In this chapter, you will review how projects or phases are closed out formally and what types of project endings you could be working with. You will also review how to obtain a formal sign-off of the deliverables, as well as administrative closure and lessons learned. Then, you will review an immensely popular agile framework called Scrum, and how having a more adaptive approach to your projects can help manage many changes. The tools and techniques you will learn can help you improve your agility.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Project or phase closure
- Formal acceptance of the deliverable
- Administrative and team closure
- Lessons learned and final reporting
- Overview of agile project management
- Introduction to the Scrum framework
- Hybrid or tailored project management
