A new framework for determining critical success/failure factors in projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 141-151

  Belassi, Walid ^a   Tukel, Oya Icmeli ^b,c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

A new framework; Factor groups; Success failure; System response

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; SPECIFICATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SUCCESS FACTORS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030173778     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0263-7863(95)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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