If I were in charge of the people on the project I would ask for the paper trail to see what kind of methodology was being used to make progress. I would proba

If I were in charge of the people on the project I would ask for the paper trail to see what kind of methodology was being used to make progress. I would probably end up finding that there was none (or only a bunch of CYA paper trails), and fire everyone who was involved in that project. EDIT: I once was recruiting for a project I was working on, and one of the candidates during a phone interview bragged about a poorly managed project they were on that "wasn't their fault". I didn't address it, but that's where they were sorely mistaken. Not doing anything when you know there's a problem (even if you don't know what the problem is) is not a valid strategy IMO.