{
  "title": "Project success: the human factors research identifies",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/reussite-d-un-projet-les-facteurs-humains-que-la-recherche-identifie-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Critical-success-factor studies rank shared mission, top-management support and communication ahead of tools.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Project Management",
  "place": {
    "name": "Geneva",
    "region": "Genève",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "A reference framework",
      "point": "Jeffrey Pinto and Dennis Slevin (1987, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management) identify ten critical success factors, including mission clarity, top-management support, client consultation and communication."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What large projects add",
      "point": "Bent Flyvbjerg (2014, [Project Management](/formation/gestion-de-projet/geneve) Journal) documents recurring cost and schedule overruns in megaprojects, attributing them partly to optimism and incentives rather than technical flaws.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Limits of these findings",
      "point": "Factor lists stem from retrospective perceptions: successful teams readily credit communication."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limit of common practice",
      "point": "Training project managers mainly on planning tools addresses the most visible part of the problem, not the most frequent.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Geneva",
      "point": "At kick-off, ask each stakeholder to state the project's mission in one sentence and compare."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Slevin",
      "year": "1987",
      "source": "IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Flyvbjerg",
      "year": "2014",
      "source": "[Project Management](/formation/gestion-de-projet/geneve"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 163,
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
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