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The Current State of Project Management Research: Trends, Interpretations, and Predictions
Abstract
This paper describes the methodology and results of a research effort that identified the project management research published in English since 1960. An annotated bibliography was created of 3,554 articles, papers, dissertations, and government research reports. Trends were identified in each of the nine A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) knowledge areas. A workshop was conducted with experienced practitioners to help interpret the identified trends and to predict future directions for project management research.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kloppenborg, T. J., & Opfer, W. A.
- Venue
- Project Management Journal
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2002-06
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 5-18
- ISSN
- 1938-9507 (ISSN-L)
- 8756-9728
- OpenAlex
- W2809937232
- Cited by
- 248
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 3.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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