Project Success as a Topic in Project Management Journals

This article highlights the characteristics of articles on project success published between 1986 and 2004 in the Project Management Journal (PMJ) and the International Journal of Project Management (IJPM). The analysis covers references, concepts like project management success, project success, success criteria, and success factors; features of the samples, data collection, and analysis techniques used; and professional disciplines. The results show that research on project success is characterized by diversity except in epistemological and methodological perspectives. The article suggests a shift to project, portfolio, and program success and concludes with a discussion on the traditional state of the research, criticizes its assumptions, and offers alternative metaphors and recommendations for future research.

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[27]  Tzvi Raz,et al.  An empirical analysis of the relationship between project planning and project success , 2003 .

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[29]  Kam Jugdev,et al.  A Retrospective look at our Evolving Understanding of Project Success , 2005, IEEE Engineering Management Review.

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[33]  Angela Clarke,et al.  A practical use of key success factors to improve the effectiveness of project management , 1999 .

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[35]  Peter Finch,et al.  Applying the Slevin-Pinto Project Implementation Profile to an Information Systems Project , 2003 .

[36]  Derek Lidow.  Duck Alignment Theory: Going beyond Classic Project Management to Maximize Project Success , 1999 .

[37]  Jinjoo Lee,et al.  Factors influencing the success of management consulting projects , 1998 .

[38]  Joyce Fortune,et al.  Current practice in project management — an empirical study , 2002 .

[39]  E. Westerveld,et al.  The Project Excellence Model®: linking success criteria and critical success factors , 2003 .

[40]  Denis Thuillier,et al.  The success dimensions of international development projects: the perceptions of African project coordinators , 2004 .

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