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Factors That Influencing Project Management Performance: A Review

Majid Al-Nabae, Dania sammani

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i8/10332

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Optimal project performance is vital to success and avoid delay. Assessing projects improve their performance by providing accurate feedback to team members and managers. To construct an assessment tool that is both valid and reliable, it is necessary to understand what should be measured. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a review on how to measure performance in the project and to determine factors that influenced the project performance.
The present paper focuses on the importance of project performance and the factors that influence on project performance. It also offer valuable information to the researchers in the field of project management. The outcome of this study introduces a literature review for project performance according to the previous studies in the field of project management. The analysis of the literature contributes to the body of knowledge on the subject of project management and factors that influenced project performance.

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To Cite this Article: Al-Nabae, M., & Sammani, D. (2021). Factors That Influencing Project Management Performance: A Review. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(8), 628–643.