Emerging Issues In Project Management And Final Re?ection

Emerging Issues in Project Management and Final ReflectionNameProject ManagementTutor’s NameDatedPart 2: Critical Review of a Current Debate in Project Management LiteratureLessons learnt in project management remain a critical tool in project management and there is unanimity in the belief that professional project management practices are more efficient and effective than traditional management practices. However, academic literature has developed a strong link of successful project management practice with success of projects. Most academic literature associate the outcome of a project to management practice. Researchers have argued that the objectives of project management practice are synonymous with project objective. It has however been noted that the objectives of project management focus largely on management of cost, time and progress. These objectives should not be used to measure project success (Kerzner, 2013). In the context of divergence of project objectives and project management objectives there is a current debate in project management literature regarding whether it is possible to achieve project success using poor project management practices. The most often cited cases in this regard are the Concorde and River Thames Barrier project where