articleProject Management JournalOct 12, 2009Closed access

Project Success as a Topic in Project Management Journals

LALavagnon A. Ika

Université du Québec en Outaouais

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Abstract

This article highlights the characteristics of articles on project success published between 1986 and 2004 in the Project Management Journal (PMJ) and the International Journal of Project Management (IJPM). The analysis covers references, concepts like project management success, project success, success criteria, and success factors; features of the samples, data collection, and analysis techniques used; and professional disciplines. The results show that research on project success is characterized by diversity except in epistemological and methodological perspectives. The article suggests a shift to project, portfolio, and program success and concludes with a discussion on the traditional state of the…

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Keywords
  • Project portfolio management
  • Project management
  • Project management triangle
  • Project charter
  • OPM3
  • Extreme project management
  • Program management
  • Management science
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Partnerships for the goals
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