Hello all, Bruce, Avri,... --- Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au> wrote:

Hello Avri,

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I think in most cases, in my experience at least, projects that do not complete on time are reviewed and extended only if warranted.

Agreed.

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Automatic sunset that disregards complexity or issues does not seem the best alternative to me. It seems that any

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notion of concluding a PDP must require a definitive action, e.g. a vote, as opposed to some automatic mechanism.

I would have thought that should be the other way around. Any extension of a deadline/project requires a definitive vote.

Regards, Bruce

I don't see a contradiction here. The outcome of a "normal" PDP is to have a policy developed. I understand what Avri means by "concluding a PDP" as being the same as the notion of "drop dead" mentioned earlier. In both cases, whether "concluding" or extending, there is a need for a "definitive action", or an ad hoc or a case-specific decision making process, since the immediate outcome would be other than the (normal) one expected. Mawaki