{
  "title": "Troubled projects: when does persistence become a trap?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/management-complexe-quand-reexaminer-un-projet-en-difficulte-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-02-24",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Having invested heavily is not enough to justify continuing a project. Research helps distinguish defending a past decision from assessing its future value.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Complex Management",
  "place": {
    "name": "Bern",
    "region": "Berne",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Barry M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The weight of resources already committed",
      "point": "Hal R."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that a disappointing project should be stopped or routinely assigned to a new manager."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot settle",
      "point": "These studies provide no universal stopping threshold for public-sector or industrial projects."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Berne",
      "point": "In Berne, an exercise within SHR's “Management complexe” programme could focus on a project review in the federal administration, public health, telecommunications or precision engineering, making sector-specific constraints explicit."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Staw",
      "year": "1976",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Performance"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Blumer",
      "year": "1985",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 415,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-02-24-en.jpg?v=4",
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    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/management-complexe-quand-reexaminer-un-projet-en-difficulte-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/management-complexe/berne",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/berne",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}