Identification of failure factors in large scale complex projects: an integrative framework and review of emerging themes

Q3 Business, Management and Accounting

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management Pub Date : 2019-03-15 DOI:10.1504/IJPOM.2019.098723

Azadeh Rezvani, Pouria Khosravi

引用次数: 19

Abstract

Project cost and time overruns have been the subject of much debate in large scale complex project management, however, there is no study of its determinants. This study identifies some specific factors contributing to poor performance in the large scale complex project - none of these is uncommon but here they come together in a more systematic and an integrative way. By providing an integrative framework of failure factors, this study fills an existing gap in the project management literature regarding the lack of understanding of determinants of project cost and time overruns and, from a practice perspective, assists in more effectively distributing limited resources, such as budget, time and manpower.

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大型复杂项目中失败因素的识别:一个综合框架和新兴主题的回顾

在大型复杂项目管理中，项目成本和时间超支一直是一个备受争议的问题，然而，目前还没有对其决定因素的研究。本研究确定了导致大型复杂项目表现不佳的一些具体因素——这些因素都很常见，但它们以一种更系统、更综合的方式结合在一起。通过提供失败因素的综合框架，本研究填补了项目管理文献中关于缺乏对项目成本和时间超支决定因素的理解的现有空白，并且从实践的角度来看，有助于更有效地分配有限的资源，如预算，时间和人力。

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International Journal of Project Organisation and Management Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management

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1.30

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0.00%

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期刊介绍： The aim of IJPOM is to attract contributions, and especially case studies, from a wide spectrum of academics and practitioners. As managers and business schools are increasingly placing increasing emphasis on strategy implementation issues, a project management approach will undoubtedly become more compelling and thus more acceptable in a wide range of fields. Readership IJPOM''s readership will come from professionals and managers dealing with project management on a daily basis. It also includes academics and researchers from various fields (business administration, economics and social sciences) concerned with the topic as well as policy makers and project planners in the field of business, commerce and industry. Contents IJPOM publishes original, theoretical, conceptual and empirical papers on a wide range of issues about project management. It also includes best practice examples as well as technical reports on the latest project management tools. Topics covered include Pre-project activities Project proposals/initial analysis, conception/design, management models Post-deployment review/documentation Engineering, production, service, construction projects Public sector programmes/campaigns, public/private sector partnerships Consultancy projects, public relations campaigns Mergers/acquisitions, outsourcing, alliances Particular events, humanitarian aid programmes, disasters projects Virtual projects, web-based PM, open-ended projects Communication/collaboration, negotiation skills, risk assessment/management Current/emerging standards, facilities/equipment support, quality assurance/testing Goals/objectives setting, budgeting, time/cost estimating HRM challenges, staffing, organisation change projects Opportunity management, marketing/branding strategies, measurement/metrics Project coordination/scheduling/governance, knowledge management.