{
  "title": "A Fully Booked Calendar Is a Fragile Calendar",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/gestion-du-temps-et-marge-de-manoeuvre-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-01-28",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Queueing theory applied to individual calendars.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lausanne",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "The Research",
      "point": "Hopp & Spearman (2008, Production and Operations Management) show that systems operating at full capacity experience sharply increasing delays with even the slightest variation.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The Limitation",
      "point": "Queueing theory applied to individual calendars.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The Nuance",
      "point": "Allowing a twenty per cent buffer is not wasted time: it is what absorbs the unexpected."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Practical Implication, Testable in Lausanne",
      "point": "Deliberately reduce scheduled commitments to eighty per cent of the week and observe how unexpected events are absorbed."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Spearman",
      "year": "2008",
      "source": "Production and Operations Management"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 115,
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  "relatedPages": {
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    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/lausanne",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}