Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The most appropriate time to evaluate a project is after completion.However, this is seldom done because a completed project is most often seen as the end of an old chapter.Project managers tend to ignore this because new projects are far more interesting and seen as more important than old ones.This does result in a huge loss of receiving knowledge and experience from completed successful projects.Four case studies were performed in order to highlight factors that contribute to project success, from a contractor's perspective, in large infrastructure projects.In total, fifteen qualitative interviews were performed with the contractor's project management from four completed projects that all was considered successful by the contractor.In addition, a mini-survey was performed with each interviewee in order to map the project management perception of the success in the four projects.The study come up with success factors that were of a project specific character but also some more of a general character.These factors are important to consider when starting up new projects in order to achieve a successful project.However, it is important to keep in mind that there is not possible to ensure project success by fulfilling the success factors but it will provide a higher tendency to do so if more success factors are being met.The results from the mini-surveys indicate that project success criteria that require much effort tends to be perceived as more successful when they are achieved and project success criteria that requires less effort are perceived as less successful when they are achieved.
Authors: Tedh Adelbäck, Niclas Johansson
Language: English
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Chalmers Tekniska Högskola
OpenAlex ID: W6863459