Closeout report
A closeout report is a document written by Project manager for Project manager
- It is a blueprint to document what the team did, how they did it, and what they delivered
- It provides an evaluation of the quality of work
- It evaluates the project’s performance with respect to budget and schedule
- Confirms the project is done
- Summarizes the Project deliverables, Success criteria, feedback, lesson learned, and next steps
- Serves as a reference document for the organization
Benefits for the project team
- Report on tasks completed per team member
- Retrospective meeting and documentation
Benefits for the project manager
- Feedback on how the Project was structured and executed
- List of items for ongoing maintenance
Benefits for stakeholders
- Report on Project schedule and Budget performance
- Summarize project accomplishments against Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Structure:
- Project summary
- Methodology (or approach)
- Performance baseline
- Actual results compared with the objectives
- Key accomplishments (Outcomes)
- Lessons learned
- Next steps
- Project documentation archive