evaluation of critical success factors in construction projects
Sugumaran B,Lavanya M.R
Published in International Journal of Advanced Research in Civil,Structural,Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering and Developing
ISSN: 2320-723X Impact Factor:1.7 Volume:2 Issue:2 Year: 01 June,2014 Pages:65-70
Abstract
The construction industry is dynamic in nature due to the increasing uncertainties in technology, budgets, and development processes. Nowadays, building projects are becoming much more complex and difficult. The project team is facing unprecedented changes. A project is completed as a result of combination of many events and interactions, planned or unplanned, over the lifetime for a facility, with changing participants and processes in a constantly changing environment The study of project success and the critical success factors (CSFs) are considered to be a means to improve the effectiveness of project. However the concept of project success has remained ambiguously defined in the mind of the construction professionals. Consequently, this research is conducted in order to make an attempt to identify which variables influence the success of project implementation. Based on the results of the survey, we anticipate that patterns will emerge regarding the key performance indicators for measuring project success. These results could then be used in effecting successful projects. This study has chosen seventy seven factors categorized in seven groups that the questionnaire respondents were asked to rank and score. A SPSS software is used to identify the CSFs which, in descending order of importance, were found to be: Decision making effectiveness, Project Manager’s experience, Contractor’s cash flow, Contractor experience, Timely decision by owner/ owner’s representative, Site management, Supervision, Planning effort, Prior project management experience, Client’s ability to make decision.
Kewords
construction, Success factors, key performance indicators, SPSS software.
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