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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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Key Success Drivers for Large High-Technology Projects: Prediction and Practice

TL;DR: This paper revisited the conclusions of an earlier meta-study (Crosby, 2012a) that examined a large number of published case investigations and research efforts relating to the success and failure of projects.
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Assessment of the Influence of Project Management Competence on the Triple Constraint in Projects in Nairobi

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Exploring Critical Success Factors of Energy Management for Sustainable Building in Malaysian University

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The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action

TL;DR: The Balanced Scorecard approach retains traditional financial measures which reflect past organizational acheivements, but adds three new measures of future performance found necessary in this information age with its focus on customer relationships and long-term capabilities: customer, internal business process and learning and growth.
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The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy Into Action

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TL;DR: The balanced scorecard translating strategy into action 1st edition Books as discussed by the authors is available at the online library and can be used to translate scorecards into action books for reading or reading everyday.
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Measurement of project success

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make a distinction between project success and the success of the project management effort, bearing in mind that good project management can contribute towards project success but is unlikely to be able to prevent failure.
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The management of projects

TL;DR: This book discusses the development of systems management in the 1960s and the 1980s, and the expansion of the strategic perspective of managing projects in that period.
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