{
  "title": "Project management: when should you test before freezing requirements?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-de-projet-quand-tester-avant-de-figer-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-01-15",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Stable requirements reassure project managers. When needs remain uncertain, however, an early test may be more useful than an additional specification.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Project Management",
  "place": {
    "name": "Geneva",
    "region": "Genève",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Kathleen M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The mechanism: making an assumption testable",
      "point": "Stefan H."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that prototypes should replace specifications."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What these data cannot resolve",
      "point": "These articles concern product development and do not provide direct validation for every service project."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Genève",
      "point": "Within SHR's [Project Management](/formation/gestion-de-projet/geneve) programme, an exercise applicable in Genève is to select a requirement that remains uncertain and record the assumption, test and acceptance criterion before approving it."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Tabrizi",
      "year": "1995",
      "source": "Administrative Science Quarterly"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Thomke",
      "year": "1998",
      "source": "Management Science"
    }
  ],
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  "relatedPages": {
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    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/geneve",
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}