Project Management: Reporting and Closing Projects

Project Management: Reporting and Closing Projects

This course is part of Project Management: Applying Predictive and Adaptive Methods Specialization

Instructor: Bill Rosenthal

Access provided by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

5 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

5 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Draft a project communications plan and use performance reporting components to generate accurate budget forecasts.
Manage stakeholder expectations using trust-building matrices while navigating public, media, and political barriers.
Formally close predictive and adaptive projects by archiving records, conducting audits, and planning releases.
Data files for this course are provided in the first course of this specialization, "Project Management: Project Launch, Work, and Scheduling".

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Taught in English

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This course is part of the Project Management: Applying Predictive and Adaptive Methods Specialization

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There are 4 modules in this course

To round out your data-analysis skills in project management, you'll communicate during a project, manage stakeholder relationships and expectations, and report on project performance. You'll also perform sprint reviews and retrospectives and coordinate releases and deployment planning. Finally, you'll deliver the final product, close project procurements, and then close the project.

Now that the project is underway, it is critical to keep stakeholders informed of the project progress on a regular basis. This is true for both Predictive and Adaptive projects. A lack of communication may disrupt project progress and even lead to a decrease in team productivity. In order to avoid such issues, disseminating project information to stakeholders should be a continuous process. In this lesson, you will communicate, distribute, and manage project information as well as report to your stakeholders.

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When finishing an Adaptive project, the closing process involves closing the Sprint, closing the Release, and closing the project. In each of these closure activities, you are verifying that the deliverable provides benefit to the customer. As you conclude the Adaptive project, the team will participate in a Sprint Retrospective, which enables the team to discuss the team's performance and things they might want to change in future projects. In this lesson, you will close an Adaptive project.

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You successfully completed the last project deliverable and approved the last invoice for payment. You are almost done! But first, you must properly close out the project. In this lesson, you will perform the project closure for your Predictive project.