We then set out to find them by posting on LISTSERVs such as PHYSLrnr and PHYS-L, asking for information on abandoned implementations either through direct involvement or through rumor.
Our initial intent was to study both successful and unsuccessful (i.e., abandoned) implementations of SCALE-UP, defining abandoned SCALE-UP users as those who had modified a classroom but then no longer used the room and were not likely to do so in the future.
The National Trust's Property Management and Information System in the UK is, by contrast, the most ambitious attempt to date of any conservation organisation to computerise its activities and was abandoned prior to full implementation.
Also, as a temporary fix, the EPR's operational flexibility should be abandoned "until after licensing, and the implementation of new changes in the methodology or the safety criteria so as to ease the operating constraints," according to a May 2007 document.
A small-scale implementation in Canada was abandoned by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care [ 17] in 2007 due to poor data quality [ 18, 19] and lack of support across affected stakeholders.
This idea was abandoned, at least for the initial implementation, because of the difficulty of achieving efficient yet portable user interaction on the JVM platform.
Democratic processes for the approval and implementation of laws are being abandoned in favor of accelerated processes that remove significant opportunity for public response — accelerated processes not allowed by Constitution or law.
Frontline staff who had to implement these initiatives were often not consulted or adequately informed about their purpose and implementation, and sometimes initiatives were abandoned or forgotten after a short period of intense activity.
Particularly controversial have been rumors of a plan for the deportation of Soviet Jews that is said to have been abandoned in early March 1953, on the eve of its implementation, when Stalin suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage.
The abandoned mine land reclamation process should encompass a design and implementation program that addresses multidisciplinary methods and techniques.
Although the straightforward design of our solution results in a manageable implementation effort, it seems unfeasible to expect that all extensive VANET standardization and implementation efforts of the past will be entirely abandoned.
