Did it reach its goal?
Yes100%
Every deliverable done; the national steering committee approved the risk appetite.
PRJ-2026-030On track5ClosureWaterfallIn progressDelivered by:Planning and Statistics Authority
National Project Risk & Continuity Framework
Add to watchlistOne policy and set of registers for national project risk and business continuity, adopted by the ministries, with training for risk coordinators.
Project managerNizar Abu FakhrProject sponsorDr. Ziad Al-Atassi
Budget (BAC)
SYP 90M
Actual cost
SYP 86.5M
96% of budget
Progress
100%Awaiting acceptance 0%
Estimate at completion
SYP 86.5M
SPI · CPI
1.00Schedule performance index · 1.001.04Cost performance index · 1.04
Forecast finish
2026-08-31
On baseline
ClosureStage 5 of 5
- Pre-start · CompletePre-start · Complete
- Gate into «Initiation»DecisionGoDate8 January 2025Initiation · CompleteInitiation · Complete
- Gate into «Planning»DecisionGoDate9 March 2025Planning · CompletePlanning · Complete
- Gate into «Execution»DecisionGoDate3 June 2025Execution · CompleteExecution · Complete
- Gate into «Closure»DecisionGoDate19 July 2026Closure · Current stageClosure · Current stage
Closing
4 of 7 closure items done
Finish the open items and hand the benefits to their owner, then close the project. No project closes without lessons learned.
4/7
Closure checklist
Seven mandatory items before any project closes.
- 1
Deliverables acceptedDone
Framework, policies and risk appetite approved by the national steering committee
Dr. Mais Al-SibaiDone 2026-08-31
- 2
Financial closureIn progress
Reconciling SYP 86.5M spend; closing the last SYP 1M of commitments
Huda Al-DandalPlanned 2026-11-05
- 3
Contract closureDone
No external contracts — delivered in-house
Nizar Abu FakhrDone 2026-09-10
- 4
Documents archivedIn progress
31 of 38 documents archived
Nizar Abu FakhrPlanned 2026-11-02Evidence
- 5
Lessons learnedDone
One lesson published on ministry risk coordinators
Nizar Abu FakhrDone 2026-10-14Evidence
- 6Hand over benefits ↓
Benefits owner assignedNot started
Hand the response-plan benefit from the PM to the Director General, Strategy & National Projects
Dr. Mais Al-SibaiPlanned 2026-10-31
- 7
Post-implementation review
Did it reach its goal? Did it stay on budget? Were the benefits realised? What did we learn and improve?
· Facilitated by Dr. Reem Al-Qabbani
Did it stay on budget?
Yes−3.9%
SYP 86.5M against 90M, on time.
Were the benefits realised?
Partly78%
78% of risks have a response plan vs 90% targeted at 12 months.
What did we learn?
Yes1
One lesson published; a second proposed on linking the register to Munjaz.
What should improve?
Partly—
To complete in the post-closure review session.
Lessons learned
1 lesson — offered automatically to similar projects when they are created.
Name a project champion in every sector from day one
- Context
- A national project risk framework needs every delivering ministry involved.
- What happened
- Two sectors lagged until a named coordinator was set for each.
- Impact
- Risks with a response plan rose from 35% to 78%.
- Recommendation
- Add a “sector champion” role to the communication-plan template.
Nizar Abu Fakhr · 2026-09-28
Benefits handover
Each benefit moves from the project manager to an owner who measures it after closure.
- National project risks with response & continuity plans
baseline 35 · now 78 · target 90 %
78% of target realised