Harvesting project knowledge: A review of project learning methods and success factors

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-228

  Schindler, Martin ^a   Eppler, Martin J ^b  

^a Business Media AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Action learning; Debriefing; Knowledge management; Lessons learned; Organizational learning; Project management

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

PROJECT LEARNING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037375524     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(02)00096-0     Document Type: Article

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