Should the project scope, schedule, and budget be adjusted as the project has reached its closing phase?

• A. Yes, always adjust to reflect completion
• B. They should be partially adjusted
• C. No
• D. Only if there were outstanding change requests

Answer: (C)

In the closing phase, the focus is on confirming completion, obtaining formal acceptance, and documenting final outcomes. The baseline values for scope, schedule, and budget are the references used during execution to measure performance, not something you keep changing at the end. By the time you close a project, you verify what was delivered, capture final actuals, and record variances for archival purposes. If any change requests were approved, their impacts should already be reflected in the final records; outstanding change requests would have been resolved before closing. So you don’t adjust the scope, schedule, or budget simply to reflect that the project is finishing.