The phrase "abandoning a project" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the decision to stop working on a particular project or initiative.
Example: "After careful consideration, the team decided that abandoning the project was the best course of action due to budget constraints."
Alternatives: "discontinuing a project" or "ceasing work on a project."
Our analysis differentiates between the impacts of internal and external barriers on the probability of abandoning a project, and we examine whether these differ depending on the stage of the innovation process.
Hal Arkes, a psychologist at Ohio State University who has spent much of his career studying the subject, explains, "Abandoning a project that you've invested a lot in feels like you've wasted everything, and waste is something we're told to avoid".
Managers often have the ability to influence the results of a project and have recourse to abandoning a project if results are poor, while retaining the opportunity of expanding projects (Palacios-Marqués et al. 2015, Soto-Acosta et al. 2010) if results are better than expected.
Having abandoned a project about yoga, he's now working on another novel about "charismatic Christians".
But her mother, Graciela Borja, a sociologist and educator, had taught her never to abandon a project midway.
Last month, Coca-Cola abandoned a project to build a bottling plant in India after a battle from the local community over worries about depleting groundwater supplies.
A few years ago, the Trump Organization abandoned a project in Beijing after its Chinese partner became embroiled in a corruption scandal.
The mother of the models Jodie and Jemma Kidd has abandoned a project to create a luxurious bed and breakfast in Barbados as the country suffers a downturn.
Krieger determined that firms are more likely to abandon a project if it employs a similar technology as the failed drug than if it is in the same market.
Brest and Harvey tackle thorny issues, such as how to choose among different forms of funding, how to measure progress, and when to abandon a project that isn't working.
A surprise guest had turned out to be a book editor who needed a substitute for a writer who had abandoned a project, the translation of a family cookbook first published in France in 1903.
