Gate 8: Deliver and Close Stage or Project Sprint or Release?
Updated on 21.10.2026
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Table of Contents
- +Introduction to project management
- Definition of key terms
- The gate at the entrance to closure
- One gate at four levels: sprint, release, stage, project
- How the gate proceeds: from the bundle to the record of the decision
- What is brought to the gate: the bundle of deliverables
- Precondition: all change requests are resolved
- Four domains: readiness is not a single number
- The four Gate 8 decisions
- Conditional Go: what remains to be done before closure
- When it is too early to close and when to close in parts
- What is recorded: the Gate 8 decision record
- The decision does not choose the road: the development approach leads onward
- Close Phase Tailoring Profile: the phase composition is derived by rules
- Conclusion
- How to do it
- Tailoring
- Practice
