The Standish Grouphas published its annual CHAOS Report on the state of software development since 1994. The Report is often cited as a key metric for the industry's performance and progress. The yearly update draws much attention.
“Scheduling Practices and Project Success” by Dr. Andrew Griffith, PE.
"Total Project Cost Success Factors" by Elhami B. Nasr, James Diekmann, and John A. Kuprenas
Today’s managers typically use different project control systems and techniques (earned value and variance calculations) to measure the health of project performance and to ensure project success. However, project performance evaluation and analysis are mostly done in an ad-hoc manner (shotgun fashion).