Modelling critical success factors of construction project management (CPM)

It is necessary to identify critical success factors (CSFs) that affect the construction process. This paper’s aim is to define the CSFs considering views of all construction project stakeholders. The contribution of this paper is to categorize project success factors into categories and quantify the effect of each category taking into account the effect of all stakeholders on project efficiency and progress. To achieve this objective, a comprehensive literature review was carried out. After literature review, 40 success factors were compiled into seven categories: project-related factors, company- and work-related factors, client-related factors, project management factors, design-team-related factors, contractor-related factors, project-manager-related factors. Consequently, a survey including these listed success factors was prepared and distributed to various experts in the construction field to be ranked; 148 responses were received. Employing the Relative Importance Index (RII) and traditional Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method with Saaty random index that prioritizes these CSFs, the collected data were analyzed after receiving responses. Even though there were disagreements in stakeholders’ views and their goals, significant areas have been identified as project financial issues, managerial aspects, and authorities’ approval mechanism. The outcome of this paper would be used by construction industry professionals to support, evaluate, and measure the success of projects for better allocation of resources.

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EVALUATION OF CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN LITHUANIA

International Journal of Strategic Property Management ◽

10.3846/1648715x.2013.787128 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 21-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Neringa Gudienė ◽

Audrius Banaitis ◽

Nerija Banaitienė

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Literature Review ◽

Construction Projects ◽

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Project Manager ◽

Management Team ◽

Team Members ◽

Critical Success ◽

Survey Results

This paper aims to identify a comprehensive list of critical success factors for construction projects in Lithuania. Based on the available literature review, this paper identified 71 success factors under 7 broad groups. Based on the survey results, ten factors including project manager competence, project management team members' competence, project manager coordinating skills, client clear and precise goals/objectives, project value, project management team members' relevant past experience, project manager organising skills, project manager effective and timely conflict resolution, client ability to make timely decision, and project manager experience were determined as the most important success factors for construction projects. These critical success factors are of great significance both to researchers and industry practitioners.

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Critical success factors for construction project

10.1063/1.4965067 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

N. Ramlee ◽

N. J. Tammy ◽

R. N. H. Raja Mohd Noor ◽

A. Ainun Musir ◽

N. Abdul Karim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Construction Project ◽

Critical Success

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Evaluating critical success factors and level of challenges in project life cycle (PLC)

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.13131 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2.29) ◽

pp. 67

Author(s):

Sallaudin Hassan ◽

Natasha Farhana ◽

Siti Aishah ◽

Siti Mahirah ◽

Khairul Firdaus Jimisiah. J

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Project Management ◽

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Team Work ◽

Success Factor ◽

Critical Success Factor ◽

Critical Success ◽

Project Life Cycle ◽

Project Life

This research aims to evaluate the Critical Success Factors (CSF) of project management and to assess the level of challenges at each steps in Project Life Cycle (PLC). Five Independent Variable (IV) is been selected as Critical Success Factors which is Leadership, Effective Communication, Teamwork, Organization and Project Nature. There are four main stage in project which is Defining, Planning, Executing and Closure. The scope of this research is on projects/events conducted under Student Development and Campus Life Style (SDCL). Five projects has been selected for assessment in this research. Survey questionnaire is been used as primary data collection. LIKERT Scale is been used to rank the answer from respondents. 50 respondents are involve in this research. Data is analyzed by using SPSS version 21. Result shows that the most critical success factors in project is Team Work while the least Critical Success Factor is Leadership. Meanwhile, the most challenges stage in project management is Executing, while the least challenges stage is Defining. The finding in this research is considered important discovery. More efforts should be focus on identified Critical Success Factor and the most challenges stage in Project Life Cycle. It is suggested that the scope of study to be extended to other universities or industries in future research.

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EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN MANAGING WATER INFRASTRUCTRE PROJECTS

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management ◽

10.3846/jcem.2019.10404 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (6) ◽

pp. 531-550

Author(s):

Mariela Sjekavica Klepo ◽

Mladen Radujković

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Early Warning ◽

Final Stage ◽

Early Warning System ◽

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Project Success ◽

Warning System ◽

Infrastructure Projects ◽

Critical Success

There is a continuous need to improve existing project management decision-making support models, particularly those for monitoring and control are needed to increase chances for success. In this paper, potential of early warning in project management was focused, along with its connection to project success via project success factors. First, a systematic literature review was conducted, along with the focus group method, in order to identify project success factors. The selected success factors were also collected on 93 water infrastructure projects through a survey. By the means of linear regression analysis, critical success factors were finally determined. The results were integrated in the early warning system algorithm, composed by three modules – detection, validation and response module. The response module is composed by three dimensions: 1) risk, constraint and change management, 2) incorporation of project management competences and 3) application of project management methods, tools and techniques. The proposed early warning system was tested on three infrastructure projects. The results confirmed that improved early warning system can contribute in increase of project management success. As original database is composed by projects from only one country (Croatia), in the final stage of the research proposed approach was checked in five countries from the Central or South East Europe (Czech Republic, Slovenia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina). The results from the final stage confirmed potential of the proposed approach as declared originally, so it is reasonable to expect success in early warning system’s implementation due to similarities of critical success factors on projects as well as project management problems in general, that countries in regions share. This research presents new and creative way in linking early warning and project success, as well as interpretation of early response through different dimensions in project management. Also, based on the results of this research, it is possible to create a useful practical tool for managing other types of projects.

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Critical success factors in project management

Journal of Project Management ◽

10.5267/j.jpm.2017.1.001 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 35-40 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maryam Orouji

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Critical Success

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The impact of project manager on project success — The case of ICT sector

Society and Economy ◽

10.1556/204.2016.38.2.7 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 261-281

Author(s):

Bálint Blaskovics

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Project Success ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Critical Success ◽

Success Criteria ◽

The Impact ◽

Management Attitude

The project management literature on project success is rich. Numerous papers focus on the evolution of the understanding of project success, identification of success criteria and critical success factors. Critical success factors increase the potential for achieving project success, while project success can be evaluated with the help of success criteria. Although the interrelationships between critical success factors and success criteria are rarely analyzed, yet there is a strong demand for it. The aim of this paper is twofold. One of the aims is to identify the impact of one of the critical success factors, the project manager’s project management attitude on project success. The other aim is to highlight the interrelationship between the project manager’s personal characteristics and project management attitude and leadership style, which are three critical success factors. These aim to address the shortcoming mentioned above, which is considering the lack of the interrelationships between critical success factors and success criteria. The research outcomes are drawn from qualitative field research at the Hungarian subsidiaries of multinational companies operating in the ICT sector.

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