Project Cancellations

Good stewardship of projects will place stage gates and hurdles into the delivery process, which offers companies an opportunity to reevaluate further investment given current conditions and the strategic outlook. However, here's some tips for reading the situation ahead of stage-gates. ...

... "It's a normal and natural part of the project management process to have a few go/no-go points in the plan or to have milestones that must be met for the project to be allowed to continue. " ...

Via TechRepublic: Signs that your project is about to be cut

When to Pull Project Plug

CIO needs insight on the projects in the IT portfolio and whether pulling the plug is necessary. Ways to accomplish that are stage-gate or toll-gate framework, scoping for time to value, and dashboards. ...

... "the company has established a gate process in which each project stage has a set of requirements that are established and assessed by gatekeepers who evaluate whether projects should proceed ... " ...

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