Towards improved project management practice : uncovering the evidence for effective practices through empirical research
Thesis, Dissertation, English, 2000
Leeds Metropolitan University, [Leeds, England], 2000
Leeds Metropolitan University
Academic Dissertation
238, [87] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9781581121285, 1581121288
52450985
Thinking about projects and project management
The worldview of the project manager
Research methods and underlying theory
Developing and applying the new research model
What does the data show? Illustrative analyses from two data sets
Conclusions and further work to be done
Appendix P-1. Towards the building blocks for an "atlas" of PM knowledge
Appendix P-2. Details of "bodies of knowledge" workshops
Appendix P-3. Development of the data collection instrument
Appendix P-4. Goals and questions for the data collection instrument Mk.2
Appendix P-5. Questions in corporate practice questionnaire (CPQ) version 3
Appendix P-6. Questions on "project management practices" in DCI version 3
Appendix P-7. Project analysed in chapter 5, section 4
Appendix P-8. Analysis of variance for significant project management practices
Appendix P-9. Organizations that have contributed to the research through membership of project management knowledge networks
Appendix L-1. Analysis of project management articles in professional journals : 1984 to 1998
Appendix L-2. The action research programme : year by year
Appendix L-3. Raw data from which calculations of significance have been made
Appendix L-4. Significant correlations in the DCI data set
"A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Leeds Metropolitan University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy."
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