Assaf, G and Assaad, R H (2024) Analyzing the critical success factors affecting project bundling performance of infrastructure projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(9): 04024106, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Project bundling is an innovative project-delivery approach that bundles and groups different infrastructure projects into a single contract. Project bundling provides numerous opportunities and benefits for agencies and states while maintaining, rehabilitating, and repairing their infrastructure assets. Although previous research provided insights on some aspects of project bundling, none have identified the success factors needed to enhance the performance of bundled projects after the project bundling decision has been made. This study aims to fill this gap through identifying, studying, and prioritizing the success factors needed to efficiently bundle several infrastructure projects together. First, a survey was developed and distributed to numerous experts to examine the likelihood of occurrence and relative impact of 25 success factors. Second, the reliability of the survey and its results were assessed and validated using internal and external reliability assessment measures. Third, various statistical analysis tests were performed to examine the alignment between the perspectives of different project stakeholders in relation to the various project-bundling success factors. Fourth, the criticality of the different project-bundling success factors was quantified. Fifth, the success factors were ranked and prioritized to identify the key and most critical factors. The results showed that the most critical project-bundling success factors are (1) having well-defined design features; (2) having a complete project design prior to construction; (3) requiring prior knowledge or experience with similar project size and scope (by the contractor and the design agency); (4) having clear design control requirements; and (5) maintaining constant coordination and communication between all project stakeholders. This study adds to the body of knowledge by quantifying and studying the criticality of different success factors needed to enhance the performance of bundled projects. This study also provides decision-makers with the required knowledge and guidance on the key success factors that influence project-bundling performance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Index terms: | statistical analysis, critical factor, project design, prioritizing, coordination, infrastructure project, survey, success factor, critical success factor, body of knowledge, agency, project stakeholder, bundling |
| Subjects: | management, sociology, decision analysis, infrastructure and transport systems, risk assessment, data collection methods, control systems, health monitoring assessment and metrics, financial and cost management, knowledge management, contractual arrangements, data science |
| Topics: | Organizational Design, Engineering Principles, Information Management, Research Practice, Project Management, Health and Safety, Cost Management, Procurement, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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