The project managers have planned the project. They have tracked its progress. Now that they have completed it, they have one more report to write: the completion report. Following the same structure of the project plan and the project status report makes the completion report a bit easier.
Objectives
- Did the project address the problem or need?
- Did management achieve the project objectives?
- If management surpassed the objectives, how and why?
- If management did not achieve the objectives, how and why?
Participants
- Was the project managed effectively?
- If yes, how and why?
- If no, how and why?
Stakeholders
- Did the stakeholders benefit from the project?
- If yes, how and why?
- If no, how and why?
Site
- Was the site occupied according to the plan?
- If yes, how and why?
- If no, how and why?
Timeline
- Did the activities proceed according to the timeline?
- If yes, how and why?
- If no, how and why?
Methodology
- Did the strategies match those in the plan?
- If yes, how and why?
- If no, how and why?
- Did the activities match those in the plan?
- If yes, how and why?
- If no, how and why?
Resources
- Did management allocate fiscal, human, property, and material resources according to the plan?
- If yes, how and why?
- If no, how and why?
Goals
- Were all criteria used to measure progress?
- Did management achieve established goals?
- Was the project success worth the expenditure of resources?
- If yes, how and why?
- If no, how and why?
- What program components were most effective? How and why?
- What program components were least effective? How and why?
- What impact do the project successes and failures have on future endeavors?
- Is the project replicable? In what contexts?
Other reports in this series:
