Before reallocating the staff amongst other resources

Before reallocating the staff amongst other resources, closeout phase provides an excellent opportunity to assess the effort, the commitment and the results of each

team member individually. Extra-ordinary performance should be complemented in public and symbolic rewards could be granted for innovation and creativity (Gannon,

1994). This process can be vital for team satisfaction and can improve commitment for future projects (Reed, 2001). Reviewing a project can be in the form of a

reflective process, as illustrated in the next figure, where project managers "record and critically reflect upon their own work with the aim of improving their

management skills and performance" (Loo, 2002). It can also be applied in problematic project teams in order to identify the roots of possible conflicts and bring them

into an open discussion.

Ignoring the established point of view of disbanding the project team as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary overheads, Meredith Interim Management Provider and Mandel (2003, p660) imply that

it's best to wait as much as you can for two main reasons. First it helps to minimize the frustration that might generate a team member's reassignment with

unfavourable prospects. Second it keeps the interest and the professionalism of the team members high as it is common ground that during the closing stages, some

slacking is likely to appear.