Organizing for Project Success

Identifying and evaluating individual factors of project manager contributing to project success in project-based organizations

In recent years, The importance key success factors  has led organizations to focus more on these factors. project management is one of the factors greatly affecting project success. Having a qualified and competent project manager is the first step to actual project success. In this study, the individual factors and important competencies of the project manager have been investigated. The sta...

The Influence of Project Managers on Project Success Criteria and Project Success by Type of Project

The importance attached by project managers to project success criteria and the associated rates of project success were assessed for different types of projects, industries and traits of project managers. 959 responses to a web-based survey showed that importance attached to project success criteria and project success rates differ by industry, project complexity and the age and nationality of...

Evaluation of Project Critical Success Factors for Key Construction Players and Objectives

Critical Success Factors (CSFs) are used to support and evaluate the success of a strategic and tactical approach in project implementation in order to increase the probability of success. This system is used by executors in project delivery to achieve improved performance capabilities with limited resources. The present paper aims to identify the impact of CSFs amongst the main elements involv...

Measurement of project success

The question of whether success can be measured and the purpose of it is discussed. In any discussion on success, it is essential that a distinction is made 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. The most appropriate criteria for s...

Project Management: Success Factors