Amies, P; Jin, X and Senaratne, S (2023) Systematic literature review on success criteria for dam engineering projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(1): 03122012, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Despite the huge amount of research and diversity of project management topics, there is no well-established research on success of projects. Thus it is necessary to create models of project success and rate project performance for specific fields. Dam engineering projects have significant economic, social, and environmental impact. However, their performance over the life cycle, including strategic planning, design, construction, and operation, has not been systematically studied. Improving the performance of dam engineering projects is an area unknown to researchers and project managers. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to fill in this knowledge gap with an extensive literature review, looking at primary studies for extraction of project success criteria. Systematic review of the literature reveals that 13 items are candidates for success criteria of dam engineering projects in Australia. In this systematic literature review process, data extraction and analysis and reporting, have been tailored to answer the research question. Analysis of the selected articles using two dimensions of publication and content characteristics offers a more comprehensive perspective of the publication set in this area of research. A growing trend in the publications indicates a still emerging and growing research area, as more researchers and project practitioners are interested in the area of project success. Analysis of the content characteristics shows that despite the still-dominant Iron Triangle (time, budget, and quality) cited most often as project success criteria, new criteria are emerging, because the researchers see project success as achieving long-term objectives of the projects as well. This state-of-the-art review paper presents a comprehensive list of potential success criteria related to success of the dam engineering industry.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Index terms: | Australia, project manager, project management, environmental impact, success criteria, project success, practitioner, literature review, state of the art, publication, project performance, dimension, systematic literature review, life cycle, strategic planning |
| Subjects: | research evaluation and metrics, Geography, project management theory and practice, research dissemination and communication, profession, value management, environmental impact, data analysis and analytics, health monitoring assessment and metrics, management, assessment methods, practitioner |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Sustainability, Health and Safety, Research Practice, Project Management, Business Strategy, Information Management, Geographical Context |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here