New RDS changes CLosing Question, please help


Question: Which of the following is the correct order of actions that you take during the closing processes?
Options:
A. Get formal acceptance, release the team, write lessons learned, close the contract
B. Write lessons learned, release the team, get formal acceptance, close the contract
C. Get formal acceptance, write lessons learned, hand over deliverable to stakeholder(s), close the contract
D. Get formal acceptance, close the contract, write lessons learned, release the team



Explanation : Answer (c) Get formal acceptance, write lessons learned, hand over deliverable to stakeholder(s), close the contract. One important fact is that you need your team’s help when you’re writing the lessons learned. That’s why you can’t release the team until the lessons learned are documented and added to the organizational process assets. Also, the last thing you do on the project is close the contract. Remember, release the project team is no longer part of closing as per the new RDS study conducted by PMI.


 


Which is the correct closing order as per new rds rule. I picked answer D but it says answer C is correct.


 


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PLease advice and help.

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Technically once you close the contract then there is no one authorized to work on the project. Which means the lessons learnt has to be documented before contract closure.

However the problem with this question  is that it assumes that contract closure is same as closing the project's contract. But the contract closure maybe even with an external vendor. Hence the question is ambiguous.

D would be correct option if the contract you are closing was with a procurement vendor.

 

 

I would go with D since releasing the resources/team is the last thing that is done during closure.


 


KK

I am quite confused to hear that the correct option is C. How can we get formal acceptance without handing over deliverable to stakeholder(s)?