Adoption of project management practices: The impact on international development projects of non-governmental organizations

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 650-663

  Golini, Ruggero ^a   Kalchschmidt, Matteo ^a   Landoni, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

International development; NGO; Project management tools

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MANAGERS; SURVEYS;

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; INTERNATIONAL SURVEY; LARGE SCALE SURVEYS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84922630879     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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