Delay factors of the schedule of strategic industrial projects
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
ISSN: 2398-4708
Article publication date: 7 September 2018
Issue publication date: 12 February 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a survey undertaken to identify and rank factors that are responsible for delay in the schedule of strategic industrial projects in Iran.
Design/methodology/approach
The survey covered 40 factors identified by previous literature and modified by 20 project professionals to fit the Iranian industrial culture. These factors were grouped into six major categories. For each category, the Shannon entropy weighting technique was applied.
Findings
The analysis of the 64 returned out of 87 randomly distributed questionnaires revealed that “sanctions” from political group, “cash flow problems” from financial group, “equipment availability and failure” from technical group, “project manager competence” from managerial group, “material procurement” from procurement group and “unqualified workforce” from human resource group were ranked as the highest contributing factors.
Originality/value
The findings of this study are of practical use for project professionals and experts seeking to improve the schedule performance of industrial projects.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the editor, the anonymous referees and the experts who dedicated their precious time to provide this work with valuable comments and suggestions. This work received no financial support and has no financial interest. In addition, it is part of a major study carried out by the experts at A.G.A. Co. to analyze the Iranian industrial projects regarding the factors that delay the projects strategically.
Citation
Sweis, R., Moarefi, A., Hoseini-Amiri, S.-M. and Moarefi, S. (2019), "Delay factors of the schedule of strategic industrial projects", International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, Vol. 37 No. 1, pp. 69-86. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-12-2017-0065
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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