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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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A Blended Learning Approach to Teaching Project Management: A Model for Active Participation and Involvement: Insights from Norway

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A contractor pre-qualification model based on the quality function deployment method

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Influence of risk mitigation measures on international construction project success criteria – a survey of Indian experiences

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Transferring knowledge about knowledge management: Implementation of a complex organisational change programme

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Ladder to Success – Eliciting Project Managers’ Perceptions of IS Project Success Criteria

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze practitioners' subjective perspectives by investigating what criteria IS project managers consider relevant for IS project success assessment and identify eight success criteria, indicating that criteria like process efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction must be considered in addition to ATP.
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