Quick answer
Project termination: kill or close — the four endings (extinction, addition, integration, starvation) and how to end a project deliberately rather than let it drift.
The endings
Extinction (success or killed), addition (absorbed into ops), integration (merged), starvation (defunded to death) — only extinction and addition are honest endings.
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Killing well
Clear criteria, early decision, documented reasons — a project killed deliberately beats one that starves.
The signals
Business case gone, better alternatives, costs exceeding value — the honest tests.
The human side
People invested in the work — acknowledge it, explain it, move them deliberately.
Bottom line
Project termination: kill or close — the four endings (extinction, addition, integration, starvation) and how to end a project deliberately rather than let it drift.
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