{
  "title": "Prioritisation: should teams wait until halfway through a project to change direction?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faut-il-attendre-la-mi-parcours-pour-reorienter-un-projet-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-04-26",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Teams do not necessarily reconsider their priorities as new information arrives. Their perception of the time remaining may play a decisive role.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Basel",
    "region": "Bâle-Ville",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Drawing on project teams observed in their working environments, Connie Gersick (1988, Academy of Management Journal) describes development that is not simply gradual."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Remaining time as a trigger",
      "point": "In an experimental setting, Connie Gersick (1989, Academy of Management Journal) also finds midpoint-related transitions in groups working towards a deadline."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that scheduling a midpoint review is all that is needed."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot prescribe",
      "point": "These studies concern groups with an identifiable task and deadline; they do not directly describe continuous operations or portfolios of interdependent projects."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Bâle",
      "point": "Within SHR’s “[Time Management & Prioritisation](/formation/gestion-du-temps/bale)” programme, one possible exercise is to test a priorities review before the planned midpoint of a Basel project, whether in pharma, life sciences, Rhine logistics or international R&D."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Gersick",
      "year": "1988",
      "source": "Academy of Management Journal"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Gersick",
      "year": "1989",
      "source": "Academy of Management Journal"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 409,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-04-26-en.jpg?v=4",
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    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faut-il-attendre-la-mi-parcours-pour-reorienter-un-projet-en",
    "de": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faut-il-attendre-la-mi-parcours-pour-reorienter-un-projet-de",
    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faut-il-attendre-la-mi-parcours-pour-reorienter-un-projet-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/gestion-du-temps/bale",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/bale",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}