Government Backup Data Centre, Homs — Phase 2
Add to watchlistA Tier III standby site in Homs, away from the capital, that keeps the government e-services platform and the ministries’ systems running after a major outage at the main Damascus data centre.
Budget (BAC)
Actual cost
79% of budget
Progress
Estimate at completion
+SYP 365.9M
SPI · CPI
Forecast finish
38 days behind baseline
ExecutionStage 4 of 5
Next gate:Closure13 October 2026
- Pre-start · CompletePre-start · Complete
- Gate into «Initiation»DecisionGoDate5 February 2025Initiation · CompleteInitiation · Complete
- Gate into «Planning»DecisionConditional goDate6 April 2025Planning · CompletePlanning · Complete
- Gate into «Execution»DecisionConditional goDate11 July 2025Execution · Current stageExecution · Current stage
- Gate into «Closure»DecisionNot held yetDate13 October 2026Closure · Not startedClosure · Not started
Closure readiness
Closure planned after the forecast finish on 2027-01-07
A preview of what closure will need, with the planned dates, and the lessons captured so far.
Closure checklist
Seven mandatory items before any project closes.
- 1
Deliverables acceptedNot started
Final acceptance of every deliverable
Eng. Mazen KassabPlanned 2026-12-28
- 2
Financial closureNot started
Spend reconciled, commitments closed
Omar Al-NahhasPlanned 2027-01-27
- 3
Contract closureNot started
Contracts closed, bonds released
Omar Al-NahhasPlanned 2027-02-06
- 4
Documents archivedNot started
Documents archived with classification
Eng. George HaddadPlanned 2027-02-01
- 5
Lessons learnedNot started
Lessons-learned session
Eng. George HaddadPlanned 2027-01-22
- 6
Benefits owner assignedNot started
Benefits handed to their owner with a measurement plan
Eng. Mazen KassabPlanned 2027-01-17
- 7
Final report approvedNot started
Final report and its approval
Eng. George HaddadPlanned 2027-02-11
Post-implementation review
Did it reach its goal? Did it stay on budget? Were the benefits realised? What did we learn and improve?
The review comes after closure
About three months after the forecast finish (2027-01-07), with the sponsor and the benefits owner.
Lessons learned
0 lessons — offered automatically to similar projects when they are created.
No lessons captured yet
Capture what the team learned during delivery; closure needs at least one.
Benefits handover
Each benefit moves from the project manager to an owner who measures it after closure.
No benefits recorded for this project.