A tailored client offboarding checklist for a one-person business. Copy it into your working system and replace every bracketed prompt.
Client Offboarding Checklist
1. Completion and acceptance
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for completion and acceptance.]
2. Final files and access
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for final files and access.]
3. Final invoice
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for final invoice.]
4. Results review
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for results review.]
5. Testimonial and referral
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for testimonial and referral.]
6. Data retention or deletion
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for data retention or deletion.]
7. Follow-up date
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for follow-up date.]
8. Final commitment
[Next action, owner, due date, and review date.]
Quality check
- Facts are separated from assumptions.
- Scope and exclusions are explicit.
- Every commitment has an owner and date.
- The document is stored where the work happens.
