The project success is identified as “completing the project within the constraints of scope, time, cost, quality, resources, and risk as approved between project management and senior management” (PMBOK, 2013, p.35) and the project manager is responsible of successful project completion. The factors affecting the success rate of projects are as following: Project management, business alignment, knowing the decision maker and fluencer, human resource planning, teamwork, teambuilding, stakeholder management, communications, having necessary interpersonal skills. The first factor affecting the project success is project management.
The project success rate is increased significantly through applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities. The second factor is business alignment. If a project is aligned with the organizational strategy, the success rate of projects will be improved steadily. The third factor is that a project manager has an obligation to know the decision makers or
