Many people believe
a project is completed
when the new product is launched
or
the system is installed
or
the marketing campaign
is no longer active.
Those many people are
wrong.
Completing a project
means dealing with the waste
the new product produces.
It means completing
the return on investment calculation.
It means listing all the learnings
from the project
and presenting those findings.
It means figuring out
how to do that same project better.
It means documenting
and putting materials away
and cleaning the space.
I think of the project going live
as 2/3rds of the way
through the project.
There are still a lot of tasks
left to complete.
Fully complete the project.