scholarly journals Success Factors in Public Calls for Project Proposals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blaž Rodič ◽  
Jerneja Šavrič
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Technology Support ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Multicriteria Model ◽  
Potential Impact

This contribution presents the outcomes of a research focused on the influence of project management software usage on a company’s success in public calls for research and development project proposals. Research involved gathering the data on company participation in public calls, quantitative analysis to identify the sample of companies most successful at public R&D calls, and qualitative analysis of interviewed companies. Information technology support related factors were identified as well as the factors related to human resources. A novel multicriteria model for evaluation of company performance in public calls for projects was developed. The results of presented research are applicable in the theory of project management, sociological research on interplay of IT and society and have a potential impact in the design and management of public calls for project proposals and the approach to public calls for project proposals in companies.

Globalised Adoption of Knowledge Management in New Product Development: A Conceptual Framework from Project Management Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-37
Author(s):  
Bak Aun Teoh ◽  
Wei Hong Ling ◽  
Amlus Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
New Product ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Team Members ◽  
The Impact

The growth in new knowledge and technology has substantially increased the complexity of the projects that is strongly influencing the time, cost, and quality of the project management. Due to the volatility of the current market, the effectiveness of knowledge management (KM) could reduce the project uncertainties, project life cycle costs, and risks of new product development (NPD). Since NPD is regarded as the key to innovation due to its strong connection between the knowledge and core competence, the ways how the knowledge will be captured, created, and shared among the project teams is important to remain competitive in today's business and market competition. Hence, the modes of how they are created and shared between the project team members as well as the impact of KM towards NPD will be discussed in this paper. KM are normally created and transferred through the conversion between explicit and tacit knowledge, which can be further applied into the project management. Furthermore, the existing knowledge of the organisation can be evaluated by the actions of decision makers, hence, it is undoubted that a better knowledge can lead to measurable efficiencies in production and product development. The key success factors of KM that have been implemented will be discussed in this paper as well, which help to increase the probability of project success. Keywords: New Product Development; Project Management; Knowledge Management; Globalisation

scholarly journals Project management success factors: in search of product development project specialities

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-122
Author(s):  
László Soltész ◽  
László Kamondi ◽  
László Berényi
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Product Development Project

Project success is a multifactorial issue, including difficult to quantify, soft factors as well. Project management style, collaboration within the team, and the level of standardisation may have an essential influence on the deliverables, moreover, on corporate performance. A prescription answer is not achievable considering the individual characteristics of projects but finding best practices and critical factors help to improve the performance. This paper presents the results of a survey among product development project experts (n = 112) evaluating the relevance of some success factors and their practical experience in the field. The results show that keeping the project plan and managing long-term issues like lessons learned database or module database are the most critical factors of success. The analysis did not find patterns of the responses that confirms the need for unique management actions.

Comparative study of project management and critical success factors of greening new and existing buildings in Singapore

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 413-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sui Pheng Low ◽  
Shang Gao ◽  
Wen Lin Tay
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Critical Success

Purpose – With pressing issues of climate change, greening buildings have emerged as a viable solution for meeting the increasing demand for buildings with minimal environmental impacts. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to establish the possibility of achieving this goal by investigating the drivers, challenges, and critical success factors (CSFs) involved in greening existing buildings. Since most of the relevant literature focuses on only acknowledging CSFs for new building projects in general, this study seeks to distinguish CSFs that are particularly related to the greening of existing buildings. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a review of past literature, 28 selected factors were identified and were categorised into five main groups, namely pre-project-related factors, project management-related factors, client-related factors, project team-related factors, and external factors. Because older buildings have more constraints than new buildings, a comparison of the CSFs for greening new and existing buildings was also made. Surveys and interviews were conducted to validate the CSFs identified. Findings – The top CSFs in each building category (new vs existing) were then further examined and analysed. These are “top management support”, “effective planning and control”, “building owner's involvement”, “cost management”, “responsiveness of building owners”, “clear scope and priorities of stakeholders”, and “legislation”. Furthermore, there was a strong consensus on the rankings of most factors between new and existing buildings. Research limitations/implications – By understanding the factors that are crucial for managing and delivering successful green projects in the Singaporean context, these CSFs can be used to direct an organisation's efforts in identifying critical issues and tackling them to achieve high performance. Originality/value – An ambitious goal of greening 80 per cent of Singapore's building stocks has been set by the government in the Second Green Building Master Plan. To help achieve this goal, this study contributes to the knowledge of project management issues that would determine the success of managing new green building projects and retrofitting existing ones.

scholarly journals Assessing and Prioritizing Critical Success Factors and Delays of Project Management Implementation: Empirical Evidence at Construction Projects in Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Majd Mohammad Omoush
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Manager Support ◽  
Comprehensive Classification ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Material Factor

The purpose of this research paper is to assessing and prioritizing critical success (CSFs) factors and delays of project management implementation by there a comprehensive taxonomy of CSFs and delays for project management. A total of 44 articles were reviewed to achieve an intensity of understanding of the various CSFs and delays already identified by other researchers and presenting a comprehensive classification of CSFs and delays in the area of project management in Jordanian construction project. Within this context, a questionnaire survey was carried out and among 98 personnel from 20 Jordanian construction projects. Afterward surveying project managers, engineers, and senior departments in Jordanian construction projects for the Relevance and importance of factors extracted from the field by analyzing all CFSs and delays mentioned in the literature. This research relied on the means values representing the means evaluations for the participants’ opinions. A 5-poits Likert scale was used; the success and delays factors were represented by five (5) major factors like the human’s related factors, organizational and managerial, material factor, project related factors, and the External Environment &Stack holder. This research used taxonomies to classify the means values throughout three ideas the first one classification of the major success factors and delays, second one to explore the sub success factors and delays within each major factor and finally to explore what is the most important sub success factors and delays regardless of the major factor its part of. Based on the analyses For the major success factors based on priority ranking the Projects related factors was the most important success and delays factor, while the factor Human Related was the lea important factor being evaluated For the humans related factors the sub factor “coherent team.” was the most sub factor evaluated , For the organizational and managerial sub factors “Functional manager support” was the most sub factor evaluated finally For the materials sub factors “Availability of materials” was the most sub factor evaluated?

scholarly journals Assessing and Prioritizing the Critical Success Factors and Delays of Project Management Implementation: Empirical Evidence at Construction Projects in Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Majd Mohammad Omoush
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Manager Support ◽  
Material Factor

The main goal of this research is to examine and then prioritize the critical success factors (CSFs) and delay reasons across the project management implementation stage. The study adopted the qualitative approach to introduce a full classification of the CSFs and delay reasons in project management. A total of 44 articles were reviewed to mine the various CSFs and delays based on conclusions of previous literature. This review leads to define a matrix of factors that are aligned with the project management in the context of the Jordanian construction project. Besides, the questionnaire instrument was designed based on outcomes of the critical analysis of literature; this instrument was administrated to a sample of 198 respondents across 20 Jordanian construction projects. The study sample entailed project managers, engineers, and senior department heads who were asked to assess the relevance and importance of the extracted CFSs. The questionnaire instrument was designed based on a 5-points Likert scale. Further, the data analysis was conducted based on the means values of the responses. The literature review resulted in categorizing the factors into five groups, namely, human’s related factors, organizational and managerial, material factor, project-related factors, and the external environment and stakeholders’ factors. This research applied a taxonomy approach to classifying the mean values throughout three ideas, namely, the classification of the major success factors and delays, the exploration of the sub success factors and delays within each significant factor, and last the exploration of the most critical sub success factors and delays regardless of the significant factor they are linked to this group. According to the analyses results, the major success factors were evaluated based on priority ranking, and the results showed that the projects related factors group was the most crucial motive of either success or delays. Still, human-related factors were the least important factors group; however, the “coherent team.” was the most sub factor evaluated. For the organizational and managerial sub-factors, the functional manager support was the most evaluated subfactor. Last, the materials sub-factor of the availability of materials was ranked as the most subfactor evaluated.

scholarly journals Implication of Engineering Project Management in Small and Medium Enterprise: Malaysian Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-215
Author(s):  
Yahya A. Alazemi ◽  
Erry Y. T. Adesta
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Engineering Project ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Medium Enterprise ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
And Control

Integrated project management includes the collection, combination and coordination of project elements in becoming a set of project management. In this research, three important aspects of project management such as life cycles, success factors and areas of problem and solutions in small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are presented. A survey is conducted in Malaysia in order to measure the degree of awareness and implementation of project management in SMEs. The collected data was analysed using statistical methods named Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS). The analysis showed that 80% of respondents with mean 1.20 and standard deviation 0.447 agree that project management is most important for company performance. Only 66.7% respondents really understand the basics of project management. In terms of project goals, the most respondents stated that their project always met performance goals with 4.20 mean and 0.837 standard deviation. According to 80% of the respondents, planning and control are the main criteria to the success of projects and organization with 4.80 mean and 0.447 standard deviation.

scholarly journals Critical Success Factors for Sustainable Construction Project Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Gunduz ◽  
Mohammed Almuajebh
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Critical Success

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.

Analisis Benchmarking Terhadap Kinerja Perusahaan Kontraktor Di Dinas Pupr Kota Blitar

REVITALISASI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Dessy Kusuma Wardani ◽  
Edy Swasono
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Community Satisfaction ◽  
Construction Work ◽  
Acquisition Rate ◽  
One Year ◽  
Construction Product

This study aims to identify the dominant factors of the successful implementation of benchmarking on the performance of contracting companies and test the significance of the application of benchmarking on the performance of contracting companies. The research sample was saturated samples of 65 qualified contractor companies. The method and type of research used were correlational methods of multiple regression analysis using SPPS. The results of the study concluded that 1.Benchmarking significantly influences the performance of contracting companies in the Blitar City DPUPR; 1. The ranking of success factors for the Blitar City contractor companies in the process of implementing benchmarking (1) planning, (2) data collection, (3) acception and action and (4) analysis; 2.Benchmarking has proven to significantly improve company performance as measured by increasing (1) Corporate Finance (2) Company productivity, (3) DPUPR Consumer Satisfaction, (4) Community Satisfaction, (5) Quality of the company's construction technical personnel, (6) Satisfaction employee work, (7) Project acquisition rate in one year, (8) Effective completion of construction work, (9) Construction product quality.

scholarly journals Adopt, adapt, or abandon technology-supported person-centred care initiatives: healthcare providers’ beliefs matter

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Dyb ◽  
Gro Rosvold Berntsen ◽  
Lisbeth Kvam
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Technology Support ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Term Care

Abstract Background Technology support and person-centred care are the new mantra for healthcare programmes in Western societies. While few argue with the overarching philosophy of person-centred care or the potential of information technologies, there is less agreement on how to make them a reality in everyday clinical practice. In this paper, we investigate how individual healthcare providers at four innovation arenas in Scandinavia experienced the implementation of technology-supported person-centred care for people with long-term care needs by using the new analytical framework nonadoption, abandonment, and challenges to the scale-up, spread, and sustainability (NASSS) of health and care technologies. We also discuss the usability and sensitivity of the NASSS framework for those seeking to plan, implement, and evaluate technology-supported healthcare programmes. This study is part of an interdisciplinary research and development project called Patients and Professionals in Partnership (2016–2020). It originates at one of ten work packages in this project. Method The main data consist of ethnographic field observations at the four innovation arenas and 29 interviews with involved healthcare providers. To ensure continuous updates and status on work in the four innovation arenas, we have also participated in a total of six annual network meetings arranged by the project. Results While the NASSS framework is very useful for identifying and communicating challenges with the adoption and spread of technology-supported person-centred care initiatives, we found it less sensitive towards capturing the dedication, enthusiasm, and passion for care transformation that we found among the healthcare providers in our study. When it comes to technology-supported person-centred care, the point of no return has passed for the involved healthcare providers. To them, it is already a definite part of the future of healthcare services. How to overcome barriers and obstacles is pragmatically approached. Conclusion Increased knowledge about healthcare providers and their visions as potential assets for care transformation might be critical for those seeking to plan, implement, and evaluate technology-supported healthcare programmes.

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