Management Summary Research Study “A Better Way to Avoid Project Delays”

Delays, missed deadlines, and overshot budgets are some of the most common problems projects face. If project planners and managers are more aware of the strong effect that anchors have when estimating timelines and budgets, they can avoid being led astray by uninformed anchors and use helpful anchors to set more realistic expectations.

Target groups of stakeholders: Managers

Citation: Lorko, M., Servátka, M., & Zhang, L. (2025). A Better Way to Avoid Project Delays. MIT Sloan Management Review, 66(2), 18-19.

Source: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/a-better-way-to-avoid-project-delays/