Course: Plan for Project Success: Project Planning and Management:

In this section, an overall view on project success has been presented, including views on success criteria and factors. You have got an opportunity to more in-depth apply and reflect …

It is the steering committee that has to establish the project success criteria, together with the project manager and other important stakeholders, for example the customer. Examples of success criteria …

Can we plan for project success? The constraints in the project triangle are often used as a measure of project success. However, these success criteria promote efficiency before effectiveness, i.e. …

In this section, the focus has been different perspectives on project success, including effectiveness and efficiency “(Doing the right things, and doing the right things in the right way”), and …

A project is seldom considered a success or failure among all stakeholders, i.e. can be a success for some and a disaster for others. Hence, we have to manage multiple …

It is important to understand the differences between project and project management success, which at a first glance seems to be the same. Project management success overall refers to efficiency, …

The project triangle illustrates three constraints or steering parameters in a project. These constraints (Time and cost limits, and scope) are also a way of illustrating aspects of project efficiency, …

To determine if there is project success we need to use different perspectives. Stakeholder perspective A stakeholder perspective implies that we have to understand different people’s and group’s needs and …

Projects are a way of working toward obtaining goals in an uncertain environment. Uncertainties are unavoidable and can present both risks (negative event) and opportunities (positive event). When a plan …

Some examples of project risk areas are described below. Stakeholders and requirements Important stakeholders not identified Stakeholders’ needs and expectations are not identified or neglected Requirements are not specified Competence …

Projects are a way of working to obtain goals in an uncertain environment. Therefore, there are many risks (a negative event) and opportunities (a positive event) that can occur during …

Overall, project characteristics are obtaining goals in an uncertain environment, with the purpose to create value, where goals have to be S.M.A.R.T formulated. However, if a goal-seeking project, initially a …

Tollgates and milestones are control functions at the business and project level. Tollgates A tollgate implies a point in time when the steering group evaluates project progress and makes decisions …

Stakeholders A stakeholder is a person, group or an organization who has influence or can be influenced by an organization’s actions. Hence, a project stakeholder is a person, group or …

Different types of projects (for example within construction, ICT and organizational change) imply that the project can be either goal-orientated or goal-seeking. Goal-oriented projects have a focus on problem-solving and …