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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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The Idle State of Information and Communication Technology Project Management

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors empirically analyze information and communication project management in South Africa and find that there is less focus on traditional project management success as more emphasis has been placed on project product success.
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Rethinking Project Management Education: A Humanistic Approach based on Design Thinking

TL;DR: It is indeed time to rethink project management education, especially through the incorporation of design thinking to produce better project managers and reduce project failures in the future.
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The impact of project sustainability management (PSM) on project success: A systematic literature review

TL;DR: In this article, the authors carried out a systematic literature review (SLR) on relevant empirical studies before 2018 to answer the research question: "does the incorporation of sustainability as a new school of thought in project management support project success?"
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Multi-criteria decision-making methods for project portfolio management: a literature review

TL;DR: The key challenges of PPM are identified, a new framework for classifying PPM MCDM related methods is proposed and a literature review of applications of MCDm methods to PPM is presented.
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Influence of procurement systems to the success of sustainable buildings

TL;DR: System dynamics modeling is adopted in this study as a suitable approach to analyze the influences of different procurement systems on sustainable building success by system dynamics model simulations and shows the influence of integrated project delivery is most significant, followed by partnering and design and build.
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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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