255Small-Scale Trials
• As a project nears completion, make sure that other groups within
the company are prepared to implement the results. Team members
are disheartened when their hard work is not moving toward a clean
handoff.
• If changing priorities halt a project, then ensure that the
important ndings are preserved until the project is restarted.
Document the information and securely store the calibration
standards, custom xtures, and other specialized tools.
• Evaluate the ramications of stopping a project, such as vendors
to whom promises have been made, customers who are count-
ing on your new product, and the production facilities that have
been committed to running the process.
• The development team should focus obsessively on ...