Project Management Framework
Checklists

• Project Initiation Checklists
• Project Planning Checklists
• Execution Checklists
• Maintenance & Operations Checklist
• Project Closure Checklist

Project Initiation Checklists:

PROJECT STATEMENT
Is the statement short and concise (10-20 words maximum)?
Is it clear from reading just this one statement what the project will accomplish?
Does the statement indicate when the project will be completed?
Does the statement indicate what the project will cost?

BUSINESS DRIVERS/BACKGROUND
Are the Business Drivers written in business language?
Do the Business Drivers and/or Background Statements have any empirical support to help validate their importance?
Are there any business goals, strategies, or principles that need to be referenced?
Does the statement show how the project fits in the context of the business it supports?
Does the information convey a compelling need to do the project? Does it "sell" the project's business value?

VISION
Does the Vision Statement paint a picture of what the future situation will be once the project is complete?
Is the Vision Statement short and clear?
Can a person who is not familiar with the project understand what the project hopes to achieve by reading the Vision Statement?
Does the Vision Statement describe a shared and agreed upon future that all project stakeholders want?

GOAL STATEMENT
Does the Goal Statement establish the "context" for the proposed project by referencing to the following elements:
The project's object of study: what product, process, resource, etc., is being addressed?
The project's purpose: why it's being pursued, (i.e. to evaluate, reduce, increase, etc.)?
The project's quality focus, how is it impacted (dependability, reliability, defect removal, correctness, etc.)?
The project's viewpoint: who is the project's benefactor (i.e. user, customer, citizen, agency, employee, etc.)?
Is the project Goal Statement in alignment with the sponsoring organizations business goals and mission?
Does the Goal Statement reference a benefit for the sponsoring organization based on at least one of the following criteria?:
Cost
Time
Quality
Is attainment of the goal immeasurable? (If it's measurable, then it's probably an Objective).
Is the Goal Statement short (a short paragraph or less)?

OBJECTIVES
Do the Objectives describe concrete achievements and outcomes that support the stated project goal?
Are your Objective Statements:
Specific - Does your Objective reference a discrete achievement?
Measurable - Does your Objective have a measurable outcome with an identified metric?
Attainable - Is it actually possible to obtain your specified Objective?
Realistic - Is the proposed Objective reasonably obtainable within the constraints of available resources?
Time-bound - Is there a definitive date by which the Objective will be reached?
Are the Objective Statements a consensus agreement between the project manager and the project's sponsor?

HIGH LEVEL DELIVERABLES
Is the stated Deliverable a tangible product that proves an objective has been achieved, or that proves progress is being made on the achievement of a stated objective?
Does the stated Deliverable align with the context (object of study, purpose, quality focus, viewpoint) established in the project's Goal Statement?
Does the stated Deliverable support the provision of the project benefits identified in the project's Goal Statement?
Can the production of the deliverables be described as a series of one or more work assignments in the Project Plan?

SCOPE
Does the Scope Statement clearly indicate what is included and excluded in the project?
Have the pertinent processes, entities, systems, customers, and other objects that will not be in the project been identified? If not, some stakeholders may assume those items will be in scope.
Is the Scope written in clear, business-oriented language?
Is the Scope consistent with the Project Objectives and Deliverables?

SCHEDULE
Is there a project start and end date? Is it consistent with Objective Statements' start and end dates?
If there are known barriers/issues to completing the project within defined constraints, have they been documented and communicated?
Have major phases, milestones, and deliverable dates been noted?

COST PROJECTION
Are project development costs stated in $'s and FTEs?
Are ongoing maintenance and operations costs identified and stated in $'s and FTEs?
If there are known resource barriers/issues to completing the project and have they been documented and communicated?

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Has a project sponsor who meets the following criteria been clearly identified in this section:
The sponsor has authority to make necessary decisions or the support to obtain necessary decisions efficiently and effectively.
The sponsor has support of the affected business area(s).
The sponsor has the ability to obtain/assign required project resources.
The sponsor has the necessary time available to dedicate to this project.
Have these additional key roles been assigned and identified in this section:
Project Manager?
Business Area/Customer Representative(s)?
Technical team members (e.g. analysts, programmers, database administrators)?
Do all parties listed understand and agree with the defined roles and responsibilities?
Are the responsibilities listed for each role clear and concise (not more than 5-10 per role)?
Have names and contact information been listed for each person serving each role?

GOVERNANCE
If the agency has an existing governance model in place, is it reflected in this description?
Does the governance model comply with ISB requirements for project oversight?
Does the governance model provide for each of the following types of decisions:
Scope/change management decisions?
Fiscal/cost decisions?
Time/human resource decisions?
Issue resolution/escalation process decisions?
Risk management/contingency fund decisions?
Quality management/control decisions?
Transition to operations decisions?
Is there universal agreement on the governance model between all persons identified as having a role and responsibility for the project?
Has the governance model been discussed with and agreed upon by team members?
Have all governance roles and responsibilities been documented in the roles and responsibilities section?

TEAM COMPOSITION
Does the chart reflect all necessary staff, their respective reporting relationships, and their time commitment?
If any team members are assigned to the project through matrix management, is there an agreement in place regarding time, effort and responsibilities signed by the team member and their supervisor?
Does every team member's contact information, role, and responsibilities appear on the responsibility chart?
Do all team members understand the reporting relationships and time commitments reflected in the chart?

APPROACH
Is the Project Approach statement in chronological order?
Is the Project Approach statement written from the reader's perspective?
Is the Project Approach statement at an appropriate level of detail, (i.e. milestone, stage, or phase)?

ASSUMPTIONS AND CONSTRAINTS
Have known assumptions about the following categories of factors been considered and documented:
Scope
Schedule
Financing
Resources
Expectations
Sponsorship
Customers
Technologies
Vendors
Partners & Business Relationships
Other assumptions
Have constraints in the following categories been considered and documented:
Timeframes & Deadlines
Funding
Resources
Skill Levels
Dependencies
Legal
Policy
Technology
Other Constraints

PERFORMANCE MEASURES/OUTCOMES
Have criteria for evaluating success been established before the project is started?
Does the measure directly target a project goal or objective? (If the objectives are adequately addressed, the goals should take care of themselves)
Is there a measure for each objective?
Does the measure use data that's readily available?
Has baseline data been captured (necessary if changes are to be measured)?
Is the basis for comparison consistent? (Is it comparing apples to apples?)
Have timeframes been considered? How long will it take for changes to come about or to be able to capture meaningful data?

ACCEPTANCE
Have the major project stakeholders been identified and listed?
Have the listed stakeholders agreed to the Charter's content without reservations?
Have they signed the Charter indicating their approval for the project to proceed?

Project Planning Checklists:

CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Has the Change Management process been defined?
Has the process been communicated to the Project Team?
Has the process been communicated to stakeholders?
Has a Change Request log been created?
Are change requests being analyzed for recommendation in a timely manner?
Are change request resolutions (acceptance, delayed acceptance, rejection) being made in a timely manner?
Are appropriate stakeholders identified?
Have the results been incorporated in other project sub-plans (Schedule and Task Plan, Risk Management Plan, Quality Assurance Plan, Acquisition Plan, Communications Plan, etc.) as appropriate?
Is the Change Request Log actively monitored?

CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT PLAN
Is the problem that you are contracting for clearly defined?
Has the project conducted a resources assessment, to ensure that the needed work cannot be accomplished with state resources?
Has the project met all legal constraints and conditions relating to your agency's policy on purchased/personal services contracting?
Will contracted services achieve the intended goal? Meet stated project objectives?
Has the project consulted your agency's contract office?
Has the project consulted your agency's AAG representative?
Has the project reviewed GA's pre-qualified vendor list?
Has all OFM purchased/personal services contracting requirements been met?
Has the project considered any waiting period requirements prior to contract execution?

REVIEW LESSONS LEARNED
Have all internal agency PIRs been located and reviewed?
Have appropriate external agency PIRs been located and reviewed?
Have the more important issues been identified?
Have plans for improving over past performance been formulated?
Have the results been incorporated in other project sub-plans (Schedule and Task Plan, Risk Management Plan, Quality Assurance Plan, Acquisition Plan, Communications Plan, etc.) as appropriate?

ISSUE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Has an Issue Management process been defined?
Has the process been communicated to the Project Team and Stakeholders?
Has a Project Issue log been created?
Are issues being created only when appropriate?
Are issues assigned priorities?
Are issue reviews conducted on a timely basis?
Are resolutions occurring in a timely manner?
Are the appropriate stakeholders for each issue identified?
Are follow-up activities occurring promptly?
Are issue logs actively monitored?
Have issue resolution results been incorporated in other project sub-plans (Schedule and Task Plan, Risk Management Plan, Quality Assurance Plan, Acquisition Plan, Communications Plan, etc.) as appropriate?

RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN
Is there a process for identifying and documenting risks?
Were all phases and aspects of the project taken into account during the risk identification process?
Has the exposure of each identified risk been rated?
Has a mitigation strategy been identified for each identified risk?
Has a contingency strategy been defined for each identified risk?
Has a trigger been established for each contingency strategy?
Does the project plan include tasks for active monitoring for risks?
Is there a process for tracking and reporting on risks?
Has the entire project team been trained on the risk management processes?

QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN
Have stakeholders been identified?
Has an independent, experienced QA team been defined?
Have the components of the QA plan been fully defined?
Has a routine QA report schedule and reporting formats been defined?
Has commitment to the QA processes been obtained from key players?
Have routine QA meetings been established?

SCHEDULING AND TASK PLANS
Has all work associated with project deliverables been identified?
Will project objectives be achieved after the activities are completed?
Is each activity discrete with no overlap of tasks?
Can time and resources be estimated for each of the identified tasks?
Can each activity be completed as described?
Are sub-units no more than 6 levels deep?
Is each work package no more than 80 hours or within one reporting period?
Are dependencies between tasks and activities clear?
Are resources assigned to each task?
Have resource conflicts been resolved?

STAFFING PLAN
Has the Schedule and Task Plan been completed so that Staff Planning can begin?
Has the pool of available project staff been clearly identified?
Has an assessment of needed skills been completed?
Have staff availability and needed skills been synchronized into a staffing profile?
Has the project team been organized and documented?
Have all needed non-labor resources been identified and planned for?
For complex projects, has staff planning been done in enough detail to mitigate possible risks?

INVESTMENT PLAN
Has the Investment Approval Request Form been completed?
Has the purpose of the investment been documented?
Have all alternatives considered been documented?
Has the rationale for selection of the chosen alternative been included?
Have all existing related agency IT resources been documented?
Have all IT resources to be acquired been listed?
Have the costs and benefits of all alternatives considered been included?
Are all costs associated with the initial investment and the lifecycle included?
Has the acquisition method and rationale for its selection been documented?
Has the high-level schedule for acquisition and implementation been included?
Has the authorized agency manager and, if required, approval authority signed the Investment Approval Request?

ACQUISITION PLAN
Does the Acquisition Plan align with the Feasibility Study and /or Decision Package?
Does the Acquisition Plan describe in sufficient detail what needs to be acquired?
Does the Acquisition Plan include scheduling and lead time for procuring goods and services?
Does the Acquisition Plan identify funding sources?
Is the procurement schedule integrated with the Scheduling and Task Plan?
Does the Acquisition Plan describe how assets and excess materials will be disposed of at the end of the project?
If contracts or leases require maintenance to be performed, are the tasks included in the project task plan?

COMMUNICATIONS PLAN
Have all internal and external stakeholder information needs been assessed?
Are their long and short term information needs identified?
Have responsibilities for communication been assigned, including who must approve the various types of communications?
Are processes in place for dealing with ad hoc communication needs?
Are feedback mechanisms identified and planned for?
Have communication tasks been inserted into the project schedule?
Has the plan been communicated to the Project Team?

TEST PLAN
Has the test environment and resource requirements for testing been included in the Staffing Plan, the Investment Plan, and the Project Schedule and Task Plan?
Have the dependencies or triggers that are generated from the successful completion of the test features been identified?
Has the Test Plan defined the acceptance criteria thresholds?

IMPLEMENTATION/TRANSITION PLAN
Have dependencies between tasks been identified and communicated to the resources affected by the dependency?
Have dates been applied to all tasks?
Is there an assigned person who is responsible for completing each task?
Have dependencies between tasks been identified and communicated to the resources affected by the dependency?
Has the plan been reviewed with all impacted stakeholders and resources assigned to the implementation and transition tasks?
Has the project schedule been reviewed and updated based on the tasks and timeframes identified in the implementation plan?
Have other project plans been reviewed for possible changes based on the contents of the implementation/transition plan?
Is a dry run or tabletop exercise planned or required?

TRAINING PLAN
Has the training audience been identified?
Have training objectives been identified?
Has funding for training been included in the project budget?
Have the tasks in the training plan been integrated in to the project schedule & task plan so that the training activities are not squeezed in to the schedule at the end of the project?
Have the missing skills been identified and will they be addressed in the training?
Have the training needs been distinguished from the training wants?
Has the training been scheduled?
Have the training materials been prepared?

Maintenance & Operations Checklist

MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS PLAN
Are there existing maintenance processes and practices within organization?
Has the maintenance owner been identified?
Have key players and user groups been identified?
Has the planning approach and timeline been determined?
Have tasks associated with development of M & O Plan been identified?
Have staffing options been identified?
Are costs associated with M & O documented and understood?
Are project deliverables being tracked for ongoing maintenance?
Have M & O Plan development impacts on project and project resources been determined?
Have M & O project process equivalents been created?

Execution Checklists:

CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Has the Change Management Plan been communicated to the project team, project oversight, and all internal and external stakeholders?
Do the project team members understand the processes outlined in the Plan and understand the consequences of not following it?
Is the Change Management Plan being followed?
Are all change requests being funneled through the project manager?
Are change requests being monitored and evaluated on a routine basis?
Are change request resolutions (acceptance, delayed acceptance, rejection) being made in a timely manner?
Are the resolutions to change requests being communicated to stakeholders?
Are the impacts of approved change requests being reflected in changes to other project control documents (Charter, Staffing Plan, Scheduling and Task Plans, etc.)?
Does the change request analysis include a process for determining whether a request is in or out of scope?

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT
Has the Communications Plan been reviewed by the project team and all internal and external stakeholders?
Do the project team members agree the Plan includes the appropriate type and number of communications for them?
Is the Communications Plan being followed?
Is feedback being solicited on a regular basis regarding the type and amount of project communications?
Are communications taking place in a timely manner?
Have communication tasks in the project schedule been verified to ensure tasks are still valid and nothing should be added?

CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT
Has the contract been reviewed by the agency legal experts to ensure the document is legally sufficient?
Have project members been made aware of any legal implications involved in the execution of the contract?
Are the contractual obligations being met in a quality manner within schedule and within budget?
Is there a performance monitoring procedure in place for assessing the quality of work performance?
Is there a contract change control system in place that defines the process by which contracts may be modified?
Is there a contract close-out procedure in place that ensures all of the terms and conditions of the contract have been carried out?

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Has the budget been reviewed by the project team and all internal and external stakeholders?
Have the stakeholders agreed to the control and reporting procedures?
Is integration with the Change Management Plan continually assessed?
Are financial reports being provided for Status Reporting?
Have variance thresholds been set to trigger corrective action?
Could the project financial records successfully pass a financial audit?
Have acceptance criteria and payment milestones been developed for contractors?

ISSUE MANAGEMENT
Are issues being resolved with a sense of urgency?
Has a task been included in the work plan to track the time the Project Manager spends on issue resolution activities?
Are people identifying issues also identifying alternative solutions?
Has the project's customer been engaged in the issue resolution process in the early stages of the project?
Are people with decision making authority attending issue resolution meetings and making decisions?
Are issue resolution priorities being assigned based on the subject matter and the impact to the schedule?
Are the escalation and dispute resolution processes being followed when necessary?
Is the Change Management Plan being executed when an issue resolution results in a change to the project's budget, schedule or scope?
Is the Issue Log being reviewed on a regular basis to make sure issues are being resolved?
Are issues that are really potential problems (risks) being moved to the Risk Management process?
Is the status of project issues reported regularly as part of Project Status Reports?

IMPLEMENTATION AND TRANSITION
Has Test Plan been successfully completed?
Did stakeholders buy off on the Implementation and Transition Plan?
Did the project manager walk through the Implementation and Transition Plan with customers and technical support staff before executing the plan?
Have business and technical support staff been adequately trained to maintain new system/product?
Have arrangements been made for knowledge transfer from vendor to in-house staff?
Have stakeholders been notified well in advance of the implementation date?
Are contingencies in place to recover in case the system/product fails upon cutover?

LESSONS LEARNED
Identification and Capture of Lessons Learned
Have you identified sources of lessons learned to review before the start of the project (Post Implementation Reports, logs, databases, etc.)?
Are you logging lessons learned throughout the entire life of the project?
Have you clearly documented lessons learned and resolutions for the Post Implementation Report?
Application of Lessons Learned
Are you implementing improvements learned from previous lessons in current and future projects?
Are you reviewing lessons learned to help with resolution of similar issues?
Did you review lessons learned as part of Risk Management?
Are you making improvements to project management processes as a result of using lessons learned?

MEETING MANAGEMENT
Before the Meeting/Meeting Purpose, Content, & Participants
Do you really need to have a meeting?
Does the agenda outline the things to be discussed, the time allotted to each item, the nature of the item (e.g., discussion, presentation, decision), and the person leading the group during that item.
Are the right people invited to the meeting (e.g., people with the knowledge, decision-makers, vital stakeholders)?
Before the Meeting/Materials & Facility:
Prepare handouts.
Gather meeting materials (e.g., nametags, markers, writing materials, sign-in sheets, water, coffee).
Arrange for all audio/visual equipment needs.
Arrange seating and tables appropriately.
Confirm that the presenters will be there and gather everything they need.
Confirm the facility availability.
Confirm the facility will hold all the people and accommodate the technology.
Test the technology before the meeting.
Before the Meeting/Roles & Responsibilities:
Make sure the facilitator is familiar with the meeting's purpose and content.
Be clear about who is running the meeting and setting the agenda compared with who is facilitating the discussion and making sure the ground rules are followed.
Determine the role(s) for the participants.
Decide whether you want a recorder to take minutes.
Decide whether you need a timekeeper to watch the time for each agenda item.
Before the Meeting/Document Ground Rules to Make Them Visible During the Meeting:
Start and end on time.
What is the decision-making process (e.g., voting, consensus).
Hold one conversation at a time.
Honor points of view that are different than yours.
No idea is stupid.
Speak openly and honestly.
Do not interrupt.
Do not monopolize the discussion.
After the Meeting:
Do the minutes include a list of attendees, the topics discussed, the decisions, the action items with assignments, and the open issues?
Have the minutes been distributed to the interested stakeholders and invitees who were not able to attend as well as the participants?
Are the minutes available on-line to interested stakeholders?
Have follow-up communications been made to people with action items to make sure they understand their assignment?

QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGEMENT
Has the Quality Assurance (QA) Plan been reviewed by the Project Sponsor, project team and all internal and external stakeholders?
Have the stakeholders agreed that the QA Plan includes the appropriate quality provisions and independence to achieve stakeholder confidence?
Is the QA Plan being followed?
Have QA reviews been scheduled?
Does QA have access to all pertinent materials and levels of oversight?
Is integration with the Risk Management Plan and trending continually assessed?
Are QA reports being provided for Status Reporting?
Is documentation and are recommendations reviewed at the appropriate levels?
Are external/internal providers or Contractors complying with quality controls?
Is the project team using quality processes?
Have QA tasks in the project schedule been verified to ensure tasks are still valid and nothing should be modified?
Are Lessons Learned maintained to use for the Post Implementation Review?.

RISK MANAGEMENT CHECKLIST
Are preventive and/or mitigation activities being performed on high ranking risks?
Is a risk management worksheet or log available to help with the identification, management and ranking of risks throughout the life of the project?
Is the project being continuously reviewed for emerging risks or triggers?
Is additional management sponsorship required to achieve a risk resolution?
Do resources need to be coordinated for performing mitigation activities?
Are there interdependencies between risk mitigation activities? If so, is there a sequence in which they should be implemented.
Has the Risk Management Plan been reviewed by the project team and all internal and external stakeholders?

SCHEDULE & TASK PLANS MANAGEMENT
Do team members know their task assignments and completion dates?
Have changes to the Schedule and Task Plans been communicated to everyone who needs to know?
Does the project have a baseline set of estimates to measure actuals against?
Are there sufficient milestones in the project schedule to help gauge project progress?
Does the project manager or someone on the team know how to use the automated project scheduling and tracking tools proposed for the project?
Do any tasks have a duration longer than two status reporting periods?
If there are contractors on the project, are there milestones for tracking deliverables, schedules, and acceptance?

STAFFING CHECKLIST
Are staffing inventories up to date?
Is the Project Plan up to date?
Has a project Staffing Profile been developed?
Are critical path and task priorities established and maintained?
Have the necessary staffing contingencies been identified and established?
Are staffing tracking controls being exercised?

TEST PLAN
Have you allowed enough time for testing, fixing, and retesting?
Do you have the necessary trained resources available for testing without trying to resort to less optimal solutions (e.g., using developers as testers)?
Are testers using appropriate control procedures for reporting and tracking errors?
Are you keeping on-going metrics that demonstrate the progress of the testing effort?
Do the testers have the appropriate professional relationship with the rest of the team?
Have the testers been adequately trained?

TRAINING MANAGEMENT
Is feedback being solicited after training sessions to improve upon the training curriculum?
Is there a mechanism in place to provide ongoing support and training?
Is there a process in place to identify new trainees who may need training?
Can the training curriculum be easily adjusted to fit the skill level of the audience?
Can the training curriculum be easily adjusted to fit the skill level of the audience?
Has support staff been scheduled to coordinate the installation of the training software and ensure workstations are configured properly?
Has support staff been trained before deploying to the rest of the organization?

STATUS REPORTING
Have all Steering Committee and important stakeholder information needs been addressed?
Have all Steering Committee and important stakeholder information needs been addressed?
Have the statuses of milestones and deliverables, variances, causes and mitigating actions been identified?
Has the scope status, including any critical change requests, been included?
Has the status of any sub-projects or interdependent projects been included?
Have communication activities been included?
Has the latest copy of the Quality Assurance report been included for reference?
Has the status of critical project risks been included?
Has the status of critical project issues been included?
Have quality improvement activities been included?
Have quality improvement activities been included?
Has a copy of the status report been filed in a viewable project repository such as a project library?

MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS
Is the Maintenance & Operations Plan finalized?
Has the Maintenance & Operations Plan been communicated to the project team, maintenance staff and internal and external stakeholders and accepted?
Do the maintenance team members understand the processes outlined in the Plan and understand the consequences of not following it?
Is system documentation being kept up to date?
Have maintenance staff been identified and assigned?
Are maintenance activities, resource requirements and other maintenance obligations included in your budget?
Has an ongoing communication plan been developed and is it being used?
Are maintenance activities and processes routinely measured against goals?
Is the product or service performing well against established standards?

Project Closure Checklists:

POST IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW
Have positive as well as negative lessons learned been captured?
Has ample time passed for an effective PIR to be conducted?
Was feedback solicited from a diverse audience?
Were original requirements reviewed to check for success of meeting them?
Is the PIR readily available for others to review?
Has the PIR been submitted with the IT Portfolio (as applicable)?

CONDUCTING A LESSONS LEARNED EXERCISE
Has the lessons learned exercise been scheduled?
Have the exercise participants been identified?
Have the facilitator and project manager had a pre-meeting to plan for the session?
Has the facilitator reviewed the final Quality Assurance Report or other project material, including previously gathered lessons learned information?
Has input been received in the key project areas?
Has input been documented as received in the session and provided to the project manager?
Has material been analyzed and documented for follow-on use?
Has an archive location, such as a lessons learned database or library been established?

STAFFING TRANSFER/RELEASE
Is the Staffing Transfer/Release approach approved by Human Resources?
Have all project staff been released or re-allocated?
Is outplacement humane and dignified?
Are employees informed about options?
Is information posted about transfers?
Is the Project Management Office (PMO) prepared for influx?
Are all staff employment files updated?

FINANCIAL CLOSURE
Have vendors and staff been notified of financial closing date?
Have all acceptance criteria been met prior to final payments to contractors?
Have all invoices and financial obligations been resolved?
Have all assets been transferred or disposed?
Have all assets been transferred or disposed?
Has your organizations contracts office been notified?
Have the procedures for retaining the financial records been implemented?

PROJECT ARCHIVE
Have the hard copy artifacts been stored or archived according to organizational standards?
Are any hard copy artifacts that would be useful for future projects available through the Project Library?
Does the folder structure used to store electronic artifacts meet agency standards?
Does the archive contain a file describing the artifacts it contains?
Does the maintenance team have access to all the artifacts that could help them maintain the project's deliverables?
Have the "Lessons Learned" documents been stored in the Lessons Learned electronic library?

CELEBRATE
Are you celebrating when you should?
Have significant milestones been successfully met without a celebration? If so, put in some celebration time for the next opportunity.
Is your planned celebration consistent with acceptable agency professional and ethical standards
Have you invited everyone involved with the project to the celebration?