ABSTRACT
Generalling the closure of a job is a complex activity, composed of articulating the many factors that press for closure. As indicated in previous chapters, each job generates its own pressure for closure. As it approaches its finish, it needs finally to be finished—to be over with. Jobs are self-limiting: they can only go so far and then they are finished. If they are a quick or base job, of course, there is pressure for them to be completed so that a subsequent job can begin. The patsy as general must articulate these job-closure pressures in terms of his overview of the project, keeping the project moving, and timing quality and paying for each job. Additionally, he is under pressure for closure from the sub and his crew who, as the job nears its finish, are more drawn elsewhere to new jobs and pushed to making the contract pay regarding their time and costs.
