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One effective way to overcome these problems and produce successful VGS projects
is to build a system of critical success factors that is sufficiently flexible to account for
the specifics of the various projects. This system consists of eight interdependent strate-
gic success factors, each of them including several tactical factors. The point of the
strategic factors is that in successful VGS projects one needs to perform the alignment
(strategic factor one) of VGS projects with the business strategy, which will direct the
shaping of the project strategy (strategic factor two), which, then, will drive the project
organization, people, and culture (strategic factors three, four, and five). These three dic-
tate the design of the project process (strategic factor six) that shapes up the use of project
tools and metrics (strategic factors seven and eight). Together these eight strategic suc-
cess factors, supported by 20+ tactical success factors, deliver successful VGS projects.

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