Project Management Maturity And Project Management Success In Developing Countries

S. Pretorius, H. Steyn & T.J. Bond-Barnard

This paper examines whether organisations in a developing country have matured over time in their project management practices by comparing current practices to the findings of a similar study conducted in 2010. It contributes to the limited literature on project management maturity in developing countries. Six hundred responses to a project management maturity questionnaire were analyzed, covering 9,389 projects. The findings reveal that the perceived average project management maturity declined from a score of 2.88 in 2010 to 2.64 in 2020. Nevertheless, the majority of the surveyed projects were still regarded as successful.

Keywords: project management maturity, project management success, developing countries

South African Journal of Industrial Engineering August 2023 Vol 34(2), pp 36-48

DOI: https://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/2760

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