Everything—beautiful and ugly, successful and unsuccessful—eventually comes to an end. One day, all that remains of the present will be a memory. Closing a project is one

of these decisions: a sign of maturity and a clear-eyed understanding of reality, not the opposite.

The decision to close a project is usually made in one of two situations. The first is when the project fails and can no longer meet its founders’ ambitions, or has not generated

the expected profit, or at least the amount that had been planned. The second situation is when the project reaches the height of its success, and has no opportunity to

make further progress; it has done everything possible and achieved the greatest possible gains and profits.

In this situation or another, the right decision may be to move on from one project to another and start thinking about a new product, a new market, and so on. But does anyone

ever consider closing a project? In reality, this rarely happens, even though it is obvious that everything changes and eventually comes to an end. It therefore makes sense

for those running projects to consider this option and keep it in mind at all times.

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Success Criteria:

عند وضع خطة مشروع Projects are primarily defined by a set of objectives and goals that must be achieved—the very purpose for which the project was created

as well. These objectives are the reason the project exists, and they give rise to what may be called “success criteria.”

Success criteria are a set of general standards and abstract frameworks that we use to assess whether a project has succeeded. If the project completes

its task to the highest standard and meets all its success criteria, the best course of action is to close it and move on to a new project.

We have realized all the benefits, profits, and gains the project can offer—in other words, we have “exhausted its core value.” No further gains are possible,

so any effort in this regard would be unproductive and misdirected.

Needless to say, all success criteria should be measurable, and the methods for measuring them should be agreed upon to prevent future conflict among project members

during the evaluation process.

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Detailed planning:

Companies that clearly understand that one of their projects will eventually come to an end are the same companies that create specific plans for every step along the way,

and they are the organizations that follow well-defined frameworks and standards.

In other words, they know where to step, how to reach their goals, and the best way to maximize the benefits of a given project. Those who can foresee the end

of something can chart the best path to that outcome and make the most of the circumstances at hand.