An exploratory analysis relating the software project management process to project success

A conceptual model of the software project management process that relates to actual project performance is presented. The model is described, and an investigation that seeks to establish the feasibility of the conceptual model and examine its associated hypotheses is presented. The exploratory feasibility analysis described here is based upon questionnaire and interview data from 24 projects. Assisted by this data, the factors of adversity that may be present in the project environment and the factors of intrinsic management skills that may be put forth to manage and overcome this adversity are characterized. These are related to both project technical and cost/schedule performance through an interviewing variable referred to as residual management power