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…

Constituent projects should already be closed before the program itself enters the closure phase; they are not a next step after sponsor scope acceptance.

Completing the budget is an administrative closure task that follows the formal sign-off on closure, not the immediate next step after scope acceptance.

Releasing program resources is a subsequent activity that follows the formal signing of the program closure certificate, not the immediate next step.

After the program sponsor confirms that the program has met its scope and deliverables, the next formal step is signing the certificate of program closure. This document serves as official acknowledgment that the program has been completed and accepted, and it must be executed before final resource release and administrative closure activities are performed. It represents the formal handoff and acceptance between the program manager and the sponsoring authority.