COURSE:

NR632: Nurse Executive Concluding Graduate Experience II

Collaboration Café

Instructions

The term closing for projects is a misnomer. Many times, the PM and/or the team were the champions of the change and you drove the passion and motivation. Far too many amazing projects revert back to the prior status quo not long after the PM team has moved on to their next project. Just because you and your team have done a great job in planning and executing the project and it was running well when you left, doesn’t mean that you can just assume it will continue successfully. How do we sustain the practice change that we sought to make? When you’re gone and onto your next project, what will happen to the one you just closed? What strategies have you put in place to ensure the long-term success and sustainability of your project? When you check back in after a year, what will it look like?

SOLUTION

compressed 10-hour tour will be fully implemented soon and will be reviewed for success. I will sign off with my leadership team and debrief but only I have reviewed all deliverables and determined the lessons learned. I do not foresee any changes for future success, but if there were any then I would report this during the debriefing meeting. I would also discuss what went well, the risks that were faced and if mitigation needed to take place for those risk. If the project were not complete and I were handing it off, I would discuss outstanding tasks. When the project is completed, it will be very important to recognize individual accomplishments for overall celebration of success.

How do we sustain the practice change that we sought to make?

Officially closing the project out by reporting the status of the project is the first step in sustaining the practice change. The presentation, follow-up contact information, and the information that was used throughout the project is……………………………$5