Ghanbaripour, A. N.; Sher, W. and Yousefi, A. (2020) Critical success factors for subway construction projects–main contractors' perspectives. International Journal of Construction Management, 20(3), pp. 177-195. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
Successful subway construction projects involve many socio-economic, cultural and environmental challenges. These projects enhance public convenience, and are complex and uncertain, involving multiple governmental organizations. The critical success factors (CSFs) of these projects have been identified and prioritized from a main contractors' perspective, to enable project managers to prioritize their efforts and concerns. This study sheds light on CSFs in subway construction projects and contributes to the project delivery success literature with an overarching focus on the contractors' perspectives. Our investigation revealed that, for subway construction projects in Iran, goal setting through clear and realistic project goals, project management competency, competent project team, good cultural fit, top management support and adequate funding throughout the project are the top-ranking CSFs. An extensive body of literature is reviewed, and 140 potential success factors are identified. Then, a focus group has been conducted in which the potential CSFs reduced to 39 success factors. The priorities and ranking of the success factors were evaluated according to the views of 63 project managers of subway projects. The correlation coefficients analysis was used to analyze the results, and it revealed that 23 success factors such as goal setting, top management support and PM competency were perceived to be critical by the respondents. No other research has, until now, found the critical factors leading to success in subway construction industry in Iran. The results have been verified against other research done in other countries.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction management; critical success factors; project success; subway projects |
| Index terms: | project delivery, project manager, funding, focus group, success factor, project success, critical success factor, construction project, project management competency, critical factor, main contractor, top management, project team, investigation, construction industry |
| Subjects: | control systems, management, industry analysis, data collection methods, project delivery, profession, project management theory and practice, risk assessment, health monitoring assessment and metrics, economic analysis, production management, professional development, practitioner |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Information Management, Project Management, Research Practice, Procurement, Business Strategy, Organizational Design, Risk Management, Health and Safety |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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