Post-project reviews as a key project management competence

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 633-643

  Anbari, Frank T ^a,b   Carayannis, Elias G ^a,b   Voetsch, Robert James ^c  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Lessons learned; Post project evaluation; Project failure; Project learning cycle; Project management; Project success

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPETITIVE POSITIONING; HISTORICAL DATABASES; LEARNING PROCESSES; LESSONS LEARNED; MANAGEMENT PROCESSES; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; OVERALL PERFORMANCE; POST-PROJECT EVALUATION; PROJECT FAILURE; PROJECT LEARNING; PROJECT LEARNING CYCLE; PROJECT LIFE CYCLE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMPETENCE; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT PLANNING; PROJECT SUCCESS; PROJECT TEAMING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 49349105581     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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