These processes formally complete the project and contractual obligations. It verifies that all other processes have been completed, that required contractual obligations have been met and that all procurements have been closed.

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4.0 Project Integration Management

4.6 Close Project or Phase

Process Definition

Closing a project or a phase of a project involves ensuring that all project objectives have been met and that all acceptance documentation has been signed and received. In the event the project is terminated early the reasons for doing so and appropriate signed documents must also be prepared. The team also typically conducts a lessons learned exercise at the closure phase of a project.

Process Assessment

Effective and disciplined project closure ensures no loose ends are left untied.  It's important to keep an eye on the closure requirements so that they do not become unwanted fire drills, as often happens.

Figure 47. Close Project or Phase: Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs. Reprinted from "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), 5th Edition" by Project Management Institute, 2013, p. 100. Copyright 2013 by Project Management Institute, Inc. Reprinted without permission.

1. Project Closeout – PM Plan Excerpt: Project Closeout excerpt from a project plan in PMGT 501. These instructions are an input to this process.
2. Expert Judgment: A homework essay about the development and use of project deliverable documentation, a key tool for this process. 
3. Organizational Process Asset Updates: Compliance letters become part of the project files (Organizational Process Assets Updates), an output of the "Close Project or Phase" process.  This example is from PMGT 614.

12.0 Project Procurement Management

12.4 Close Procurements

Process Definition

This process ensures that all procurements are closed out at the end of a project by verifying that all procured products, services and data were acceptable and that all suppliers have been paid.

Process Assessment

Effective and disciplined project closure ensures no loose ends are left untied.  It's important to keep an eye on the closure requirements so that they do not become unwanted fire drills, as often happens.

Figure 48. Close Procurements: Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs. Reprinted from "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), 5th Edition" by Project Management Institute, 2013, p. 386. Copyright 2013 by Project Management Institute, Inc. Reprinted without permission.

1. Project Closeout – PM Plan Excerpt: Procurement closeout excerpt from a project plan in PMGT 501. These instructions are an input to this process. 
2. Expert Judgment: A homework essay about the development and use of project deliverable documentation, a key tool for this process. 
3. Organizational Process Asset Updates: Compliance letters become part of the project files (Organizational Process Assets Updates), an output of the "Close Project or Phase" process.  This example is from PMGT 614.