A retrospective look at our evolving understanding of project success

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dc.contributor.authorJugdev, Kamen
dc.contributor.authorMüller, Ralfen
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-29T23:48:47Z
dc.date.available2007-01-29T23:48:47Z
dc.date.issued2005-12
dc.description.abstractOur views on project success have changed over the years from definitions that were limited to the implementation phase of the project life cycle to definitions that reflect an appreciation of success over the entire project and product life cycle. This paper assesses our evolving understanding of project success over the past 40 years and discusses conditions for success, critical success factors and success frameworks. The paper concludes with a holistic view of project success and its implications for practice. This is an important topic because projects are an increasingly common way of work, and the lines between project and process work are harder to discern. Increasingly, more project managers work in companies using program and portfolio management as a means to organize project-related work. The success of individual projects, therefore, impacts the wider organization in several dimensions and makes the concept of project and project management success that much more relevant....en
dc.description.refereedYesen
dc.format.extent2211637 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.citationProject Management Journal, 36(4), 2005, 19-31.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30185
dc.identifier.issn87569728
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/44253
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherProject Management Instituteen
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.facultyEngineeringen
dc.subjectEngineeringen
dc.subjectProject Managementen
dc.subject.othercritical success factorsen
dc.subject.otherproject life cycleen
dc.subject.otherproduct life cycleen
dc.subject.otherproject successen
dc.subject.otherprogram and portfolio managementen
dc.titleA retrospective look at our evolving understanding of project successen
dc.typejournal article
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
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