There were periods when we were dead-locked and were seriously considering the termination of the project.

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John Corey of the public service union Nipsa said the termination of the project was "in the best interests of the civil service and the Northern Ireland taxpayer".

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The result of this is that no-fault lack-of-fit between an employee and the first manager, team, or project is likely to lead either to termination or stagnation (which are fast and slow varieties of the same thing).

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