An experiment was set up to determine whether some short, focused training could influence decision makers to take a more structured and process-based approach to project decision-making. The experiment also investigated the impact on project decision-making of the way a decision is framed by an authority figure, i.e. how a decision is influenced by an authority figure advocating a process-driven, neutral or an opinion/schedule-driven approach. The experiment was set up so that half of the participants watched three 15-min training videos before answering questions on decision-making scenarios for projects, and the other half just answered questions on the decision-making scenarios. 40% of participants (split across those who watched the training videos and those that only answered the decision-making scenario questions) had undergone some prior training on decision making. The results demonstrate that watching the training videos has an impact. The impact is greater when there has been no prior training; however, there is still impact in each case, albeit small for some. This implies that the benefits of 1 h of training prior to project decision-making is more valuable for those with no prior training, but still worthwhile for those with prior training. The results showed that framing by an authority figure has a strong influence on the participants’ responses, in terms of whether a process-based, neutral or opinion/intuition-based response was given.

建立了一个实验，以确定一些短期的，有针对性的培训是否会影响决策者，使其采取更具结构性和基于过程的方法来进行项目决策。实验还研究了由权威人物制定决策方式对项目决策的影响，即决策如何受到倡导采用流程驱动，中立或意见/时间表驱动方法的权威人物的影响。进行实验是为了让一半的参与者在回答有关项目决策场景的问题之前观看了三个15分钟的培训视频，另一半只是回答了有关决策场景的问题。40％的参与者（包括观看培训视频的参与者和仅回答决策场景问题的参与者）已经接受过一些决策方面的事先培训。结果表明，观看培训视频会产生影响。如果没有事先培训，则影响会更大；但是，在每种情况下都仍然会产生影响，尽管影响很小。这意味着在项目决策之前进行1 h培训的好处对于那些没有经过培训的人来说更有价值，但是对于那些经过培训的人仍然值得。结果表明，无论是基于过程，中立还是基于意见/直觉的响应，权威人士的构架都对参与者的响应有很大影响。结果表明，观看培训视频会产生影响。如果没有事先培训，则影响会更大；但是，在每种情况下都仍然会产生影响，尽管影响很小。这意味着在项目决策之前进行1 h培训的好处对于那些没有经过培训的人来说更有价值，但是对于那些经过培训的人仍然值得。结果表明，无论是基于过程，中立还是基于意见/直觉的响应，权威人士的构架都对参与者的响应有很大影响。结果表明，观看培训视频会产生影响。如果没有事先培训，则影响会更大；但是，在每种情况下都仍然会产生影响，尽管影响很小。这意味着在项目决策之前进行1 h培训的好处对于那些没有经过培训的人来说更有价值，但是对于那些经过培训的人仍然值得。结果表明，无论是基于过程，中立还是基于意见/直觉的响应，权威人士的构架都对参与者的响应有很大影响。这意味着在项目决策之前进行1 h培训的好处对于那些没有经过培训的人来说更有价值，但是对于那些经过培训的人仍然值得。结果表明，无论是基于过程，中立还是基于意见/直觉的响应，权威人士的构架都对参与者的响应有很大影响。这意味着在项目决策之前进行1 h培训的好处对于那些没有经过培训的人来说更有价值，但是对于那些经过培训的人仍然值得。结果表明，无论是基于过程，中立还是基于意见/直觉的响应，权威人士的构架都对参与者的响应有很大影响。