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The “real” success factors on projects

Terry Cooke-Davies
- 01 Apr 2002 - 
- Vol. 20, Iss: 3, pp 185-190
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In this paper, a comprehensive answer to the question of which factors are critical to project success depends on answering three separate questions: “What factors lead to project management success?”, "What factors leads to a successful project?" and "What factor leads to consistently successful projects?"
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This article is published in International Journal of Project Management.The article was published on 2002-04-01. It has received 1695 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Critical success factor & Project management triangle.

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Construction client multi-projects – A complex adaptive systems perspective

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Multi-criteria performance analysis for decision making in project management

TL;DR: In this paper, a multi-dimensional ProjectPerformance Measurement System (PMMS) is proposed to support decision support in product and service development projects, which integrates the only character of each project (tasks, objectives, decision-makers personality and competences), several good practices in terms of universal projectmanagement dimensions on the one hand, and performance analysis on the other hand.
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The relationship between success criteria and success factors in organisational event projects

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Perceptions of the impact of project sponsorship practices on project success

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Authentic leadership for 21st century project delivery

TL;DR: In this paper, a capability maturity model (CMM) is proposed to track the development of authentic leadership attributes in project leaders and a pilot study and preliminary results of research into characteristics required for successful alliance project leadership are presented.
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