{
  "title": "Prioritisation: should we limit the work we start?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-en-limitant-le-travail-en-cours-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-07-15",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A full calendar does not guarantee that work is moving forward. Research on flow suggests examining how much work has been started, rather than merely how busy people are.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Neuchâtel",
    "region": "Neuchâtel",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "John D."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The mechanism: controlling the release of work",
      "point": "Wallace J."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The hasty conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that simply reducing the number of open items will speed up all work."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limits of the evidence and workload boards",
      "point": "These articles provide a mathematical result and an analysis of production systems, not a direct evaluation of team calendars in Neuchâtel."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Neuchâtel",
      "point": "As part of SHR’s “[Time Management & Prioritisation](/formation/gestion-du-temps/neuchatel)” programme, a proposed application for a Neuchâtel team in microtechnology, watchmaking or precision microelectronics is to test an explicit cap on simultaneously open validation cases."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Little",
      "year": "1961",
      "source": "Operations Research"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Spearman",
      "year": "2004",
      "source": "Manufacturing & Service Operations Management"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 461,
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  "relatedPages": {
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    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/neuchatel",
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}