Sunk Cost Fallacy

1 of our books defines this term.

When you keep doing something because you’ve put a lot of effort into it and you don’t want to waste that effort.

Making Work Visible, Second Edition, Dominica Degrandis

See also Cost of delay · Economies of Scale · Lead Time · Little's Law · Resource Efficiency · weighted shortest job first

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