Performance-Based Project Management

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CHAPTER 1: The Ten Drivers of Project Success

1. David Cleland and H. Kerzner, A Project Management Dictionary of Terms (New York: Van Nostrand, 1985), p. 187.

2. Max Wideman, First Principles of Project Management, http://www.maxwideman.com/papers/principles/principles.pdf.

3. The notion of capabilities-based planning originated in the defense domain. The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) in the U.S. Department of Defense defines the needed capabilities of equipment and services. In the IT domain, it is rare to speak about needed capabilities. Instead, projects usually start with requirements, without any knowledge about how the project’s outcome will support a needed business capability.

4. Coupling and cohesion is a critical ...