Closure / v1.0 clean-room
Closure Report
Confirm the project can close and make ownership of remaining work explicit.
When to use
Use when delivery is complete, stopped, or transferred to business ownership.
Sample suggested content
Project example: Service pilot closure
- Closure status: Pilot complete; rollout decision moved to operations board.
- Open action: Operations owner to confirm support process.
- Recommendation: Close project stage and transfer benefits tracking.
Minimum version
- Closure reason
- Products accepted
- Open items
- Benefits owner
- Lessons
- Recommendation
Fuller version
- Performance against baseline
- Financial closure
- Handover evidence
- Residual risks
- Post-project review plan
Field guide
- Closure status
- Accepted products
- Open actions
- Benefits
- Lessons
- Approval
Tailoring notes
- Keep closure short for small projects
- Add handover evidence where operational risk remains
Common mistakes
- Closing while ownership is unclear
- Ignoring benefits after delivery stops