In the remainder of the paper, this approach is referred to as the evaluation approach. This approach aims at answering the question what causes projects to fail. This approach assumes that by knowing the risks and their causes they can and will be managed, which is likely to lead to a positive effect on the project outcomes. The aim is to create project predictability in a new project by using the
information regarding the risks and causes of project failure gathered in previous projects. The underpinning assumption is that projects are comparable in the sense that information about risks can be generalised and is used in future projects.