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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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Barriers to Knowledge Sharing in ICT Project Environments

TL;DR: In this article, a methodical literature review is conducted to survey traditional and modern views of critical success factors in ICT-enabled public sector projects and the role of knowledge management in project management is analyzed with an emphasis on knowledge sharing.
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A Scale for Measuring Perceived Construction Project Success – Sri Lankan Perspective

TL;DR: In this article, a measurement scale for perceived construction project success to be used for management studies in construction project context was developed, which can be used to evaluate and drive construction projects.
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Identification and Analysis of Project Management Success Factors in Information Technology SMEs

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify and analyze the success factors involved in project management through an exploratory study that encompasses nineteen interviews, fifty-seven surveys and one session with a focus group of project managers, department managers who have taken the role of Project managers and general managers of small and medium-sized enterprises of the information technology (IT) sector in Bogota, Colombia.
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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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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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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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