Build Documentation
Add Build DNA, relevant Build Areas, Components, and Journal entries that explain the finished build.
Complete a Project
Complete a Project when the primary build is finished and you are ready to preserve a final record of the work, outcome, and lessons learned.
What Completion Does
Completing a Project updates its status to Completed, sets its progress to 100 percent, and preserves the Project as a documented NPPSC build record.
Completion does not delete, archive, or lock the Project. You can continue documenting later upgrades, repairs, additions, or changes.
Only the Project owner can complete the Project.
Prepare the Build Record
NPPSC provides a completion-readiness checklist. It does not prevent completion, but it helps builders create a more useful permanent record.
Costs and Media
Record useful costs and add representative Project photos or videos before completion.
Final Summary
Explain what was built, its intended use, major systems, and the final result.
Lessons Learned
Preserve the information another builder would benefit from knowing before attempting a similar build.
Complete the Project
Open the Project and select Complete Project from the Project header.
Review completion readiness
Review the optional checklist and document any
information you want included in the permanent
record.
Set the completion date
Select the date the primary build was completed.
Add final documentation
Complete the Final Build Summary, Lessons Learned,
and What Would You Do Differently fields as
applicable.
Optionally add a completion note
Add a completion milestone note to the Project
Journal if you want a chronological entry for the
completed build.
Mark Project Complete
Save the completion record. The Project status
becomes Completed and progress becomes 100 percent.
Write Useful Final Documentation
Final Build Summary
Describe the finished Project in practical terms: intended use, major systems, significant design decisions, and final outcome.
Example:
Completed a 25-gallon wheel-well water system for Ford Transit conversions. The system includes a fresh-water tank, pump, accumulator, filtration, drain, and service-access provisions. It was designed for simple installation and winterization.
Completed a 25-gallon wheel-well water system for Ford Transit conversions. The system includes a fresh-water tank, pump, accumulator, filtration, drain, and service-access provisions. It was designed for simple installation and winterization.
Lessons Learned
Record what worked well, what surprised you, and what another builder should understand before attempting a similar build.
What Would You Do Differently?
Document improvements, alternative choices, or work sequencing changes you would make in a future version of the build.
Share a Completed Build
During completion, a Project owner can choose whether the completed Project may be used in a future completion announcement or highlighted completed-build view.
A Project must be public and the owner must enable this preference before it can appear in Completed Builds.
Update a Completed Project Later
Completed Projects remain available to their owners. If the build changes later, you can continue to update the Project record, Components, Journal, Costs, Media, and related documentation.
You can also update the final summary, lessons learned, and future improvements when your perspective changes after using the completed build.
A completed Project is a durable record, not a final lock on
future documentation.
Return to the Guide home page to revisit Getting Started, Projects, Components, Discovery, and Visibility guidance.