Chapter 11 – Pulling the Plug Early

Explains how to determine how far off track your project seems and how to decide whether it’s recoverable or not.

• So You Missed a Milestone
• Stop The Press! Figure Out Where You Are
• Discussing Failure
• Milestone Hit, But Bugs Abound
  • Regression Failures
  • Performance Failures
  • Device Mismatch
  • Expectation Mismatch
  • Don’t Defer Performance Problems
• If Your Developer Was Proactive
• If Your Developer Wasn’t Honest
• If It Could Have Been Your Fault
• Evaluating The Recovery Plan
  • Developer Availability Issues
  • Poorly Estimated Task Issues
  • Risky Items, Identified Early
  • Inability to Stay On Task
  • Unforeseen Platform Bugs or Issues
  • Unforeseen External Dependencies
  • Larger Than Expected Overhead
  • Tasks that Weren’t Expected to Be Needed
  • Mistakes and Bugs
    • Wasted or Duplicated Effort
    • Developers Who Failed to Coordinate
  • Just Bad Estimates
• How Far Gone Are You?
• Trying to Salvage the Project
• Fair Compensation
• Transitioning to a New Developer
• Wrapping Up