- Recruit people to a new project that has a selection bias towards under-performers (or some other characteristic you want to weed-out)
- Let the project rot for a quarter
- Cut the project and all its teammates
More than under-performers, I think these kind of projects tend to attract those with shiny object syndrome or political ambitions.
- Recruit people to a new project that has a selection bias towards under-performers (or some other characteristic you want to weed-out)
- Let the project rot for a quarter
- Cut the project and all its teammates