
Pillar X: Learn from Failures ◾ 477
the team members at the lowest level of the task can usually be wrongly identi-
fied as the culprit who does not have a voice in the project. The punishment can
range from a simple reprimand to a censure in the project performance appraisal
affecting pay and bonus, to demotion of rank, removal from project team, and
sometimes even from the organization.
10.4.1.4 Quick-Fix the Problem
The final step in closing out the failure is to identify the resources that can be put in
a Band-Aid solution so that it cannot cause any more harm to the project. Sometimes,
the “quick fix” fails before closing out the project a