Relationships between a project management methodology and project success in different project governance contexts

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1377-1392

  Joslin, Robert ^a   Müller, Ralf ^b  

^a SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contingency theory; Project context; Project governance; Project management methodologies; Project success

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONTINGENCY THEORY; PROJECT CONTEXT; PROJECT GOVERNANCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY; PROJECT SUCCESS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; METHODOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84930759391     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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