The moderating effect of risk on the relationship between planning and success

Ofer Zwikael; Raghuvar Dutt Pathak; Gurmeet Singh; Shamsuddin Ahmed

doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.07.002

The moderating effect of risk on the relationship between planning and success

Ofer Zwikael^*, Raghuvar Dutt Pathak, Gurmeet Singh, Shamsuddin Ahmed

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Project planning is considered to be critical for project success. However, recent literature questions whether planning has similar importance in various contexts. This paper investigates the effectiveness of planning through an analysis of 183 project manager-supervisor dyads. Results show that the level of risk moderates the impact of planning on success, and in different ways for various success measures. Practical implications of these results suggest project managers to put more emphasis on planning in high risk project situations in order to meet project efficiency, whereas project steering committees to be more involved in approving plans of low risk projects to support benefit realization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	435-441
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Project Management
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.07.002
Publication status	Published - Apr 2014

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