Evaluating the impact of constraints on project success: empirical study of highway projects
Built Environment Project and Asset Management
ISSN: 2044-124X
Article publication date: 19 January 2022
Issue publication date: 8 June 2022
Abstract
Purpose
Highway projects in India have a history of cost overruns and delay in project delivery, thus incurring huge losses to public funds. The study aimed to measure the extent of influence of various constraints on the overall success of highway projects (e.g. National highway project, state highway projects and major district roads). Based on the literature, various factors were grouped under three categories (a) Project Constraints, (b) Project Governance Constraints and (c) Stakeholder Induced Constraints.
Design/methodology/approach
A quantitative approach was adopted. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted with 435 respondents from the field of highway projects with a minimum experience of 1 year as Project Manager. The data was analyzed by partial least squares structural equation modeling technique.
Findings
It was identified that the impact of project constraints (ES = 0.313) on project success is more than that of project governance constraints (ES = 0.231) and stakeholder induced constraints. Additionally, it was found that project governance constraints have a strong impact on project constraints (ES = 0.535) and stakeholder induced constraints (ES = 0.403).
Originality/value
The study presented in this paper is first of its kind to measure and articulate the impact of project governance constraint, project constraint and stakeholder induced constraints on project success.
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Citation
Deep, S., Bhoola, V., Vidhani, J. and Hampannaver, P.R. (2022), "Evaluating the impact of constraints on project success: empirical study of highway projects", Built Environment Project and Asset Management, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 684-700. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-05-2021-0074
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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