Buttler, T (2016) Collecting lessons learned: How project-based organizations in the oil and gas industry learn from their projects. PhD thesis, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
Abstract
Project-based organizations collect lessons learned in order to improve the performance of projects. They aim to repeat successes by using positive lessons learned, and to avoid repeating negative experiences by using negative lessons learned. Cooke-Davies (2002) claimed that the ability to learn from past projects for future projects is a key success factor in project management. Despite their importance, organizations can be ineffective in collecting and using lessons learned.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | knowledge management; lessons learned; project-based organizations; oil and gas industry; organizational learning; project management |
| Index terms: | oil and gas, project management, lessons learned, knowledge management, organizational learning, project-based organization, success factor |
| Subjects: | health monitoring assessment and metrics, industry analysis, professional development, project management theory and practice, organization |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Information Management, Organizational Design, Project Management, Health and Safety |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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