Just softening the edges this point

It’s pretty clear that we are really just putting the finishing touches in Iraq.

If I put on my project manager hat on for a second I’d say we are somewhere in between the Execution and Closure stage of the PM life cycle. We just need to do a little QA’ing on this thing to make sure we can move from yellow to green.  I’m thinking that perhaps we do an End-to-End test to see if we still have any bugs.  I doubt we will come across any, but due dilligence never hurt anyone.  This project has been under the Directors nose for quite some time and he is ready to move on already.  After the end-to-end test proves satisfactory, I’d say we can go green on this sucker. Move it down off the action plan and to the completed section on our spreadsheet.  Then we can set up some follow up meetings on the tickler for some time later 3rd qtr 09.  We can check back with the SME’s and Process Lead’s to make sure there weren’t any gaps in the original plan that need buttoning up. 

Really, there is nothing like completing a project on time and being able to move on to the next war. 

Boys, good work on this one.  No time to relax though, the competition never rests and we can’t either.