Discussion Questions
14.1 Why is the decision to terminate a project often as much an emotional one as an intellectual one?
14.2 Comment on the different methods for project termination. How have you seen an example of one of these methods, through either your school or work experience?
14.3 Why do so many projects end up terminated as a result of termination through starvation? Discuss the role of ego, power, and politics in this form of project termination.
14.4 Refer back to Chapter 2. How does the concept of escalation of commitment factor into decisions of whether to terminate projects?
14.5 Consider the case of the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship in Case Study 14.3 . Take the position that terminating this project after having invested so ...
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