Book Review: Project Success: Critical Factors and Behaviours

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 84-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Eric Kirkland
Keyword(s):  
Project Success ◽  
Critical Factors

Subculture by autonomy and group cohesion and its effect on job satisfaction of R&D professionals in an R&D organization

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaehwan Jung ◽  
Changi Nam ◽  
Euehun Lee ◽  
Seongcheol Kim
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Group Cohesion ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
High Group ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Professional Research

AbstractProfessional research and development (R&D) organizations typically employ highly educated professionals to work on a range of creative, intellectual projects in their chosen fields. In these organizations, organizational culture and subculture are critical factors connected with project success. This paper explores the existence of subcultures and the factors that contribute to subcultures within a professional R&D organization, and examines subcultural effects on the job satisfaction of R&D professionals to suggest a suitable cultural type for professional R&D organizations. Autonomy and group cohesion are considered, so grid–group theory is applied to measure R&D culture. The subjects were 285 full-time researchers who had worked at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, an international IT institution, for over 5 years. Differences were found in organizational culture according to the research fields and types (applied and developmental research). The egalitarian culture type (low grid, high group) is found to be suitable for improving job satisfaction in R&D organizations.

scholarly journals Effective Strategies for Communicating and Managing Communication in a Project Team

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Brian J. Galli
Keyword(s):  
Project Success ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Communication Management ◽  
Communication Plan ◽  
Effective Strategies

Projects are temporary endeavors that require a series of tasks to be completed. A project manager and their team execute these tasks. However, one of the biggest challenges that the project manager and the team will face is how to communicate effectively throughout the project. Communication is one of the most critical factors in a project’s success, as without a proper communication plan and communication management strategies, a project can go downhill quickly. Also, communication is important in a business, but what makes it a crucial factor for projects is that they face deadlines and budget constraints. This paper will look at the communication process and the models that affect project environments, and it will recommend effective strategies for communicating and managing communication within project teams to aid in project success.

scholarly journals Critical Factors Influencing Project on Effective Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) in Aircraft Aviation Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Seri Rahayu Kamat ◽  
Fatimah Md Hassan ◽  
Wan Hasrulnizzam Wan Mahmood ◽  
Mohammad Firdaus Ani ◽  
Suliswiyadi
Keyword(s):  
Project Success ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Dependent Variables

This study aims to identify the critical factor influencing the project as regards successful aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) in the aviation industry. Furthermore, this research also aims to investigate whether regulation of project changes plays a role in moderating the relationship between the independent variables and dependent variables described in this research. Through the literature review process, it was found that top management support, stakeholders, key factors competency, acceptance, risk management, project plan monitoring, and effective communication are among the critical factors identified. Referring to a completed project, this research showed that project progress was in two dimensions in a maintenance context, which this research classifies as a successful micro and macro project. The macro viewpoints of project success mean the organizational stage of the project must be recognized and accomplishment relies on the consumer or collaborators to share. The micro perspective of project success can help to manage a project in small levels and is normally alluded to at the finishing line of the project. The summary result for the 4 hypotheses tested, all of them were significant. The result obtained clearly expressed all of the dependent variables have positive influences on project success in MRO aircraft in the Malaysian aviation industry. This research also demonstrates through trial and error that project key factors’ competency and project mission are critical factors in influencing the micro-project success and as well for macro project success, top management support and project mission are two main critical factors.

QUANTIFYING CONTRACTORS’ QUALIFICATIONS USING PAIRWISE COMPARISON IN THE BEST VALUE PROCUREMENT METHOD

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amira Eltahan ◽  
Elyar Pourrahimian ◽  
Fatima Alsakka ◽  
Maram Nomir ◽  
Ahmed Hammad
Keyword(s):  
Project Success ◽  
Selection Criterion ◽  
Pairwise Comparison ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Proper Selection ◽  
Weighting Method ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Criteria Weights ◽  
Procurement Method ◽  
Selection Of

Among the critical factors of project success is the proper selection of qualified contractors. More owners are adopting Best Value (BV) procurement which combines the technical qualifications with fee proposals to rank bidders. However, the successful application of BV depends on two integral factors: ranking of contractor’s qualifications using multiple criteria and the weights assigned to each selection criterion. Many criteria are qualitative, leading to difficulties in objectively quantifying a contractor’s rank. Thus, this paper provides owners with a simplified decision-support methodology that quantifies criteria that owners might consider in their decisions, reduces the number of comparisons that owners must perform, and reduces bias in defining criteria weights. This was achieved by first collecting the criteria commonly used to assess contractors’ competence. Then, criteria were analyzed and clustered into separate, quantifiable groups. Third, pairwise comparison was employed to devise a criteria-weighting method based on the clustered groups and determine the scores of bidding contractors. The proposed methodology could help identify the areas of strengths and weaknesses of each contractor in comparison with other bidders. The method presents a scientific and practical approach and, thus, can be considered for future applications.

Leadership Competencies for Sustained Project Success

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Cleveland ◽  
Marisa Cleveland
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Leadership Framework ◽  
Multiple Domains

Success of organizational projects depends on leaders who are capable of determining not only the critical factors that lead to project success, but also applying leadership practices to sustain successful project practices. This study explores research on project success across multiple domains with the intent to identify a set of leadership competencies that lead to successful project initiatives. The results of the study identify a host of leadership skills that align to four leadership styles: equitable, servant, collaborative, and transformative. A leadership framework is proposed to associate the competencies to the styles.

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