{"id":14133,"date":"2023-08-31T15:17:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.emagine.dk\/uk\/?p=14133"},"modified":"2023-08-31T15:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:17:18","slug":"here-is-how-i-did-it-project-closure-in-6-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.emagine.dk\/uk\/here-is-how-i-did-it-project-closure-in-6-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Here is how I did it: Project closure in 6 days\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As project manager, you have to be prepared for a little bit of everything. Including, that priorities can shift, schedules can change and that your project can be terminated practically overnight. I experienced this last summer, when I, in the wake of Covid-19, was told to close a project in 6 days. Based on the experiences I gained from this, I can now give you some tips for how project closure can be executed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imagine, that you for around 16 months have been leading an IT-development project for a customer. 2 months earlier, the project had had its investment decision approved and you are only a few weeks away from publishing a tender. But on short notice, it is decided that a number projects (including yours) have to be paused, and a reprioritization of the project portfolio has to be carried out. This gives you around a week to close down the entire project with everything that that entails, including cancelations, stakeholder-involvement and archiving of all documentation. Oh right, you also have an unavoidable family-vacation, taking up your whole weekend. In other words: You are in a hurry! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With close to 100 tasks and only 6 days to complete them, it is important to prioritize. And it is not unimportant, what you prioritize in a project closure. Depending on whether you will potentially be returning to the project later, or maybe never be working on it again, there are a number of things you have to consider. In my case, the most important things were: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
First and foremost: A project closure is challenging. So, if you ever find yourself in a similar situation, my experience might be able to function as a guide for you – both when it comes to tasks, but also the total time consumption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It might sound simple, but first and foremost it is important to be know, that a fast closing of your project can happen at any time. Second lesson – especially with public projects – is to never get too far behind on updating and archiving your project documentation. I was challenged by the project assistant having gone on vacation, so I myself had to handle a lot of archiving. It was only made possible, because we just beforehand had passed a gate, so the project documentation was fully updated and archived properly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third and perhaps most important lesson, is that it is okay to be affected by having to close a project you care about, but that it is possible to do it in a professional way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What do you do, when redeployments, crises and lockdowns force your project to close early? As project manager, you have to be prepared for a little bit of everything. Including, that priorities can shift, schedules can change and that your project can be terminated practically overnight. I experienced this last summer, when I, in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13703,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"samlet-kategori":[],"yoast_head":"\n