Standardized project management may increase development projects success

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-192

  Milosevic, Dragan ^a,c   Patanakul, Peerasit ^b  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development projects; Project management; Project performance; Standardization; Success factors

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDIZATION;

LEADERSHIP SKILLS; MANAGEMENT LEVEL; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; STANDARDIZED PROJECT MANAGEMENT (SPM);

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 15844412260     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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