Abstract
This paper aims to clarify object capabilities of Project Managers (PMs) to develop as the most important for the success of the project. In order to achieve this we conducted the following survey of PMs’ competencies. The target group consisted of 520 IT PMs in Japan. Based on the results of the questionnaires we classified them into a successful group and an unsuccessful group. Then, the two groups were compared by the evaluation of the chi-square test. After that, the success factors were analyzed by SEM . As a result, we could define the following tendencies. The effect of the quality success on the general project success was strong among user PMs. Among both user and vender PMs groups we could observe strong effect of schedule success onto cost success, and then the effect of cost success and quality success onto general project success. Besides, we could observe the connection between the project success and PM’s capabilities, within the difference of PM type. That is, the schedule success was strongly effected by procurement management competencies among user PMs group, and, on the other hand, by cost management competencies among vender PMs group. Thus we think that the object capabilities to develop should be set differently for user and vender PMs groups correspondingly. In both side, were high for cost success and quality success what influence for integrated success. Besides, for schedule success, effects of procurement management competencies in user PMs and cost management competencies in vender PMs were identified. Thus, the object of development about PM’s competencies should set differently.
