Internet Exercises
14.13 Search the Internet for links to the Boston Tunnel, “The Big Dig”; the Channel Tunnel, “The Chunnel”; and London’s Millennium Dome. Why do you think these projects were supported to their conclusion in spite of their poor cost performance? What would it take to kill a high-visibility project such as these?
14.14 Go to https://hbr.org/2003/02/why-bad-projects-are-so-hard-to-kill and read the perspective on the difficulty in killing bad projects. What are some of the critical stories or pieces of advice offered by the blog writer and those commenting on his suggestions? How do corporate politics play a role in the continuation of poorly conceived projects? Which of these arguments makes the most sense to you? Why?
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