In an age when rates of project failure sadly top 50%, having the chance to actually restart a project that has been stalled, cancelled, or put on hold for whatever reason can be very positive. But it's no small undertaking to restart a stalled project. The project manager may tend to think that he and his team have nothing to lose since they can't do any worse than the first team. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. This isn't a scenario where you're coming in as the superman manager trying to rescue a project that is in progress but is failing.