Manage Your Project Portfolio, 2nd Edition

How to Kill a Project and Keep It Dead

Think you’ve killed a project? Maybe you have never worked with Marty. Marty is a well-meaning manager who didn’t want to kill a particular product or its associated projects because of his strong customer relationships.

I Kept Several Dead Projects Alive Until I Realized the Cost

by Marty, Group Manager

Marty

I was responsible for several products for three years. After the third year, my management decided to phase out Product2 in favor of Product4. So, I was responsible for Product1, Product2 phase-out, Product3, and Product4. I was supposed to finish the Product2 phase-out in two months.

Well, we did. Except not all of our customers wanted to move to Product4. I’ve known these customers for years ...