CRITICAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MAJOR PROJECTS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: BRYSON, JM; BROMILEY, P
• 署名单位: University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250140502
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 319-337
• 关键词: PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION; CONTINGENT; Process; project

摘要

This exploratory study reports the results of a quantitative cross-sectional analysis of 68 case descriptions of major projects. Variables describing the context of the projects, project planning and implementation processes, and project outcomes were coded using information contained in the case descriptions. Factor analysis was used to identify major factors associated with context, process and outcomes. The influences of context on process, and context and process on outcomes were estimated using regression. The results indicate that a number of contextual variables strongly influence aspects of the project planning and implementation process, and then indirectly influence project outcomes through the planning and implementation process. In addition, both process and contextual variables affect outcomes directly. Several conclusions of a theoretical, methodological and practical nature are drawn.