Key Success Factors in Project Management from the Perspective of Organisation’s Project Maturity – Research Results
Key Success Factors in Project Management from the Perspective of Organisation’s Project Maturity – Research Results

Summary/Abstract: Identification of key success factors is of significant importance for the smooth management of projectsand this phenomenon has been explored by numerous studies. However, a cognitive gap remains regardingthe strength of the relationship between key success factors and the level of project maturity. The aim ofthe article is to identify key success factors in project management in the basic units of local governmentin Poland and to verify the extent to which these factors depend on the degree of project maturity of theorganization. The article is based on the assumption that a link between project maturity and key successfactors in project management exists. The starting point of the study was the specificity of project maturityof an organisation from the perspective of project management excellence. The relationship betweenthese factors and levels of project maturity of the surveyed units was verified, which allowed to identifyfactors having a significant impact on the level of excellence in project management in the organisation.Research covered 1,900 basic local government units in Poland. The article presents research results indynamic terms covering two periods, 2010–2012 and 2016–2018. The research procedure was basedon a standardized questionnaire with unit scale responses, and brought quantitative results that wouldallow drawing general conclusions and findings.

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