The relationship between project success and project efficiency

Project Management Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-39

  Serrador, Pedro ^a   Turner, Rodney ^b  

^a Serrador Project Management   (Canada)

^b SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

efficiency; project; project and industries; project success; success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924019297     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21468     Document Type: Article

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