What is really important for project success? A refined, multivariate, comprehensive analysis

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 382-404

  Dvir, Dov ^a   Lipovetsky, Stanislav ^b   Shenhar, Aaron J ^c   Tishler, Asher ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GfK Custom Research Inc   (United States)

^c STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

multidimensional criteria for project success; project changes; project management; project planning; project success factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646941740     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2003.004001     Document Type: Article

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