Analysis of Factors Affecting the Success of Sustainable Development Projects with the Help of Machine Learning Tools

Table 2

The evolution of success criteria over different decades.

Success criteria	The 1960s	The 1970s	The 1980s	The 1990s	The 2000s	The 2010s
Project	—	—	—	Scope, type, complexity, size, and project life cycle	Type, scope, clear goals, and actual budgeting	Type, scope, clear goals, and budgeting
Project management	Scheduling feedback	Schedule monitoring, control, scheduling, and review	Scheduling, communications, cost estimation, funding, financial support, and reasonable needs	Feedback, communication, decision impact, and planning monitoring	Scheduling control, management actions, scheduling, control, decision-making, and communication	Scheduling control, control, decision-making, and control of all project management actions
Public management and organizational aspects	Senior management support	Public management support	Senior management support, public management efficiency, and organizational aspects	Organizational structure, safety and quality programs, and senior management support	Flexible management, change management, and organizational structure	Change management, organizational structure, and risk management
Procurement, purchase, and preparation	—	Resource allocation	—	Preparation and maintenance procedures	—	Precise control of resource allocation
Environment	—	—	—	Social, political, and technical	Economics, political, physical, social, technical relations of industries, education from past experiences, and organizational culture	Learning from past experiences, organizational culture, and environmental factors
Individuals	—	Project management	Customer profile, individual capabilities, project management, project team quality, and individual strength	Project management experience, commitment, competence, ability, authority, customer power, customer type, customer/consumer conflicts, team spirit, level of service, and contractor team components	Customer experience, size, quality expectations, continuity duration, team leader planning, organization, dynamics, control capabilities, customer approaches, stakeholder management, and contract flexibility	Customer experiences, stakeholder expectations, team leader planning, organization, control capabilities, stakeholder management, team spirit, team success, and business interests