Australian Institute of Project Management


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Current Trends in Project Management - An International Survey - seeks Australian Participants
Date: 25 Jun 2009
Name: Rob Tucker
Phone: 02 8288 8700
Email: irc@aipm.com.au

June 2009 - Current Trends in Project Management - An International Survey

Dr. Derek Walker is currently working with Dr. Kam Jugdev in Alberta, Dr. Joye Fortune and Dr. Dianne White in the UK on expanding research into project success factors. The initial survey was conducted in 2002 and the research team are now seeking to expand their Australian data. You may recall other papers written on this area and you may have actually cited their papers:

Jugdev, K. and Müller, R. (2005). “A RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT OUR EVOLVING UNDERSTANDING OF PROJECT SUCCESS.” Project Management Journal.  36 (4): 19-31

White, D. and Fortune, J. (2002). “Current Practice in Project Management - An Empirical Study.” International Journal of Project Management.  20 (1): 1-11

The survey is available for completion here: http://tinyurl.com/q9ahbr

We expect it will take about twenty minutes of your time.  

The main aims of the survey are:

  • To identify factors critical to the successful outcome of a project.
  • To establish which methods, tools and techniques are in current use for managing projects and/or assessing risk.
  • To discover if there is any link between successful projects and the use of  certain methods, tools or techniques.
  • To identify any limitations or drawbacks to the methods, tools or techniques in current use.

The questionnaire assumes that you have been actively involved in the  management of a project that has now been concluded. If this does not apply to you I would be very grateful if you could pass my questionnaire on to someone  in your organization who would be in a position to complete it. All information  that is provided will only be used for research purposes and no data that could  identify an individual or an organization will be revealed.

Further information on the survey please contact:

Dr. Joyce Fortune and Dr. Diana White,
J.Fortune@open.ac.uk

This survey will be available until August 2009.

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