects are the result of a contract between the seller and buyer to deliver, install, create, or...
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By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP There are 2 project closing activities that are frequently overlooked by project managers and the organizations they work for.  They are: Obtain Customer Feedback This is usually done using a survey form that is presented to the customer or client at the end of the project.  The completed customer...
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By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Lessons learned is an important closing activity that is frequently ignored.  Most project managers give lip service to this project closing activity because they are relieved that the current project is completed and they are anxious to move on to the next project.  Organizations don’t encourage the lessons learned...
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