Creating a Learning Project Environment

Abstract

Effective project management involves not only meeting schedules, budgets, and specifications, but also the strategic issue of whether project outcomes meet customer needs. The extent to which they do not is most often the result of one or more performance gaps in project planning and execution. This article presents a model that helps IS managers assess and narrow these gaps and foster a continuous cycle of improvement typical of learning organizations.

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Richard H. Deane

RICHARD H. DEANK is professor of management at Georgia State University in Atlanta

Thomas B. Clark

THOMAS B.CURK is professor of management at Georgia State University and executive vice–president of Young, Clark & Associates, Inc., an Atlanta–based consulting firm specializing in project management. A. P.

A.P. (Dennis) Young

A. P. (Dennis) YOUNG has beat president of Young, Clark & Associates, Inc., since its founding in 1983.