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Program Closure Recommendation

How can program closure recommendation support strategic choice or positioning?

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Purpose. Use this recommendation to ask programme governance to conclude that the programme is ready for official closure. For normal closure, the evidence should show that intended benefits have been realised or transferred to accountable owners, required deliverables and objectives have been completed, components have closed under approved policy, and remaining obligations have durable ownership. Application. The programme manager prepares the recommendation during the closure phase and should test support with k

Program Closure Recommendation24 fields
Document control
Program nameProgram managerProgram sponsor
A. Purpose
Purpose
B. Reasons for request
Reasons for request
C. Resources released
Resources released
D. Disposition of property
Disposition of property
E. Recommended changes
Recommended changes

Use context

Purpose, application, discipline.

Purpose

Use this recommendation to ask programme governance to conclude that the programme is ready for official closure. For normal closure, the evidence should show that intended benefits have been realised or transferred to accountable owners, required deliverables and objectives have been completed, components have closed under approved policy, and remaining obligations have durable ownership.

Application

The programme manager prepares the recommendation during the closure phase and should test support with key stakeholders before submission. The Governance Board records its recommendation in the governance decision register; the programme sponsor then exercises the authority to close the programme. Preserve this sequence where it reflects the programme's governance model, or document the authorised equivalent. Before

Completion discipline

Complete the document from current evidence, name its owner and approving authority, and link the plans, registers or decisions that support it. Retain approved versions and review the document whenever a material assumption, dependency, requirement or governance decision changes.

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Structured sections without protected files.

8 fields

Document control

Program name, Program manager, Program sponsor, Actual start date

1 fields

A. Purpose

Purpose

1 fields

B. Reasons for request

Reasons for request

1 fields

C. Resources released

Resources released

1 fields

D. Disposition of property

Disposition of property

1 fields

E. Recommended changes

Recommended changes

1 fields

F. Continued benefits realization

Continued benefits realization

1 fields

G. Stakeholder communications

Stakeholder communications

1 fields

H. Program completion closure certificate

Program completion closure certificate

8 fields

I. Approvals

Program manager, Program sponsor, Governance Board member 1, Governance Board member 2

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