kill-criteria-exit-ramps

SKILL.md

Kill criteria are pre-defined, objective conditions that trigger stopping a project, product, or initiative. Exit ramps are specific decision points where you evaluate whether to continue, pivot, or kill. This skill helps avoid sunk cost fallacy and opportunity cost by establishing discipline around quitting.

The hardest decision is often knowing when to quit. Kill criteria remove emotion and politics from stopping decisions.

Process: (1) Define success metrics ("10% conversion"), (2) Set time horizon ("6 months"), (3) Establish kill criteria ("If <5% after 6 months, kill"), (4) Assign decision rights (specific person), (5) Document formally (signed PRD)

Use when defining stopping rules for projects, avoiding sunk cost fallacy, setting objective exit criteria, deciding whether to continue/pivot/kill initiatives, or when users mention kill criteria, exit ramps, stopping rules, go/no-go decisions, project termination, sunk costs, or need disciplined decision-making about when to quit. Source: lyndonkl/claude.

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