CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR
SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Murat Gunduz and Mohammed Almuajebh
OBJECTIVES OF
THE STUDY
Identify Critical Success
Factors that affect the
construction process.
Categorize project
success factors into
categories.
Quantify the effect of
each category into
account the effect of all
stakeholders on project
efficiency and progress.
METHODOLOGY
METHODOLOGY
1. Gathered 40 Success Factors compiled into seven categories.
2. Gathered data through a survey including these listed success factors and
distributed to various experts in the construction field.
3. The responses were analyzed using the Relative Importance Index and
Analytic Hierarchy Process Method.
Literature Review
Survey Design
Survey Distribution
Data Analysis
Critical
Success
Factors
PROJECT-RELATED
FACTORS
Project Location
Project Size
Clear and Realistic Goals/Objectives
Project’s Adequate Funds/Resources
Effective Procurement and Tendering Methods
Appropriate Organizational Structure
Implementing an Effective Safety Program
Implementing an Effective Quality Assurance
Program
Risk identification and Allocation
Formal Dispute Resolution Process
Project Team Motivation
Top Management Support
Critical
Success
Factors
COMPANY AND
WORK-RELATED
FACTORS
Economical Environment
Social Environment
Political Environment
Statutory Approvals Environment
Critical
Success
Factors
CLIENT-RELATED
FACTORS
Influence of client/client’s representatives
Client’s experience in the construction field
Mechanism of financial payments
Critical
Success
Factors
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
FACTORS
Effective communication systems
Feedback mechanism from employees and other
parties
Planning, monitoring, and controlling mechanisms
Decision-making effectiveness
Critical
Success
Factors
DESIGN TEAMRELATED FACTORS
Design team experience
Design errors/mistakes
Design team’s contribution to construction
Adequacy of plans and specifications
Critical
Success
Factors
CONTRACTORRELATED FACTORS
Contractor financial strength
Contractor’s technical capacity
Effective subcontractor coordination
Availability of experienced managers and skillful
workforce
Critical
Success
Factors
PROJECT
MANAGERRELATED FACTORS
Project manager’s experience
Project manager skills
Coordination between all participants
Commitment to meet quality, cost, and time
objectives
Project manager’s early and continued involvement
in project
Project manager’s adaptability to changes in project
plan
RESULTS
RESULTS
The results indicated that financial problems,
administrative aspects, and authorities'
approval
mechanisms
were
the
most
significant
factors
affecting
project
performance.
Financial issues: mechanisms of financial
payments and the project's adequate
funds/resources.
Administrative aspects: influence of the
client/client's
representative
and
the
availability of experienced managers and a
skillful workforce.
Authorities'
approval
mechanisms:
statutory approvals environment.