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de, Weerd Maarten. "Success and failure : the Kurdish Nationalist project /." Title page, contents and conclusion only, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09ard5151.pdf.
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Sehele, Abdulallah A. A. "Success factors in information technology projects." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/14420.
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Concern for project failures and successes have posed a controversial and much debated topic amongst scholars and practitioners alike. IT projects are no exceptions and they too suffer from a high rate of failure. This research aims to explore the reasons why certain IT projects succeed). Besides its academic importance, the research intends to assess the implications for successful implementation of current and future IT projects. The review of the extant literature reveals the enormity of the challenges involved in minimising or avoiding project failures. Present work is contextualizing these issues in a large national organisation with branches throughout the KSA. The Saudi Arabia constitutes the case study for this research. Qualitative methodology was adopted to generate and collect adequate and relevant data. Main instruments were; Semi-structured interviews involving senior managers in five geographical areas who were involved in the management of the IT projects and selected project documents. Thematic analysis was used and led to emergence of seven main ‘themes’, 19 major ‘issues’, and the construction of the first time generic model for success of IT projects. The core issues identified in the model are: Quality, Time and Cost at three levels; individual, organisation and environment with specific order of importance. The implications of the findings for the theory and practice have been identified. It is also recommended that there is a need for further research into individual and contextual factors that influence both managers as well as the circumstances under which IT projects are implemented.
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Rae, Thomas Alexander. "The influences on major engineering project success and failure." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.405135.
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Ozkahraman, Cemal. "Understanding GAP as a 'social development' project : failure or success?" Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/23406.
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This thesis aims to construct a comprehensive view of the GAP project from its establishment in the 1950s through to 2015 through employing two theoretical approaches (‘modernization/development’ and ‘cosmopolitan’ theories) and wide-ranging fieldwork in south-east Turkey, conducting interviews with local people, initiators of the project, local civil organizations and political actors. Modernization/development theory is employed to examine the content and conceptualization of GAP, cosmopolitan theory to assess obstacles to the GAP ‘social development’ project. Fieldwork has been undertaken to collect primary data and make the contextualization more comprehensive. In this way the thesis seeks to determine whether the GAP project has made positive progress towards enabling the sustainable development of the south-east and resolve the problem of the unequal socio-economic development of the south-east relative to the rest of Turkey. The thesis also seeks to determine whether the project has had a negative impact on the environment, archaeological sites, historical towns, settlements and cultural heritage in the region. The main purpose of the thesis is to examine two factors in relation to the GAP ‘social development’ project: (1) understanding the core concept behind the materialization of the project, which involves ending the region’s longstanding chronic poverty, provide socio-economic stability and creating integration with the industrialized west of Turkey; (2) a comparative analysis of empirical and theoretical work provides a review of the conceptualization of the project and investigation of the extent to which it has succeeded, and an assessment is made of obstructions which have led to the project failing to achieve many of its targets. The thesis argues that four problems, three internal and one external, have impacted on the ‘social development’ aspect of the GAP project. It also points out the historical factors involved in Turkish policy for the region, and demonstrates how the success or failure of the project depends on how far the Turkish state understands the need for local cultural empowerment and operates in the interests of local people.
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Hickson, Ray C. "Project managers' perceptions of the primary factors contributing to success or failure of projects| A qualitative phenomenological study." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3708715.
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This qualitative interpretative phenomenological study increased the understanding of project managers’ perception and lived experiences of the primary issues contributing to the success or failure of projects. This study used method triangulation to analyze the experiences of 48 project managers. The study was conducted in three phases, including a pilot study, an open-ended questionnaire, and one-on-one interviews. The project managers’ lived experiences indicated that stakeholder communication; collaboration; and consensus on governance, leadership methods, definition of requirements, and success criteria during the project initiation stage are critical to achieving higher project success rates. The major themes that emerged from this study are the definition of project success, requirements and success criteria, stakeholder consensus and engagement, transparency, and project management methodologies. Additional research is suggested to determine if there is a relationship among experience, qualifications, certification, and project success or failure and to determine implementable solutions to improve project success rates.
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Stephens, Roland. "An econometric analysis of the effect of project characteristics on the success or failure of public-private infrastructure projects." CONNECT TO ELECTRONIC THESIS, 2006. http://dspace.wrlc.org/handle/1961/3777.
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Magwaza, Sandisile Hendry. "An analysis of vale-management as a panacea for high project execution failure rate in selected Cape Town project firms." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2846.
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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration in Project Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019.There is a need to draw a balance between satisfying needs, be they of the customer or the beneficiaries of the project, and that of maximising the utilisation of resources. Value management seeks to merge all aspects of the project process, and to find a balance between satisfaction of the project‟s needs and the stakeholder‟s interests. This technique is meant to improve the reconciliation and value of differing judgements and priorities to improve on the deliverables of the project. Consequently, the principles of defining and adding measurable value focuses on reaching the objectives, and finding solutions to problems before they appear. Therefore, the end results become an innovative way of integrating all operational activities, which enhance pre-emptive, risk aversive management. Value management is considered as a critical aspect in the effective management of project processes to reduce the high project failure rate in the construction industry. Part of the purpose of this study is to bring about awareness and knowledge of the effective use of the value management tool. This empirical research focused on project managers and other project practitioners who are tasked with the execution of project processes. A total of 125 respondents was drawn from the sampling frame. A structured questionnaire was used for the purpose, and collected data was captured and analysed, using the SPSS tool and an Excel spreadsheet. Relationships in the illustrations were interpreted and presented, forming the basis on which findings, conclusion and recommendations were made. A questionnaire has structured closed-ended questions (quantitative) and open-ended questions (qualitative) to complement each other. A mixed method approach (qualitative and quantitative) was applied to take advantage of the benefits of these two methods. The qualitative research applied a content analysis of the collected data.
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Dijk, Aart J. van. "Success and failure factors in ICT projects : a Dutch perspective." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2009. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/8106/.
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This thesis examines the success and failure factors in ICT projects. The low success rate of software projects in terms of reliability, meeting due dates and working within assigned budgets is widely recognised and topical. International as well as Dutch publications and the procedures in Tarek Abdel-Hamid's work on Software Project Management/Dynamics are discussed. A SUFFI Chart (SUFFI = SUccess and Failure Factors in ICT projects) is developed. The management of a portfolio of projects is compared with the SUFFI Chart. A number of Dutch projects with which the author was directly involved are examnined to show how they compare with the factors identified from the literature. These do show considerable correlation between important SUFFI factors and project success. The portfolio consists of nine ICT projects and four ICT project audits. Projects such as SAP, RBAC, EAI, charging method, PABX, financial building adrnmistration, information retrieval, book reservations, traffic data collection, introduction of the Internet functionality and SOX, for different companies/organisations (Delft University of Technology, National Police Services Agency, KPN - Dutch Telecom Company, University of Amsterdam, government, banking). This work shows that for a successful project 4 of the 5 most important SUFFIs have to be absent.
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Horning, Tomomi M. "Successful Project Management." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4859.
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High project failure rates result in billions of wasted dollars each year. Project failure does not discriminate by type of project or the industry from which they originate. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies that leaders at a health care organization located in Pennsylvania use to manage projects successfully. This population was selected due to the health care organization's reputation for successful project completion. The conceptual framework for this study was Fiedler's contingency theory. Data were collected by conducting semistructured interviews with 9 project leaders and reviewing project documents provided by study participants. Interviews were transcribed, thick descriptions were obtained, and participants were engaged in member checking. The thematic data analysis process consisted of compiling and coding data, identifying patterns, and organizing themes into relevant categories, iteratively. Findings were organized into 4 thematic categories, which were, essential strategies, relationship management, best practices, and self-attunement. Findings from this study may contribute to positive social change if health care leaders can use the information to enhance their project leadership capabilities. When project managers are successful, the benefits cascade to health care organizations. Leaders of those health care organizations can ensure that important health and wellness services are provided and available to those who need them, fund performance improvement initiatives, resource quality programs, and offer innovative services to improve health outcomes for individuals and communities.
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Lemboye, Olakunle Taofeek. "Correlational Analysis of the Relationship Among Mastery Experience, Self-Efficacy, and Project Success." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7028.
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Project managers are important to organizational performance and survival because of their role in managing, controlling, and steering organizational projects to success. Research has shown that project failures are globally pervasive due to the shortage of experienced and well-skilled project managers. The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to improve the current understanding of the relationships among project managers' project management experience, self-efficacy, and project success, for which the research questions were focused on in addition to the role of project management experience on self-efficacy and project success. The theoretical framework was based on the social cognitive theory. This study involved a nonexperimental research design with a survey to collect data. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 51 Canadian-based Project Management Institute certified project managers with experiences in IT projects. The assessment of the role of project management experience on self-efficacy and project success was achieved through multiple linear regression. Results indicated significant relationships among project management experience, self-efficacy, and project success and that project management experience did not mediate the relationship between self-efficacy and project success. The results may assist organizational leaders to better understand the holistic implications of project managers' project management experiences with project success as well as the role of self-efficacy on project success. The positive social change implications of this study include greater project success and decrease project risks due to ineffective project management. Improved project success may enhance the economic prosperity of organizations, employees, and the community.
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Moore, Edward Noel. "Modelling and analysis for predicting possible success and failure of engineering projects." Thesis, Teesside University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.410841.
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CARVALHO, Karielly Mercês de França. "As percepções dos stakeholders em relação ao desempenho de projetos." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2015. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/16898.
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Atualmente, o gerenciamento de projetos vem crescendo significativamente dentro das organizações, devido à necessidade de as organizações desenvolverem iniciativas na busca de inovação e vantagem competitiva. Tradicionalmente, metas de custo, prazo e qualidade, conhecidas como “triângulo de ferro”, foram utilizadas como critérios para a medição do desempenho do projeto. Essa abordagem tradicional, considerada simplista, recebeu diversas críticas e recomendações para considerar outros fatores para a avaliação, incluindo a visão dos stakeholders na determinação do sucesso ou fracasso de projetos. Este trabalho tem como objetivo identificar as percepções dos stakeholders acerca dos fatores que implicam no fracasso de projetos em geral em empresas brasileiras, com o intuito de compreender como esses fatores influenciam no desempenho do projeto. Neste sentindo, foi feita uma revisão na literatura sobre fatores que influenciam o sucesso e fracasso de projetos e quais os principais stakeholders envolvidos no projeto; já a metodologia utilizada foi fundamentada na coleta de dados e no tratamento estatístico desses dados, obtidos através da aplicação de um levantamento de dados tipo survey. As análises efetuadas permitiram identificar os problemas mais comuns para o insucesso de projetos e quais fatores têm mais influência no nível de desempenho do projeto. Os resultados apontam que os problemas mais freqüentes estão relacionados à liderança do projeto, ao processo de gerenciamento, a erros de estimativas, a falhas no gerenciamento de risco, ao alcance dos objetivos estabelecidos previamente e à satisfação das partes interessadas. Em relação aos fatores que mais influenciam no nível de desempenho do projeto destacam-se o escopo, tempo, qualidade, risco, comunicação e suporte da alta gerência.
Currently, the project management has grown significantly within organizations due to the need for organizations to develop initiatives in the pursuit of innovation and competitive advantage. Traditionally, cost targets, time and quality, known as "iron triangle", were used as criteria for measuring project performance. This traditional approach, considered simplistic, received mixed reviews and recommendations to consider other factors for the assessment, including the views of stakeholders in determining the success or failure of projects. This work aims to identify the perceptions of stakeholders about the factors that imply the failure of general projects in Brazilian companies, in order to understand how these factors influence the project performance. Thus, it was made a review of the literature on factors that influence success and failure of projects and what the main stakeholders involved in the project; since the methodology used was based on data collection and statistical analysis of these data, obtained by applying a data collection type survey. The analyses performed allowed identified the most common problems for project failure and which factors have more influence on project performance level. The results show that the most frequent problems are related to the leadership of the project, the management process, the error estimates, the flaws in risk management, the achievement of pre-established goals and stakeholder satisfaction. Regarding the factors that most influence the project performance level we highlight the scope, time, quality, risk, communication and senior management support.
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Dennery, Pierre. "Case study of Cape Wind : identifying success and failure modes of offshore wind projects." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99009.
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Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2015.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Cape Wind was supposed to become the first offshore wind farm in the United States. In 2015, more than 10 years after its inception, a single turbine has yet to be produced and the project is at a dead end. Facing a strong local opposition, it has suffered numerous setbacks that eventually led to huge delays affecting its timeline. Understanding what happened in this particular project and what could have been done differently could help the industry go forward with new plans to develop offshore wind in the United States. In this paper, we have built a System Dynamics model to simulate the dynamics of support, opposition, financial certainty and technology that can affect an offshore wind farm during its approval process. We show that contrary to a common idea, the relatively lower environmental awareness fifteen years ago was not a major cause for the to date failure of Cape Wind. Rather, it is the level of advocacy against the project at its beginning that has the most impact on its overall timeline. Major efforts should therefore be devoted to defuse the most vehement opponents right from the beginning, rather than trying to convince more people to support it. We also show that changes in plans during the approval process to increase its NPV can have a strong impact on the project timeline. Lastly, contrary to our hypothesis, we see that a regulatory framework doesn't necessarily mean a faster approval process.
by Pierre Dennery.
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Fadana, Yanga Yolanda. "Factors in the success or failure of selected urban agricultural projects in Nelson Mandela Bay." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/8306.
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Sustainable agriculture is explained by Reddy (1995: 22) as the ability for agricultural projects to produce crops and at the same time be able to maintain production without failing. With growing populations in urban areas, the importance of urban agriculture has become increasingly important. This research aims to study the factors that contribute to the success and failure of selected urban agricultural projects within the Nelson Mandela Bay by looking at how the community benefits from two selected community projects. It is however important to note that there are various factors contributing to the success and failure of any project. This research looks into the viability of the environment that the projects are in, the level of community membership, ownership structures, how messages are communicated between stakeholders, and the purpose of the project as well as the resources available to see the project through. Urban agriculture becomes a very important practice to the urban poor, as it subsidizes household income when the produce is sold and reduces expenditure when it is consumed (Kirkland, 2008: 23). Zooming into the Nelson Mandela Bay, it is evident that this practice is also beneficial for the communities in which the projects operate, however, challenges such as theft make such projects dependent on funders and donors.
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Wilfong, Jeffery D. "Organizational culture and information technology (IT) project success and failure factors| A mixed-methods study using the competing values framework and Schein's three levels approach." Thesis, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3628342.
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The percentage of failure in traditional project management is high, as nearly 70% of projects fail (The Standish Group, 2009). Unsuccessful projects impact businesses, customers, and society in sizable ways.
Project success and failure research fit into two categories: (a) project management methodological issues and (b) leadership and organizational behavior issues. Most research focuses on the former. This research addressed the later, specifically examining Information Technology (IT) project workers who reside in the United States.
The central research question was, What is the optimal organizational culture for IT project teams such that success factors are enhanced and failure factors are lessened? A mixed-methods study was designed and implemented. For Phase One, an internet survey was conducted using Cameron and Quinn's (2006) Competing Values Framework (Organizational Culture Assessment Inventory (OCAI)) and compared to a measure of IT Project Success. For Phase Two, qualitative interviews were carried out using Schein's (2004) Three Levels Model of organizational culture, and then a Thematic Analysis was completed to obtain an optimal culture model.
One hundred forty-one participants completed Phase One. Results showed no significant correlation between the four culture types (Clan, Adhocracy, Market, and Hierarchy) and IT project success. For Phase Two, 15 participants of varying job roles and demographics completed interviews. Applying Thematic Analysis techniques, 175 codes related to leadership and organizational behavior issues were determined, which produced twenty-six themes.
The findings from Phase Two produced a set of interrelated organizational culture factors that IT project workers believed were optimal for project success. The framework was termed Enlightened Information Technology Project Culture (EITPC)TM and comprised four dimensions: (a) organizational behavior/leadership, (b) processes, (c) support, and (d) technology. The results suggest that if managers and consultants implemented this model, or applicable factors, that their IT projects would likely have greater success, or lower degrees of failure.
Suggestions for future research is to continue to study leadership and organizational behavior issues of project teams. Additional research is needed on the Enlightened Information Technology Project Culture (EITPC)TM framework to determine whether differing demographics of IT workers and company (or project) types impact the results.
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Warren, Jessica L. "Growing Together Separately: An Analysis of the Influence of Individualism in an Alternative Educational Setting." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/498.
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Alternative educational settings that attempt to challenge Individualism are pervaded by Individualizing influences from the larger school system. This thesis examines the influences of Individualism in a school garden program at a Southern California continuation high school. Program members included high school students, college student interns, and two co-directors. Research was conducted during the spring semester of 2014. By providing an analysis of the Individualizing and non-Individualizing influences present in the program and the ways in which these influences interacted to inform the program structure and program members’ experiences and understandings, my thesis sheds new light on the complex ways alternative educational settings incorporate some aspects of Individualism, even as they challenge it.
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Whitlock, D. A. K. "Three distance education projects in Latin America : A comparative study and evaluation of some political and cultural determinants of success or failure." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373150.
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This thesis is a comparative study of three national distance university projects in Latin America, one abortive, one struggling and one moderately successfUl. The fieldwork took the form of naturalistic investigation and a huge volume of interview data and documentation was collected. For economy, each project was scrutinized in turn under four separate conceptual headings, leadership, the model adopted, viewed from the university centre and local study centres, the Higher Education setting and the intended and actual clientele (where there was one). Not all the conceptual areas threw up data equivalent in quantity and kind across all projects. This circumstance encouraged and permitted a range of plausible, significant and grounded inferences.
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Crane, Philippa. "The uppers and downers of drug development : why do some drug projects succeed in development while others fail? : an exploration into the conditions associated with the success and failure of UK rare cancer drug projects." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2016. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/66030/.
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The organisation of drug development has radically changed in the last 40 years due to changes in the scientific knowledge base and the availability of new forms of finance. Stimulated by breakthroughs in biotechnology, new investment has facilitated changes to the strategies and structure of the industry. Furthermore, scientific advances have provided greater understanding of disease, drug targets and disease-drug interactions, particularly in oncology. Yet new ways of organising innovation bring new challenges. This thesis provides evidence to inform new policies and business models by assessing the non-technical conditions associated with the success and failure of drug development projects. The thesis presents an integrative theoretical framework that supports a multi-dimensional analysis of the network, organisation and individuals involved in drug projects. This approach is applied to case studies of 11 development projects for rare cancer drugs involving UK organisations. These cases are then compared and contrasted through a descriptive multi-case analysis and a Qualitative Comparative Analysis. The findings contribute towards an understanding of the environmental conditions for the successful development of drugs. Firstly, the concept of project drag is introduced, to draw attention to the accumulation of issues during development that can cause projects lose momentum and lead to termination. The organisational environment around firms is found to be key; common disruptions are identified, particularly within small firms which are more vulnerable to industrial dynamics than larger organisations. This thesis also highlights mechanisms that can mediate adverse conditions; key individuals, their networks, power and consistent enthusiasm for projects can mediate project drag. The thesis also makes a methodological contribution in the formation and operationalisation of an integrative framework for project evaluation which provides a foundation for further research in this area. The thesis is concluded with policy recommendations of pathways that contribute towards the successful development of drug projects.
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Gichoya, David M. "Government informatics : toward the successful implementation of ICT projects in Kenya." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2007. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7991.
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As nations embrace e-government, the economic justification of ICT projects is not the problem, at least for now. The problem now is the failure of these projects that may then lead to wastage of resources. Current literature shows that goverrunents in developing countries face more challenges than developed countries when implementing ICT projects. Though literature on e-government has been increasing over the years, there is little literature on its implementation in developing countries. This thesis reviews the variables affecting the implementation of e-administration in African countries with specific reference to Kenya. The thesis starts by reviewing the variables for ICT implementation with reference to previous related research by individualso r literaturef ound on the websiteso f developmenpt artners.C ases tudiesw ere carried out in nine Kenyan Governmenmt inistriest o get the raw data for this research. The data collected was analysed and compared with the knowledge gained from the literature review. There is need to achieve the best possible implementation of ICT projects in government and the tools developed in this research should assist planners and implementers in this respect. An e-administration implementation framework is developed as a tool in this research. The framework is composed of a checklist, a strategic planning model and a set of recommendations and guidelines. The recommendations and guidelines document which also includes the checklist, the strategic planning model and the e-administration framework was circulated to practitioners and professionals in Kenya and other researchers for comments on their practicality and applicability. Their resulting comments were very positive about the applicability of the framework and the recommendations and guidelines.
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Lima, Rayfran Rocha. "Uma análise sobre gestão de projetos e fatores condicionantes de sucesso e fracasso em fábricas de software de Manaus." Universidade Federal do Amazonas, 2008. http://tede.ufam.edu.br/handle/tede/4853.
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The objective of this work is to identify the project management process areas which prevail the critical success/failure factors. In intention to understand the dynamic relationship among aspects involved in the definition and use of a productive strategy focused to the software development, it has accomplished a bibliographical revision about the Criteria of Results Evaluation and the Critical Success/Failure Factors (CSFF) of software projects. To complete this vision, a survey about CSFF based on project manager’s point of view who works in software houses installed in Manaus has been undertaken. For this, a measurement instrument, based on the Likert’s scale, has built. It has been submitted to a validation of the assertions and reliability verification process. The result of this work has been supported by the answers picked up from 47 project managers interviews distributed on 17 software houses. The evaluation of the result of the interviews has allowed to reduce 30% of the identified CSFF list on the literature, composed by 71 factors. Based on collected data, it has been possible to stratify the CSFF in critical success factors, critical failure factors, neutral factors and bivalent factors. This study has revealed that in spite of some projects managers continue noticing the areas of management of time, cost and quality as the base of the success, the final result has showed that the process areas capable to cover most of CSFF (70%) are the communication management, the human resource management and project integration management. The conceived results through the dichotomy contrast among theory versus practical and opinion versus attitude formed the base of the new project management approach proposal which has been sustained in the called Triple Strength.
O objetivo deste trabalho é identificar as áreas de processo da gestão de projeto que predominam fatores condicionantes de sucesso e fracasso. Com o intuito de compreender a dinamicidade do relacionamento entre os aspectos envolvidos na definição e utilização de uma estratégia produtiva orientada ao desenvolvimento de software, realizou-se uma revisão bibliográfica sobre Critérios de Avaliação de Resultados e Fatores Condicionantes de Resultado (FCR) de projetos de software. Para completar esta visão, empreendeu-se um levantamento sobre FCR junto aos gerentes de projetos que atuam em fábricas de software instaladas em Manaus. Para tanto, foi construído um instrumento de medição baseado na escala de Likert, o qual foi submetido ao processo de validação das asserções e verificação de confiabilidade. O resultado deste trabalho sustentou-se nas respostas colhidas a partir de 47 entrevistas com gerentes de projetos distribuídos em 17 fábricas de software. A análise dos resultados das entrevistas possibilitou a redução de 30% da lista de FCR identificados na literatura, composta por 71 fatores. Com base nos dados coletados, foi possível estratificar os FCR em fatores críticos de sucesso, fatores críticos de fracasso, fatores neutros e fatores bivalentes. O estudo revelou que apesar de alguns gerentes de projetos continuarem percebendo as áreas de gestão de tempo, custo e qualidade como a base do sucesso, o resultado final mostrou que as áreas de processo capazes de cobrir a maior parte dos FCR (70%) foram gestão da comunicação, gestão das pessoas e gestão da integração dos projetos de software. Por fim, os resultados concebidos a partir do contraste dicotômico entre: teoria versus prática e opinião versus atitude formaram a base da proposta de uma nova abordagem para o gerenciamento de projetos sustentada na chamada Triple Strength.
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Abukar, Ghassan. "SYSTEM INFLUENCE FRAMEWORK: IT PROJECT MANAGERS’ INFLUENCE TO FORM CRITICAL STAKEHOLDER ALIGNMENTS AND PROMOTE VALUE REALIZATION." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1626795218031468.
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Jantvik, Tamas. "Sensory integration - success and failure /." Luleå : Luleå university of technology, 2009. http://pure.ltu.se/ws/fbspretrieve/3283467.
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Sjögren, Ulf. "Success and failure in endodontics." Umeå, Sweden : Dept. of Endodontics, Umeå University, 1996. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/35846701.html.
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Thomas, Nicholas Aaron. "Project Manager Trait Emotional Intelligence and Project Success." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4686.
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Project success is a measure of both project manager efficacy and stakeholder satisfaction. One of the primary measures of success for construction projects is meeting cost targets and yet recent data indicates up to 9 out of 10 construction projects fail to meet this target. Unsuccessful construction projects can have ramifications that affect project teams, internal stakeholders, customers and the local community. The purpose of this correlational study was to examine the relationship between project managers' well-being, self-control, emotionality, and sociability and project success using Petrides and Furnham's theoretical framework of trait emotional intelligence. Using the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire short form self-assessment instrument, data were collected from a sample of 104 construction project managers in the United States who had executed a project in the last 5 years. Data analysis revealed both the combination of the four predictor variables, and the self-control variable taken individually, resulted in a statistically significant relationship to project success at the p < .05 level with each having a p value of .001. Hiring managers and organizational leadership can use this information to guide hiring processes and training programs to help improve success rates in the construction industry. Improved project success could result in positive social change through the stabilization of the job market and improved partnerships between construction organizations, local governments, and the community.
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Shea, John J. "Explaining success and failure in counterinsurgency." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26537.
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The purpose of this research is to validate the systems model of insurgency and counterinsurgency by examining two case studies in counterinsurgency; the Emergency in Malaya from 1948-1960 and the ongoing war in El Salvador. One of these case studies proved to be a success, and one thus far has proved to be a failure. The paper's proposition is that successful counterinsurgency, as in Malaya, requires that the government view the insurgency as a system and attack each of the insurgency's components (inputs, conversion process, and outputs). Conversely, unsuccessful cases of counterinsurgency, such is in El Salvador, are those in which the government focuses exclusively on outputs. This study will attempt to validate this proposition by analyzing the conflicts in Malaya and El Salvador in similar terms using the systems model. Insurgency, Counterinsurgency, El Salvador, Malaya, Revolutionary War
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Szirmai, Adam. "Explaining success and failure in development." [Maastricht] : Maastricht : [Maastricht University] ; University Library, Universiteit Maastricht [host], 2008. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=13599.
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Ljungquist, Andreas, and Björn Rosander. "Software Project Planning : The Relationship between Project Planning and Project Success." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för programvarusystem, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3309.
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Software engineering is the computer science discipline concerned with developing computer software. However, software engineering does not only include the technical perspective of producing software. It also involves management issues, such as planning, controlling, and monitoring a software project. A project typically embraces a structured set of activities, which are performed in a pre-determined sequence. The initial activity is generally the process of planning the project, which according to some is one of the most important and crucial efforts in order to achieve pre-defined objectives. Other states the opposite and claim that too much planning may obstruct development creativity. Current thesis explores the planning paradigm and the significance of planning efforts in the Swedish software industry. Contemporary literatures on software project planning are reviewed and presented. Moreover, the result of an empirical study, examining the relationship between project planning and project success, is presented.
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Barnes, Ben. "User involvement + project success : revisited /." Leeds : University of Leeds, School of Computer Studies, 2008. http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/fyproj/reports/0708/Barnes.pdf.
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Gray, Roderic John. "Organisational climate and project success." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264984.
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Lindström, Malin, and Matilda Näsman. "Looking Beyond Constraints of Agile Project Success : A Case Study on Swedish Agile Project Success." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-122248.
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Today, organisations are increasingly using project-based activities, as projects can aid organisations to deal with unique and complicated assignments, as well as achieving strategic and operational goals. Two extensive project management methodologies exist, those being Traditional Project Management and Agile Project Management. Agile methods trademark change, adaptability, and flexibility, and are today used across industries and business, as the characteristics of the methodology make it suitable in today’s dynamic business environment. Even though projects are increasingly being used, it is inconsistent with the remarkably low project success rates found. It has been found that only 30 per cent of projects are successful within the technology field. Consequently, this stress the need to understand the inconsistencies found as well as generating suggestions for how to improve them. It is arguable that the inconsistencies may be caused by the difficulty to define project success. Researchers argue that the definition of project success is difficult to pinpoint as it varies depending on both individual perspectives and situational factors such as the organisation and the project type. It is also questionable whether or not appropriate methods have been used to evaluate the success of a project, and that the use of inappropriate methods may have contributed to the low success rates. Researchers argue that the traditional way of evaluating project success, by adhering to schedule, cost, and scope, is outdated and incomplete, and some have therefore developed new models that they consider more accurate for evaluating project success. One of these researchers is Highsmith, one of the founders of the Agile Manifesto. Highsmith has developed the Agile Triangle to better correspond to the agile trademarks of change, adaptability, and flexibility when evaluating success on agile projects. This study aimed to contribute with new insights into theoretical and practical aspects of agile project success by studying agile project success from a project manager perspective. This thesis also aimed to generate an understanding of project managers’ perception of the Agile Triangle as a success criterion. We interviewed seven Swedish project managers who have all worked with agile projects. After thoroughly analysing the results we could create a definition of agile project success as well as develop an Agile Project Success Criteria Model, representing the view of Swedish project managers. Agile project success was defined as a project that generates value in a sustainable manner. The agile project success criteria found important within this study are: Value, Team Success, Quality, Business Benefits, and Constraints. It was also found that Flexibility, even though it should not be included as a success criterion itself, is still a key ingredient when using Agile Project Management methodologies, as it affects all important success criteria. These findings highlight the insufficiency of the Agile Triangle as a success criterion, as Team Success and Business Benefits, criteria additional to those within the Agile Triangle, were found important. It was also found that the project managers question the practical applicability of the Agile Triangle and consider it to be similar to the Iron Triangle.
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Guiney, Andrew, and aguiney@smsmt com. "Information Technology Project Management Team Building for Project Success." RMIT University. Graduate School of Business, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20100122.121228.
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More than ninety per cent of projects are run by project teams and the stronger the team the more likely the project will succeed. Team building activities are performed to both increase team performance and to enhance the likelihood of project success. For the purpose of this study, information technology (IT) business projects were chosen as IT is a major driving force in business today and there is widespread dissatisfaction with the performance of IT business projects. In analysing the causes of dissatisfaction, increasingly researchers are recognising that technology is a secondary issue behind the human side of project team management. Business projects were chosen because increasingly IT is being used in the business environment to solve problems in the post-industrial era characterised by the service industry, while the manufacturing industry, from which much of the project literature has emerged, reduces. The importance of the project team in developing IT business projects is well recognised and managers are concerned about their ability to transform an ad-hoc collection of people assigned to a particular project into a coherent, integrated project team. In most cases the activities recommended to build a successful IT business project team have been theoretically based, rather than empirically founded. The goal of this research was to investigate the team building activities used on successful projects. To achieve this goal, the research defines the key measures of project success and establishes their relative importance; determines the most important team building activities for project success with experienced project managers; enhances the understanding of implementation of team building activities on successful projects; and provides suggestions on how to increase the likelihood of project success through focusing on team building activities. The research used the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to develop a hierarchical model linking project success measures with team building activities. Confirmation of the AHP results and additional understanding of team building activities implementation was achieved by interviewing experienced project managers. The research found that customer satisfaction, although seldom used, was significantly more important as a project success measure than the three measures most often used - time, budget and scope. As identified by project managers, the most important team building activities for achieving customer satisfaction are team leadership; ensuring senior management support; staffing the team properly; planning the project with the team and empowering team members; building commitment among team members; developing strong communication channels and developing appropriate organisational interfaces. The research found successful projects focused on relationships in addition to the task focus of many project methodologies. The research findings on team building activities will enable project leaders on IT business projects to develop empowered project teams with stronger affiliations and support throughout the organisation. By empowering project teams to create effective internal and external relationships there will be fewer project failures, increased customer satisfaction and improved achievement of project success.
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Costa, Keyla Bernardes Miguita. "The link between project management practices and project success." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13989.
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Mestrado em Gestão de ProjetosNos últimos 40 anos, os pesquisadores têm enfatizado o aumento do número de empresas que organizam seu trabalho através de projetos para alcançar os seus objetivos. Esse crescimento resultou no surgimento de organizações de gestão de projetos e guias do conhecimento em gestão de projetos. As "melhores práticas" de gestão de projetos apresentadas nesses guias servem como suporte para que os gestores de projetos e os profissionais atinjam os objetivos do projeto. O grau em que essas práticas são implementadas e o vínculo entre elas e o sucesso dos projetos tem sido objecto de muita discussão no meio académico, principalmente devido ao grande número de projetos fracassados. Relativamente a estas questões, este trabalho empírico visa investigar o grau de uso das práticas de gestão de projetos, com base na 5ª edição do Guia PMBOK (A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge), e as relações entre essas práticas e o sucesso dos projetos em Portugal. Esta investigação realizou-se através de um questionário online, que foi respondido por gestores de projetos de diversos sectores da indústria. As respostas mostraram que as práticas da área de gestão de custos são frequentemente implementadas. Em relação ao sucesso do projeto, as métricas mais comummente alcançadas são "requisitos técnicos", "benefícios para a organização" e "satisfação dos clientes finais". Por fim, os resultados demonstram que algumas práticas de gestão de projetos usadas pelos entrevistados apresentam uma relação com o sucesso do projeto.
In the last 40 years, researchers have been stressing the increase in the number of companies that organize their work through projects to achieve their strategic objectives. This growth has resulted in the emergence of project management organizations and project management bodies of knowledge. The project management "best practices" presented in those bodies of knowledge serve as a support and a guide for project managers and practitioners to reach the project goals. The degree to which these practices have been implemented and the link between them and the success of projects have been subject of much discussion in academia, mainly due to the high rate of failure of projects. In regard of these issues, this empirical work aims to investigate the level to which project management practices based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge 5th edition (PMBOK Guide) have been implemented and the relationships between those practices and project success in Portugal. This investigation took the form of a web-questionnaire, which was answered by project managers from diverse industry sectors. Responses showed that practices from the cost management area are frequently implemented. Related to the project success, the metrics most commonly achieved are "technical requirements", "organization benefits" and "end-use customer satisfaction". Finally, the findings demonstrate that some project management practices used by the respondents have a link to project success.
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Teji, Tarlok Nath. "Accounting for UK retailers' success : key metrics for success and failure." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/accounting-for-uk-retailers-success-key-metrics-for-success-and-failure(ba6cf84c-700e-4641-b1c1-76f2c61b7a68).html.
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This thesis provides an understanding of retailers’ performance metrics and measurement. In doing so it lays bare the over reliance on historic published accounting reports as the de facto standard for retail performance reporting. In addition, it exposes the weakness in retail accounting reports as well as retail failure prediction models that are dependent on financial ratios as key variables. This thesis also casts light on the non-financial performance metrics used by retailers. All retailers use performance metrics but do not always report them in a coherent and defined way to give a transparent picture of their actual performance. The subject of performance, and metrics in particular, can be approached from multiple disciplines, yet there is an absence of detailed guidance or discussion of retail performance metrics, for retail boards, in any literature. To comprehend a UK retailer’s performance, it is argued that there is a prerequisite to understand the full context of the UK retail landscape, and the multitude of metrics, both financial and non-financial, this brings into play when discussing performance measurement. Accordingly, the objectives of this thesis were to identify: what retail performance metrics are used by retail boards to manage their performance; what these boards claim about their performance in the public domain; and what disconnect there may be between these two areas. A pragmatic worldview in the interpretative tradition frames the research epistemology. This inductive approach is supported by a multiple case study design strategy using informed grounded theory to conduct research into six case companies (four successful and two failed) in order to discover the retail performance metrics they use and report. The findings show an abundance of metrics in use at retail boardroom level and a ‘sifting matrix’ is devised to cluster the metrics to aid comprehension and ranking into the 20 focus areas which retail boards consider important. These focus areas provide a basis for a suite of metrics, ‘the vital few’ within which six were found to be consistently and persistently used that could form an industry standard. In addition, there was evidence that retailers adapt their metrics as they change, giving substance to the notion of adaptive resilience in performance measurement. Any disconnect between metric use and disclosure was explored through a conceptual framework, ‘a journey matrix’, where retailers are on a journey to becoming trust intelligent with their disclosure of retail performance metrics. The transparent disclosure of retail performance metrics provides the explicit link to gaining trust and demonstrating good governance practice implicit within stewardship theory. The ‘journey matrix’ is also proposed as an alternative developmental viewpoint for analysing retailers’ annual reports and accounts. The development and disclosure of retail performance metrics lacks guidance on definitions, calculation bases and recommended disclosure. Without guidance, the voluntary proliferation of selective reporting is likely to render performance, as published by retailers themselves, opaque and confusing. This thesis starts the debate about board level retail performance metrics research and provides a framework to assist retail boards to evaluate what they use and what they disclose in their journey to gain the trust of stakeholders.
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Nkhalamba, Emmanuel Silvester. "An investigation into project management failure." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51607.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As modern business environment continues to be uncertain and risky due to rapid changes in technology, consumer tastes and international trade that exposes smaller economies to larger and stronger economies of the world, smaller organisations to larger multinationals, conventional management approach becomes inadequate. Better methods of managing business and projects have to be found in order to deal with tough competition. Before 1970's, very few people ever talked about project management. This could be attributed to relatively stable environment in which the rate of change was either bearable or easily predicted. It was relatively easy to use established management rules, tools and procedures to deal with such changes. However, since the 1980's, the scenario has changed, organisations are struggling to cope with the pace of change and the pressure is on for organisations either to adapt or die. Consequently, project management has become the sought after management alternative to deal with this unprecedented rate of change and for survival. Project management attractions are mainly its emphasis on teamwork and multidisciplinary approach. It holistic approach makes it very useful in unfamiliar and risky projects in which information is either scanty or overwhelming. The need for project management in such situations cannot be overemphasized. As the business environment continues to become more chaotic, project management will continue to be the management tool of the 21st Century. Organisations that fail to learn the new technique of project managing their business will soon find themselves unable to compete or even survive. This study project examines through a review of relevant literature and by means of a questionnaire the critical factors that constitute project management failure. Questions like what impact can project management failure have on an organisation? What managerial and environmental factors can lead to project management failure? These and other similar questions on this subject are answered. Management, especially top management, would do well to address these factors as proposed in this study findings if they hope to remain operational in this century. The onus is on the leaders of organisations to ensure that their organisations are able to compete, grow and deliver to the satisfaction of shareholders and their customers.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Soos die moderne besigheidsomgewing onseker en vol risikos bly, as gevolg van drastiese veranderinge in tegnologie, verbruikersondervinding en internasionale handel wat die kleiner ekonomie blootstel aan die groter ekonomie van die wereld, kleiner organisasies aan groter organisasies, word konvensionele bestuursbenadering onvoldoende. Beter metodes van besigheidsbestuur en projekte sal gevind moet word, om te kan kompeteer met gevestigde kompetisie. Voor die 1970's het bitter min mense oor Projekbestuur gepraat. Dit kan toegeskryf word aan 'n taamlik stabiele omgewing waarin die spoed van verandering aanvaarbaar of maklik voorspelbaar was. Dit was betreklik maklik om die bestaande bestuursreëls, werksmetode en prosedures te gebruik om by te hou by sulke veranderinge. Vanaf die 1980's het hierdie prentjie egter verander. Organisasies sukkel om by te hou by die pas van verandering en die druk is op dié organisasies om aan te pas of onder te gaan. Gevolglik het dit'n alternatief geword om by hierdie veranderinge aan te pas en te oorleef. Projekbestuur se aantrekkingskrag lê daarin dat dit die klem plaas op spanwerk en veelsydige dissipline. Die holistiese benadering maak dit baie nuttig in onbekende en gevaarlike projekte waarin inligting skaars of oorweldigend is. Die behoefte aan Projekbestuur in sulke situasies kan nie genoeg beklemtoon word nie. Soos die besigheidsomgewing chaoties word, so sal die bestuur aanhou om die besigheidstyl van die 21ste eeu te wees. Organisasies wat nalaat om die nuwe tegnieke aan te leer, sal gou agterkom dat hulle nie kan kompeteer of miskien oorleef nie. Hierdie studieprojek ondersoek deur middel van toepaslike literatuur en vraelyste die kritieke faktore wat die mislukking van Projekbestuur konstitueer. Vrae soos, watter inpak kan die mislukking van die bestuur op 'n organisasie hê; watter bestuurs- en omgewingsfaktore kan lei tot die mislukking van Produkbestuur? Hierdie en soortgelyke vrae ten opsigte van hierdie onderwerp word beantwoord. Bestuur, en veral seniorbestuur, sal goed doen om hierdie bevindinge te bestudeer as hulle hoop om operasioneel te bly in hierdie eeu. Die verantwoordelikheid lê by die leiers van organisasies om seker te maak dat hulle kan kompeteer, groei en 'n diens lewer na die satisfaksie van die aandeelhouers en hulle kliënte.
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Hoxha, Luli. "Relationship Between Project Managers’ Age, Years of Project Experience, and Project Success." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5296.
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Project failures are costly to businesses and are increasingly present in the news. In many industries, projects have a 40% failure rate, and 90% of venture capital projects fail even to start. Project managers play a key role in delivering successful projects. The purpose of this correlational study was to examine the relationship between project manager’s age and years of project experience and project success. The population of this study consisted of 108 active or former project managers working in Albania or Kosovo who were LinkedIn members. The study was not grounded in a named theory; rather, based on the conceptual framework that project managers’ age and years of project experience may predict project success. The independent variables were project managers’ age and years of project experience, and the dependent variable was project success. Data were collected using a questionnaire posted on the SurveyMonkey website and analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results revealed that age has a negative, though not statistically significant, effect on project success. Project managers’ experience has a positive influence on project success; this effect is also not statistically significant. The coefficient of determination R2 was .02, which demonstrated that only 2% of project success relates to the independent variables. The study may contribute to positive social change by helping project managers and leaders of international development agencies, that conduct project to positively affect social change through improvements in areas such as agriculture, water, sewage, health, nutrition, education, environment, and social development. An increased rate of project success may translate into an improvement of livelihood for local communities in low-income countries.
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Balnaves, Peter M. "The success and failure of futures contracts." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03122009-040713/.
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Pazderic, Nickola Lee. "Success and failure in post-miracle Taiwan /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6469.
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Trokic, Amela, and Jeta Sahatqija. "Project Management within Start-Ups : Exploring Success Criteria and Critical Success Factors in Entrepreneurial Project Management." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-115919.
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Grant, David. "Failure mechanisms and instrumentation systems for an induced slope failure project." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243134.
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Nassif, Jamal. "The Role of Project Leadership in Global Multicultural Project Success." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4240.
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Global projects have a high failure rate, with many project failures attributed to lack of effective leadership. A knowledge gap about leadership requirements and complexities in a global project management environment has increased the risks in global projects. The problem is evident in the increasing project failure rate and the struggling national strategies in the oil and gas industry in the Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The purpose of this study was to explore the role of leadership in project success and adaptation complexities in GCC. The conceptual framework consisted of complex adaptive systems and contingency theories. A qualitative approach was used to capture common understandings of project leaders' role and the opportunities and challenges in a multicultural global project environment. Personal interviews were conducted with 25 participants from the oil and gas industry in GCC who were selected using a purposive sampling method. Six themes emerged from an exploratory and comparative analysis, including: adaptable project structure with team and environment dynamics; leadership role and the impermanent multicultural environment; project success definition and the success criteria; aligned performance and governance systems; changing organizational strategy; and team building and the project complexity management. Based on study findings, a framework was created for leading 4 organizational processes in global projects, which includes the environment, team building, leadership selection, and setting of project success criteria. Higher efficiency in leading these processes may contribute to positive social change and support practitioners to promote a project environment for active knowledge integration.
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Latorre, V. "Construction manager's influence on project success." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2805.
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Construction managers aim to deliver successful construction projects; however it is unclear how they perceive construction project success and how they influence that success. Focusing on the construction phase of the project, a Systems Conceptual Framework is induced from the literature review. In-depth interviews undertaken by 10 construction managers, whose experience accounts for over 130 construction projects, provide data to derive categories which populate the Systems Conceptual Framework initially developed. By adopting an unstructured approach to the data collection, a holistic view of how construction managers impact the success of construction projects is acquired. The construction managers' influence on success is identified through the skills, competencies and characteristics which enable success of the construction phase (enablers). This inductive-deductive methodological approach allows the identification of categories and relations between them which, along with the Systems Conceptual Framework, form the Empirical Model. A Pareto analysis was carried out in order to determine the relative relevance categories have against each others. Overall, 56 relations were identified between the 37 categories derived from the data analysis. The results of the research show that the influence of construction managers on project success is determined by twenty enablers. According to the Pareto analysis, 6 enablers were most relevant; they are separated into two interrelated sets: Communication, Leadership and People Management, and Ability to Pull Back, Experience and Technical Skill. This suggests that construction managers consider mastering 'hard' and 'soft' aspects of the job are both equally relevant to the success of the project. The high interconnectivity between the categories is what allows the Empirical Model to be developed; making it the most important finding of this research. Evidence indicates that construction managers work with both a subjective (qualitative) and an objective (quantitative) concept of success. The quantitative concept of success can have between two and four success factors, which are prioritised according to the needs of the client; there is always one critical success factors that leads the project. The subjective concept of success incorporates aspects of the end user and personal satisfaction, and specific characteristics of the project. The results also show that the outcomes of construction projects can be three: success, failure, and a third outcome which is neither, an outcome between success and failure. Participants have identified this last outcome as being the most frequent.
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Oputa, Nkenamchi Benedict. "Project Managers' Strategies for Megaproject Success." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4669.
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In Africa, most oil and gas megaprojects exceed their original budget and time deadlines despite advancement in project management processes and systems. This study explored strategies project managers used for megaprojects' success in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria, from the perspectives of the owner and contractor organizations. Multiple case study design was utilized to collect data by asking open-ended questions in separate interviews with 4 project managers. Archival project data was also reviewed to eliminate information incongruences. The conceptual framework for the study is the contingency theory that there is no universal management structure for every project. The data analysis approach was thematic coding. Study findings from the data analysis were aggregated into 5 themes. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd themes include the project managers' view of measures of megaproject successes, project managers' strategies for managing the business environment, and the strategies for achieving megaproject execution excellence. The 4th and 5th themes are the strategies for facilitating employee performance and the typical social change development and social change performance initiatives to benefit neighboring communities because of a megaproject. The conclusion from the evidences gathered is that megaproject success is contingent on the ability of the project manager to unravel and address complexity leveraging strategic leadership and systems thinking. From these findings, project managers from the client and contractor organizations may use, adapt, learn, refresh, and improve their project management skills. The significance of the study to positive social change from improving the success rates of megaprojects includes improvement in human capacity development and infrastructural additions that can facilitate economic growth in the region.
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Scheuchner, Gerald. "Strategies to Promote IT Project Success." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4681.
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Many project managers and business leaders lack effective strategies to manage information technology (IT) projects, which may inhibit business leaders from successfully implementing IT changes. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that IT leaders use to successfully implement IT projects. The target population consisted of IT leaders in IT organizations located in the Saint Louis Metro East area. The conceptual framework consisted of the general systems theory and the coordination theory. Data collection included organizational documents and semistructured interviews with 6 qualified participants. Data analysis included coding and thematic analysis, member checking, and methodological triangulation. The 4 themes emerging from the data analysis included (a) effective communication, (b) project planning, (c) project execution management, and (d) project closure. The themes highlighted practical strategies to effectively manage the implementation of IT projects. Findings may enhance the organization's position and provide additional employment opportunities in the community.
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Johnsen, Marthinus. "The project implementation profile's applicability to petro-chemical project success: an analysis of the key success factors." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27869.
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Purpose - This research seeks to develop a revised list of Key Success Factors for a petro-chemical project-specific Project Implementation Profile (PIP) tool and to identify the petro-chemical success factors that are not currently included in the PIP tool. Through the identification of petro-chemical key success factors not currently included in the PIP tool, and removing current PIP KSFs that are less applicable to petro-chemical project success. Design - Conducting a literature review a set of 10 additional key success factors are identified to be relevant to petro-chemical projects that are currently not included in the PIP. A web-based survey with a set of 20 KSFs was sent to petrochemical project stakeholders to determine their perceived importance of each key success factor in achieving petro-chemical survey project success. Findings - It is found that the top ten of the key success factors considered to be most relevant to achieving petro-chemical project success contain only six of the original PIP KSFs. The four new success factors are Change management, Client requirements, Estimating and Project implementation timeframe. PIP factors found to be the least important in achieving petro-chemical project success are Top management support, Technical tasks, Personnel and Project mission. Practical Implications - The analysed survey results lead to a revised list of ten KSFs for a possible petro-chemical project-specific PIP tool. Some limitations are noted. However, difficulty in choosing respondents representing all petro-chemical project stakeholders and the idiosyncratic views of the respondents may have skewed the results. It is recommended that further research is undertaken to confirm the research findings and to identify additional key success factors that may have been left out from this research. Testing of the revised tool is also recommended.
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Gan, Kam. "Intended success and unintended failure : opening up the black box of organisational failure." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419612.
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Grant, David. "Instrumentation systems for and failure mechanisms of an induced slope failure project." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243025.
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Geerdes, Bastiaan Petrus. "Dynamic graciloplasty (patho)physiology of failure and success /." Maastricht : Maastricht : Universiteit Maastricht ; University Library, Maastricht University [Host], 1997. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=6789.
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Foy, Jason. "Brian Faulkner : success or failure? : a political biography." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602507.
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This thesis is an evaluation of the political career of Brian Faulkner, the last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, and assessment of its successes and failures. A comprehensive survey of Faulkner has not been produced since his 1978 autobiography. The research traces Faulkner's upbringing and education and identifies the factors which shaped his personality and, later, his political life. The thesis examines the origins of Faulkner's political career and the steps he took to prepare the ground for his entry into politics. It surveys his election to the Northern Ireland House of Commons in 1949 and his rise through the ranks of the Unionist Party. It evaluates his performance in the key cabinet roles of Minister of Home Affairs, Commerce and Development. During these crucial years, Faulkner established himself as an energetic and competent executive but also as a divisive figure within the Unionist Party. His dysfunctional relationship with Prime Minister Terence O'Neill is examined in detail as well as the impact this would have on the stability of the Northern Ireland Government. Faulkner's successes and failures during his short Prime Ministerial term between 1971 and 1972 are set in context and assessed in depth - the failure of his attempts to reform the Stormont system, the introduction of internment and the collapse of the Northern Ireland Government in March 1972. His political revival and instrumental role in the establishment of the power sharing Executive of 1974 are set against its downfall in the midst of the Ulster Worker's Council strike. Faulkner's errors of judgement at Sunningdale are revisited in an assessment of the period. The research sets Faulkner's political career in context and concludes that, while his career ended in failure, . he showed considerable foresight and determination in achieving his most cherished political objective - the preservation of the union.
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Palm, William J. (William John) IV. "Understanding success and failure in outsourced product development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69498.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2011.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Companies that develop new products increasingly outsource product design, a trend that has prompted much concern but little evidence on its effectiveness. This dissertation uses a combination of interviews, cross-case analysis, and survey data to examine the meaning, measurement, and causes of success in one type of outsourced development: design and innovation consulting. The first study identifies the many dimensions of success and demonstrates that consultants, clients, and scholars prioritize them differently. Clients emphasize the value and quality of the deliverable, while consultants prioritize design elegance, novelty, and commercial success. Client satisfaction, heretofore little used in outsourcing research, correlates highly with most success dimensions. The second study uses the identified success measures to assess 134 consulting projects. Rates of product commercialization and market success compare favorably to results previously reported for in-house development. Client satisfaction is comparable to that of other service industries but varies greatly across projects. Most outcome measures are robust to measurement timing but depend strongly on the seniority of the respondent and the level of anonymity afforded him or her during assessment. The third study identifies over fifty factors believed to influence project outcomes and distills them into two pedagogical frameworks. The final study combines these factors with theories of customer satisfaction and product development to generate explanatory models of client satisfaction and other project outcomes. Nearly 80% of the observed variation in satisfaction can be explained after the fact, and 36% predicted before the project begins. Contrary to prior reports, design consultancies are least effective at radical innovation. Rather, they excel at rapid innovation in familiar product categories, designing products far more quickly than bureaucratic organizations and inexperienced start-ups can. Client satisfaction is unaffected by corporate cultural distance between parties, and actually declined with decreased physical distance and increased manufacturer involvement, challenging conventional wisdom in product development. The dissertation contributes to understanding of outsourced product development by clarifying key concepts such as success, demonstrating the impact of methodological details on its measure, and developing novel survey methods to gather unique outcome data from a broad range of respondents.
by William J. Palm, IV.
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Jardine, Varushka. "The Truth and Reconciliation Commission : success or failure?" Diss., University of Pretoria, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23111.
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The South African Truth Commission was different to any other commission held in the past. The Commission had to balance the scales between a painful past and a peaceful future. The task in itself was not an easy one, considering the fact that the apartheid years spanned over many decades. It certainly was not an easy task to maintain a balance between blanket amnesty and legal prosecutions. This middle of the road policy leveled much criticism from all sides, ranging form political parties to victims and their families and the general public. However, the policy on amnesty was a crucial aspect in balancing the past with that of the future. Although the TRC had achieved its objectives, it had many shortcomings ranging from its original mandate, its workings right through to the final recommendations. The scope of the Commission was far too wide considering the fact that they had to cover human rights abuses spanning over the years 1960 to 1994. The mandated period for them to complete their task was very limited if one considers the fact that this was a unique Commission and many people had to be trained to carry out tasks especially on lower levels. The Committees established by the Commission did not have clear methods of working and the coordination between them was poor. The methodology followed by the TRC was flawed but we need to take time and consider the enormity of the task at hand. It was not only a transitional phase for the people of South Africa but for the new government as well. The TRC was not a well planned process. However one has to also consider that accountability had to be done as soon as possible or it would have lost its essence. Issues had to be faced as soon as possible. The Commission also received criticism for allowing religion into its doors, mainly Christian theology. However, in some ways, one has to consider the fact that most people who were affected by apartheid were Christian and they found comfort in the practice of the Commission. The National Party had to be accountable and yes, as leaders they should have apologized for what had happened. This should have been a point of issue for the Commission and one of the areas where they had failed to act. Notwithstanding all the negative aspects of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission much positivism brought to the country as a whole, sections of society and to individuals. Nothing short of a miracle can heal a country. The terms of reconciliation, forgiving and healing became acceptable terms to many who were affected by the period of apartheid. South African history was given an opportunity to be recorded. People were given an opportunity to clear their conscious and find peace in truth. For the first time it was possible to see beyond the pain that many had suffered. As a country we would have been much poorer had the truth not been told. I believe it was truly a necessary part of our history. CopyrightDissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
Historical and Heritage Studies
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