i work for a consulting company and prefer to cradle-to-grave my projects but it makes it hard to move up the corporate ladder. I'm working on a proposal now for a large project that will span at least 3 years. If I ask to get staffed on it then i know it will get delivered as sold and I may get promoted at the end but definitely won't get promoted during the project. On the other hand, if i'm an author on three or four wins for large projects over a year then i'm much more likely to get promoted regardless of how those turnout at the end of their schedules.