Project Planning, Selection, and Implementation as Determinants of Project Success: A Systematic Review of Theory and Practice

Author(s)	Ms. Eveline Kusaga, Mr. Eliakimu Tweve
Country	Tanzania
Abstract	Projects have become an indispensable instrument for achieving organizational objectives and advancing socio-economic development worldwide. Governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private enterprises, and community-based organizations increasingly leverage projects to address development challenges, improve service delivery, and catalyse sustainable change. Despite substantial financial, human, and material investments in project-based activities, a significant proportion of projects fail to achieve their intended objectives due to delays, budget overruns, poor resource utilization, and inadequate stakeholder satisfaction (Kerzner, 2022; Meredith, Mantel, & Shafer, 2021). This persistent pattern of underperformance has generated considerable scholarly and practitioner interest in identifying the underlying determinants of project success.
Keywords	project planning, project selection, project implementation, project success, systematic literature review
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 4, July-August 2026
Published On	2026-07-31
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i04.83990

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