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Everything in this world lives on positive hopes, and this is true for the same.
If there are any signs like that, like lack of involvement from key stakeholders, deliverables not being delivered with timeliness, lack of cooperation among stakeholders and so many others, effort should be made to bring things back on track.
On a positive note, it is the role of the person taking care of the overall progress to monitor things closely and raise concerns and get them duly addressed.
Never lose sight of the final objective
There are plenty indicators which can tell you that you are moving to dead end or nowhere...............
a) Changes in political or economic situation of the country.
b) Changes in project design , methodology, basic things etc.
c) Frequent changes in manpower and experts.
d) Resistance by the team or customer for whom you envisage the project.
Other areas were covered by my colleagues.
I am not sure if this is just running against a wall with frustration over thing not going exactly as planned or if it is the end of a contract and your employer has not answered you a question if you will stay on this project or being resigned.
If you do not know if you are staying with the company staying on the project or being resigned ... start looking for a new job..... remember most employers just use you ... it does not matter how good you are or how loyal you are ... they have no second thought when it comes to show profits ...
If it is just being stuck ... take a day or two to collect yourself and get a new fresh start with your team and see if some one thinks outside the box and comes up with a solution which is agreeable for every one involved... sometimes you have to sit back ... let your team come up with a solution.
Sings ...can be coming from the Company/Corporation level ... change of CEO ... pressure by the stakeholders ... things do wrong all the time with the project ... sales forecast on the product (if this is already established) interest in the project ... timetable problems ....
I am working as a contractor for my current project and I have not received yet any news or signs tells me that my current project or contract is heading towards a dead end. I always feel positive for my accomplishments and feel that I will got a better opportunities later. I always receive a lot of career invitations by emails or phone calls in daily basis and I earned a great experience in my current career in a lot of current new technologies in the field of information systems security, such as; cloud security, Information audit tools, technical writings, and others.
There are definite signs that would indicate end of any project and there is no right or wrong answer. Speaking from experience, there is a number of companies which I worked for as a consultant or direct employee (such as Walgreens, ADP, Castillo, CompuThink, CBSI) where projects were shelved, stopped-put on hold or total abandoned due to changes on the US economy-bad economy, bought out by another company, joint ventures or downsizing. For example, one giant company may buyout one of its competitors and shut them down. As for the Gulf Area, the price of oil may have the end of many projects.
Therefore, there is no guarantee of anything except that the sun will raise the next morning with the blessing of God Almighty and we need to be ready for any challenge. We need to take it as it comes.
I think there are two type of terminations, one can be non predictable like all force majors and second is the consequences which come up because of some reasons, for example high cost because of wrong cost estimation or bad risks identification or other areas of planning or controlling that if they are not sufficient we may face the termination,
For all those second category we can see some flags in reports and controlling processes.
Of course for identified risk it is a little different.
If our actual work is not matching with our estimations or planned activities as per our project plan and don't even find nearer to the objectives, a kind of clear sign the project is going no where or dead end.
Need to wake up immediately and find out the things where went wrong and put it in a direction with a revised schedule or plan accordingly. Thanks.
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I agree with previous answers .