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Top management involvement in project management
Zwikael, Ofer - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 3, pp. 387-403
Purpose – As top management support is considered one of the critical success factors in project management, effective executive involvement can significantly improve project success. However, the literature does not provide organizations with a clear list of effective top management support...
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Using vision as a critical success element in project management
Christenson, Dale; Walker, Derek H.T. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 4, pp. 611-622
Purpose – The thesis reported upon in this paper addressed the research question “How does the effective development and communication of a ‘project vision’ impact project outcomes?” It outlines the approach, summarizes results and explains the protocols that have been developed from...
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Learning from a failed ERP implementation: a case study research
Venugopal, C.; Suryaprakasa Rao, K. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 4 (2011) 4, pp. 596-615
. Findings – The results suggest that it is the manner in which key critical success factors (CSFs) such as top management … existing CSFs, which future research could measure as ex ante predictors of ERP project success. Practical implications – The …
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The empirical relationship between success factors and dimensions
Ika, Lavagnon A.; Diallo, Amadou; Thuillier, Denis - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 4 (2011) 4, pp. 711-719
specific set of critical success factors (CSFs), project success, and success dimensions (criteria) from the perspectives of …. Findings – First, research findings highlight a specific set of World Bank project CSFs (monitoring, coordination, design … and practice, they suggest that the most prominent CSFs for both World Bank project supervisors and managers are design …
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The nature of project management
Dalcher, Darren - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 5 (2012) 4, pp. 643-660
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the content and contributions of the book by Morris and Hough entitled The Anatomy of Major Projects: A Study of the Reality of Project Management . The paper explores the major findings and contributions in the book and by so doing, highlights...
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Critical success factors in projects
Müller, Ralf; Jugdev, Kam - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 5 (2012) 4, pp. 757-775
success is defined and measured. The CSFs vary by project types, life cycle phases, industries, nationalities, individuals …
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Indicators of best practices in technology product development projects
Iamratanakul, Supachart; F. Badir, Yuosre; Siengthai, … - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 7 (2014) 4, pp. 602-623
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to rank the importance of the critical success factors (CSFs) for best practices … past studies are used to design an instrument for data collection. A case analysis is conducted to classify CSFs …. Interpretive structural modeling (ISM) methodology is applied to analyze CSFs and investigate their relationships. Findings – The …
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Project managers’ and change managers’ contribution to success
Pollack, Julien; Algeo, Chivonne - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 9 (2016) 2, pp. 451-465
Purpose – Many projects involve an organisational change component. Project management (PM) and change management (CM) have the potential to jointly contribute to the delivery of organisational changes. However, there is a lack of clarity in the literature about the boundary and relationship...
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The other side of projects: the case for critical project studies
Hodgson, Damian; Cicmil, Svetlana - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 142-152
Purpose – The purpose of this research note is to articulate the limitations that project management (PM) currently faces by outlining the PM literature's frequent neglect of political, social and ethical dimensions of PM work in order to raise a number of important themes that can be usefully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014786240
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New approaches in project performance evaluation techniques
Bower, Douglas C.; Finegan, Andrew D. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 2 (2009) 3, pp. 435-444
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a Doctor of Project Management research study including summary of the literature review, the application of the combination of case study, survey and theory building research methodologies, key research findings and potential areas for future...
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