Comments on: Killing Projects – Embrace The Concept

By: Simon Stapleton

Simon Stapleton — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:51:09 +0000

Killing projects is a brave move that few have the guts to do – I find that a lot of (dare I say cowardly?) PMs would rather continue throwing good money after bad in the hope of saving the day rather than suffering what will be in relative terms some egg on face. Governance is the key, isn’t it? Show me effective governance though!

Simon

By: Peter Dunkley

Peter Dunkley — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:29:52 +0000

There’s an expression over here in the UK that “it’s no use crying over spilt milk”. Any investment (cash / resource / effort) incurred in a failing project has gone to the great accountant in the sky – but most business and IT managers can’t see this, with the inevitable result of greater losses.

Killing a project is a critical business skill – good post!

By: IT Project Failures mobile edition

IT Project Failures mobile edition — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:01:33 +0000

[...] Will Weider, CIO of Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System, says this about killing failures: “Our organization has learned to embrace killing projects. And I think it is very healthy.” He adds: At Ministry, our IT Steering Committee congratulates business leaders that have the insight to see when something will not meet the planned expectations and having the courage to kill the project. [...]

By: EMR and HIPAA

EMR and HIPAA — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:11:07 +0000

I think this is an interesting subject. Have you ever seen it go over board? It seems like the tendency is to look at the past expense as a sunk cost and then continue forward. Definitely a trap.

By: PM Hut

PM Hut — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:30:05 +0000

Hi Will,

When do you think the project should be killed? What are the symptoms of a project that should be definitely terminated.