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Project Closeout, Handover and Benefits Realisation

Most project methodologies give closeout a single slide, yet this is where organisations lose the benefits they funded the project to achieve. This course covers formal acceptance, operational handover, resource release and, critically, tracking whether the promised benefits were actually realised months after the project team has moved on to other work.

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What you will be able to do

  • Confirm formal acceptance of deliverables against agreed criteria before closure.
  • Plan a handover to operations that avoids knowledge loss when the project team disbands.
  • Release resources, close contracts and settle final accounts correctly.
  • Capture lessons learned in a form that future projects will actually consult.
  • Design a benefits realisation plan that outlives the project closeout date.
  • Report benefits achievement to sponsors and adjust plans when targets are missed.

Course outline

  1. 01Formal acceptance and sign off
  2. 02Handover to operations and support
  3. 03Resource release and contract closure
  4. 04Final accounts and financial closeout
  5. 05Capturing usable lessons learned
  6. 06Building a benefits realisation plan
  7. 07Tracking benefits after project closure
  8. 08Reporting benefits shortfalls to sponsors

Who should attend

Project managers, PMO staff, business sponsors and operations managers responsible for closing projects and tracking their benefits.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 29 Sep 2026Cape Town2R10,000Closed
29 to 30 Sep 2026Durban2R10,000Register
30 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
1 to 2 Oct 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Oct 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
6 to 7 Oct 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Oct 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Oct 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
12 to 13 Oct 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
13 to 14 Oct 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Oct 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
15 to 16 Oct 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
19 to 20 Oct 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
20 to 21 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
21 to 22 Oct 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
22 to 23 Oct 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Oct 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
27 to 28 Oct 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
28 to 29 Oct 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
29 to 30 Oct 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Nov 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Nov 2026Online2US$900Register
17 to 18 Dec 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Next session
19 to 21 Oct 2026
Venue
Johannesburg
3 day programme
FromR13,000
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