Julie is the program manager of the NHQ Program for her organization and she believes the program is now complete. Julie is closing her program, and she's working with her program sponsor to review…

When the program sponsor reviews and approves that the program has met its defined scope and delivered its benefits, the formal acceptance is documented by signing the certificate of program closure. This official document signifies stakeholder acceptance and authorizes the transition to final closure activities such as releasing resources and archiving program records.

Completing the program budget is a financial closeout activity that occurs after formal closure acceptance, not immediately after sponsor sign-off on scope.

Releasing resources happens after the program is formally closed, as resources cannot be released until closure is officially authorized.

Constituent projects should already be closed before the program closure review with the sponsor occurs - closing them at this stage would be out of sequence.