McLeod, LDoolin, BMacDonell, SG2013-03-202013-03-2020122012Project Management Journal, vol.43(5), pp.68 - 86https://hdl.handle.net/10292/5230Answering the call for alternative approaches to researching project management, we explore the evaluation of project success from a subjectivist perspective. An in-depth, longitudinal case study of information systems development in a large manufacturing company was used to investigate how various project stakeholders subjectively perceived the project outcome and what evaluation criteria they drew on in doing so. A conceptual framework is developed for understanding and analyzing evaluations of project success, both formal and informal. The framework highlights how different stakeholder perspectives influence the perceived outcome(s) of a project, and how project evaluations may differ between stakeholders and across time.Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons. All rights reserved. Authors retain the right to place his/her pre-publication version of the work on a personal website or institutional repository. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in (please see citation) as it is not a copy of this record. An electronic version of this article can be found online at: (Please see Publisher’s Version).Project evaluationProject success criteriaStakeholder perspectivesLongitudinal case studyOutsourced information systems developmentJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1002/pmj.21290