Critical success factors in projects: Pinto, Slevin, and Prescott – the elucidation of project success

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 757-775

  Müller, Ralf ^a   Jugdev, Kam ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Project management; Project success; Success measures; Theory development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958529668     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538371211269040     Document Type: Review

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