When is it confirmed if a project's objectives have been achieved?

The Closing a Project process is specifically designed to verify that the project's objectives have been met and that all products have been accepted by the customer. This process produces the End Project Report, which compares actual performance against the original Project Initiation Documentation to formally confirm whether objectives were achieved.

The final end stage assessment reviews the final stage's performance but does not formally confirm whether overall project objectives have been achieved - that confirmation occurs within Closing a Project.

Controlling a Stage manages day-to-day work within a stage, focusing on work package authorization and issue management, not confirming overall project objective achievement.

Managing Product Delivery is concerned with the delivery and acceptance of work packages by team managers, not with confirming that overall project objectives have been met.