Backward planning: Effects of planning direction on predictions of task completion time
People frequently underestimate the time needed to complete tasks and we examined a strategy – known as backward planning – that may counteract this optimistic bias. Backward planning involves starting a plan at the end goal and then working through required steps in reverse-chronological order, and...
Main Authors: | Jessica Wiese, Roger Buehler, Dale Griffin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2016-03-01
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Series: | Judgment and Decision Making |
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Online Access: | http://journal.sjdm.org/16/16101/jdm16101.pdf |
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