ABSTRACT
Project management consists of five process groups, namely initiating, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closing. The project closure phase consists of the processes that are performed to officially finish and close all the assignments in a project or phase. There are a number of tools available in Lean thinking and agile techniques that will help the traditional project manager work through these phases. One tool that can actually be created in the planning phase is the data collection plan. A useful tool in communicating the plan starts in the infant stage of the project conception and is called a data collection plan. Risk identification, monitoring, and resolution are key tools to successful completion of a project. A popular tool to monitor the WBS is the Gantt chart. This chart gives a graphic snapshot of where, project stands as far as the completion of certain activities and tasks.
