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A well-resourced support structure was established to administer the programme. facilitate dialoguc, hold confidential data securely, and provide data analysis. Members provided data for the anonymous databases about their practices and about specific project results, and tirst-hand case studies for discussion at workshops. They discovered, shared and created both tacit and explicit knowledge through the fomial programme and through informal contact. Secondly, the thinking of practitioners, theorists and researchers was challenged. The literature on pmjoct management was found to reveal an unbalanced worldview that lacked coherent undcrlying theory. The. | Towards Improved Project Management Practice Uncovering the evidence for effective practices through empirical research Terence John Cooke-Davies ISBN 1-58112-128-8 USA 2001 Towards Improved Project Management Practice Uncovering the evidence for effective practices through empirical research Copyright 2001 Terence John Cooke-Davies All rights reserved. USA 2001 ISBN 1-581 12-128-8 library Towards Improved Project Management Practice Uncovering the evidence for effective practices through empirical research Terence John Cooke-Davies A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Leeds Metropolitan University for the degree o f Doctor o f Philosophy. August .