ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the literature on project methodologies, the possible moderating effect of the project environment on the relationship between methodology and success, and the definition and measure of project success. R. Muller and Jugdev describe project success as “predominately in the eyes of beholder,” meaning one stakeholder may consider a project successful, whereas another stakeholder would consider it a failure. Project success is a multidimensional construct in which project stakeholders can select a number of project success criteria they believe are important by which to judge success. Methodologies are referenced in the literature either as a whole or by one or more aspects of project management practice methodology element(s) and investigating the impact of these practices on project success. D. K. Anderson and T. Merna have helped to categorize the methodologies into process models, knowledge models, practice models, and baseline models.
