"Impact of Development Perspective of HRM and Lesson Learned System of Knowledge Management on Project SuccessThrough Project Management Competency Retention "

INTRODUCTION Muhammad Mudassar Ghafoor1 Kanwal Iqbal Khan2 Yasin Muneer3 Khawaja Hasnat Haider4 1University of the Punjab, Jhelum Campus 2Institute of Business & Management, University of Engineering and Technology, Email: drkanwaliqbalkhan@gmail.com 3College Women University Sialkot 4University of the Punjab, Gujranwala Campus The success of an organization can be measured by the success of its projects. Projects play an essential role in the implementation of strategies in the organizations that represents the success of the business and create a long-term positive image of the organization (Engelbrecht, Johnston, & Hooper, 2017). The project management scholars explained project success factors, but still, there is a need to identify the managerial factors that can affect the success (Radujkovic & Sjekavica, 2017; Raziq, Borini, Malik, Ahmad, & Shabaz, 2018) as many scholars disagree on the success factors (Badewi, 2016). In the beginning, the project was considered successful if it is completed within the allocated time, the budget allocated and expected quality is achieved. But now the concept of knowledge in project management has shown that the project success does not only depend on these factors, but it is also a complicated and multidimensional approach consisting of many attributes (Ahmadabadi & Heravi, 2019; Mir, & Pinnington, 2014). Elattar, (2009) considered the project as successful if it meets its goals and expectations. Project managers recorded their output and efforts during the projects and used it in the future when required. The project-based organization has taken a wise step by adopting a learned lesson system, but the advantage of learning has not yet received in a proper manner (Paranagamage & Carrillo, 2012). Lesson learned has enabled managers to make use of it at