{
  "title": "Project management: does a good outcome prove a good decision?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-de-projet-juger-une-decision-sans-confondre-qualite-et-resultat-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-06-09",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A project can succeed despite a poorly grounded choice, or fail despite a reasonable decision. Evaluating the project manager requires distinguishing what was justifiable from what ultimately happened.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Project Management",
  "place": {
    "name": "Zurich",
    "region": "Zurich",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Jonathan Baron and John C."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Accountability is not enough: what people account for matters",
      "point": "Jennifer S."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that evaluation should focus exclusively on the process and disregard outcomes."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot guarantee",
      "point": "Experiments on outcome bias do not reproduce the full complexity of a Zurich project portfolio, and the accountability review does not test a single project governance arrangement."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Zurich",
      "point": "One possible application within SHR’s “Project Management” programme is a four-week trial of a record dated before each decision selected for the exercise, documenting options, available information, uncertainties and the rationale for the choice."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Hershey",
      "year": "1988",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Tetlock",
      "year": "1999",
      "source": "Psychological Bulletin"
    }
  ],
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  "relatedPages": {
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}