The project, which finished its work on 1 April, set up two new bodies, the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (the Care Commission) and the Scottish Social Services Council.
This has transferred responsibility for regulating private day nurseries, playgroups, creches, childminders and out-of-school clubs from local authorities.
The Regulation of Care Review, carried out by Andy McAlpine Associates, analyses the effectiveness of the project and asks what lessons can be learned from it.
Early years providers were generally positive about the handover of responsibility to the Care Commission and did not think the process would affect their members unduly.
Ian McLaughlan, chief executive of the Scottish Pre-School Play Association, welcomed the transition to the Care Commission and said he was hopeful about the changes.
But Mr McLaughlan said the SPPA was 'conscious of the pressure on small voluntary sector providers who are also grappling with Disclosure and the National Care Standards'.
'We are interested in proposals to organise joint inspections with the HMI,' he said.
Maggie Simpson, national development officer of the Scottish Childminding Association, said that the project had been an enormous task. 'They set their timescale and they stuck to it.'
Ms Simpson added, 'It will be a big change for our members, not in terms of what they do in practice, but they will now be responsible for self-evaluation, explaining how they meet their standards.'
Janet Law of the Scottish Out of School Care Network said, 'I am hopeful that this will be a seamless transition.' She added that she did not believe that the process of inspection 'will be hugely different from what we've seen in the past'.
The report said that 'very positive comment' was made about the involvement of stakeholders from the beginning of the project and the way that the communication process was handled throughout.
One respondent said, 'Participation was encouraged. Nobody in Scotland in social care can say they have not had an opportunity to participate.'
The Regulation of Care Review can be seen on the Scottish Executive's website at www.scotland.gov.uk/govern-ment/rcp in the 'What's New' section.
The report asked for feedback from internal and external stakeholders as to the extent to which the project had achieved its objectives.
Although the majority view was that the project had achieved what it set out to do satisfactorily, some criticisms were made.
One respondent said, 'The project has achieved its objectives to date but not without difficulty. The transfer of staff has been a long drawn out process which has raised anxiety levels among the staff who are eligible to transfer.'
Unattributed comments include criticism that, 'The implementation has been rushed, particularly the appointment of staff and as a result the very people that will make up the new body are already feeling disaffected before the service even begins.'
Respondents were asked to compare working on the project with their past experiences of working with the Scottish Executive or the Scottish Office.
Positive feedback included, 'This was a more open and inclusive approach'
and that there was 'much more of a dialogue'.
Views from elsewhere in the Scottish Executive included praise that that was 'a mammoth project' which had worked well against difficult timescales.