Project management under uncertainty
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Construction Management and Economics
- Vol. 7 (2) , 103-113
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01446198900000015
Abstract
Morris' (1986) analysis of the factors affecting project success and failure is considered in relation to the psychology of judgement under uncertainty. A model is proposed whereby project managers may identify the specific circumstances in which human decision-making is prone to systematic error, and hence may apply a number of de-biasing techniques.Keywords
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