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The classical definition of project success centers on achieving results on time, on budget, and producing the agreed deliverables: the triple constraints of time, cost, and scope. Yet, over the past decade there has been a growing recognition that creating the requested deliverables does not ensure “success.”

Are the phrases a growing recognition, there has been a growing recognition common, idiomatic?

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Um, no. An Idiom is a phrase that has a metaphorical (not literal) meaning (for example “Break a leg” … actually means “Good luck”).

"A growing recognition" itself is not an idiom an simply means that there is an ever increasing (growing) acknowledgement of the existence, validity, or legality of something (recognition).

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  • Yeah, it's just a phrase. It's fairly common, but like @Ronald Sole says, check something like the Ngram viewer if you want an idea of its usage.
    – cactustictacs
    Commented Dec 29, 2020 at 14:41
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a growing recognition is an idiomatic expression, which means acceptance/agreement/acknowledgment that is growing/increasing/expanding.

Similarly, you can say growing concern/controversy/success/popularity.

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