An abbreviated version of the list from Bob Lewis's excellent column, Keep the Joint Running:
| Goals | The goals no longer make business sense |
| Scope | The scope keeps expanding |
| Plan | Tasks are "stuck" at 80%; tasks take over a month; or no task planning at all! |
| Optimism | Project manager "hopes" everything is going well |
| No demo | Can't produce a working demo by the appropriate point in the project |
| Testing | Continuous testing and bug lists aren't shrinking |
| Team | The team members want the project killed |
What to do based on how many symptoms are noted:
| 1 or 2 | Fix the problems |
| 3 or 4 | Conduct an external review |
| 5 or more | Kill the project |
