Five necessary conditions for project success

摘要

Research done by two doctoral students of mine has identified what appear to be four necessary conditions for project success. Wateridge identified one, and Mueller identified three more. These are things that must be in place before a project can have a successful outcome. None of them unfortunately are sufficient conditions, that is none of them on their own will guarantee success. Since they are all necessary conditions, they must all be there to deliver success, but even if the four are all present something else can still cause the project to fail. But if all four are present, that will greatly increase the chance of a successful outcome. If just one is absent, failure beckons. So what are these four necessary conditions for project success?