Project Success

Before his retirement, Emanuel Camilleri was the Director General (Strategy and Operations Support) at the Maltese Ministry of Finance, the Economy and Investments. He has had a long career in the public sector in Australia, and has managed many large projects. Dr Camilleri obtained his Business Studies bachelor's degree at FIT, currently Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia; has an MBA from Brunel University, UK (prize winner); and a DBA from Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands. He is a certified accountant; a Chartered Engineer (British Engineer Council); European Engineer (FEANI, Paris); and member of many professional bodies. He represented Malta on a number of international bodies, the more predominate ones being UNCTAD Inter Governmental Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting; European Union Advisory Committee for Own Resources; and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. Emanuel Camilleri is a visiting senior lecturer at Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, University of Malta. He has written and published a number of conference and peer reviewed academic papers.

I: In Search of Factors That Facilitate Project Success; 1: Introduction; 2: The Perception of Project Success; 3: Why Some Projects Succeed and Others Fail; II: Project Hygiene Support Factors; 4: Project Strategic Fit; 5: Project Scope; 6: Project Organization Structure; 7: Project Teams Structure; 8: Project Planning and Control; III: Project Informational Support Factors; 9: Information Flow and Knowledge Management; 10: Project Risk Management; 11: Project Competency Development; IV: Project Behavioural and Managerial Support Factors; 12: Management and Leadership; 13: Employee Commitment and Participation; 14: Internal and External Communication; V: Organizational Project Diagnostic Model; 15: Diagnosing an Organization's Preparedness for Undertaking and Managing Projects