Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

Summary

1. 14.1 Distinguish among the four main forms of ­project termination. We identified four ways in which projects get terminated; (a) extinction, (b) addition, (c) integration, and (d) starvation. Termination by extinction refers to projects in which all activity ends without extending the project in any way, usually as the result of a successful completion or the decision to end the project early. Termination by addition implies bringing the project into the organization as a separate, ongoing entity. Termination by integration is the process of bringing the project activities into the organization and distributing them among existing functions. Finally, termination by starvation involves cutting a project’s budget sufficiently to stop ...