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Project success factors have been very popular and lists of critical success factors have been identified but there is no general agreement. Studies on critical success factors are too generic and pose a question of applicability on a specific industry such as construction.Construction industry,by its nature,is a complex, project oriented, high risk, and competitive business. It is one of the major contributors to the national economy and has a multiple impact on a county. Construction project failures are increasingly reported around the globe and achieving success of construction projects is becoming extremely difficult in today's turbulent environment. According to heresy evidence, construction project failures are abundant in Sri Lanka as well. With rapid changes happening in the construction industry, it is curious whether previous research findings have become obsolete and unable to reflect on the current position.It is agreed across literature that the study of project success and critical success factors are means to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of projects.Determining key success factors in different project context is a challenge and it is extremely important for the industry professionals and academics. Therefore, this paper attempts to identify critical success factors through a literature review withspecial attention on project execution stage of construction projects.34 success factors were identified from recent papers and 19 factors are repeated in 3 or more papers. More researchis needed on the relationship between critical human resource management factors and project success.Findings are instrumental for professionals and academics and will add to the construction project management body of knowledge.
The construction industry has for many years been criticized for not developing consistent projects that are on time, within budget and with high quality standard. Consequently, the importance of project management has been increased many folds. The book presents the most critical success factors on which to focus to reduce potential failures in future construction projects. Identifying critical success factors would assist in taking proactive measure for successful project management of construction projects. The study will benefit the academicians and professionals involved with building projects. The findings will also be useful for effective management of all types of construction projects, thus helping to raise the overall level of productivity in the construction industry. The findings from this study would be valuable for all building professionals in general. The book is a sincere and valuable contribution to the project management community in construction industry.
An authoritative textbook on construction management offering a clear model for understanding theoretical aspects. The construction industry has become a truly global network of interconnected stakeholders making demands which require the involvement of skilled workforces from all over the world. Construction Management Strategies sets the foundations for understanding and managing construction’s inherent complexity and uniqueness. It establishes clear definitions of commonly accepted terms like built environment, construction, civil engineering, etc. which are often given confusing and conflicting interpretations. It cuts through the plethora of overlapping role titles currently used in the construction sector that make it difficult to establish how projects are actually managed. Construction Management Strategies: Offers a robust and consistent theoretical basis to explain the performance of the main approaches to construction management. Describes corporate and project management in construction as an integrated whole. Provides the basic toolkit a student needs to think through the practical situations they will later face. Helps bring the theory of construction management to international students who struggle to find a solid grounding in this complex and fragmented subject. Includes a companion website featuring a wealth of directly transferable examples for students, as well as PPT slides and topic discussion ideas for lecturers.
The knowledge of dominant project characteristics provides a means to better deploy valuable resources on relevant areas so as to achieve a successful project. The search for the relative dominance of these characteristics has witnessed grand transformations from being purely theoretical to a more sensible numeric form. The book sets out to develop reader interest in the use of statistical procedures and the analytical hierarchy process for the quantification of engineering judgment with regard to project critical success factors. Later, the book discusses three such state of the art works that best explains the progress in search of construction project critical success factors over a period of the foregoing 25 years. Finally, the book discusses the original research of the authors aimed at an analytical extraction of construction project critical success factors for consultants, contractors, and project management organizations. Spearman's test on overall rankings of 40 significant factors results in a highest level of correlation between the managers and contractor personnel (rs=0.54), and a least correlation between the contractor personnel and the consultants (rs=0.19).
This study presents exploratory work and seeks to identify and evaluate the success and failure factors that could form a guideline for further study and to some extent help professionals to understand some critical aspects that impact project performance concerning construction in India. A total of 55 attributes affecting the performance of construction projects are analysed in terms of their level of influence on four key performance criteria – schedule, cost, quality, and no disputes – using a two-stage questionnaire survey. These attributes are then further analysed, interpreted and evaluated. Based on the critical success factors obtained from the study, a neural network model-based predictive model for project performance has been developed. The performance prediction models have been derived for all four project performance criteria. Further, a hypothesis that ‘project success’ is influenced by ‘success traits’ has also been formulated. The hypothesized positive inter-relationships between success traits and project success have been tested using the structural equation modelling technique. Besides supporting the intuition of past researchers in recognizing ‘coordination’ as a key success factor, this study has revealed that coordination is not an isolated and independent activity, but is a typical management function with an inherent role in all major management activities. Key elements affecting coordination have also been identified and their influence on coordination effort has been studied. Furthermore, the present study has also identified three broad skill groups required of effective project coordinators. The results are validated through case studies of live projects and structured interviews with experts in the field of construction management.
"With the increased pace of global, economical, and technological development, change has become an inevitable feature of any organisation to survive in the competitive market. If it is a planned change process, the HR practitioner can use any of the existing general models or theories of change and use suggestive interventions to increase effectiveness and capability to change itself. When the magnitude of change is unpredictable, or the degree of the organisational process or systems are unorganised, the existing models or practice of planned change are still in formative stage and there is room for continuous refinement and improvement. This book will bridge this gap in the current organisational development and change literature by benefiting the HR practitioner with six real case studies. The cases bring out the interventions adopted, key activities associated for the successful implementation of interventions and the critical role played by HR in achieving organisational effectiveness. The book captures the transformational journey of diverse set of companies and weaves various dimensions into a common coherent framework for the field of HRM in Change Management. The case studies illustrate six powerful organisational experiences, listing the major activities contributing to effective change management from motivating change, vision, support from key stakeholders, transition management to organisational and HR commitment for implementation. By demonstrating the role of HR as a 'change agent,' this volume will be valuable to researchers, academics, managers, and students in the fields of human resource management and change management"
Written by experienced and innovative projects lawyer Arent van Wassenaer, this book explains what the critical success factors are for construction projects to be completed on time, within everyone’s budget, to the right quality, with all stakeholders satisfied and without disputes. In so doing, van Wassenaer discusses how such projects could be structured, tendered for, executed and completed, and what legal and non-legal mechanisms are available to achieve success in construction projects. Using examples of real projects, A Practical Guide to Successful Construction Projects provides tools for those in leading and managerial positions within the construction industry to change – where necessary – their usual operational methods into methods which are aimed at achieving project success.
This book focuses on when to use the various analytic techniques and how to interpret the resulting output from the most widely used statistical packages (e.g., SAS, SPSS).