Determinants of the Best Practices for Successful Project Management

Abstract

Engineers and Architects are expected to perform a variety of tasks depending on their specialization and job level. Some features of the construction industry, has been the use of project management (PM.) concept of building procurement. The PM approach has proved its success in certain types of projects. This paper presents the causes of success of the PM technique in engineering projects. The result was obtained from the views different client organizations, project managers, design consultants and contractors, as to what determines project success. One of the interesting insights of the study suggest that the project manager risk management, running start, multi-level project governance, interoperability standard maintenance, internal and external project management, policy and technical project management, project planning, monitoring, and communications, solution sustainability, and education agency acceptance were among the highly rated determinants that determine the success of PM projects. The aim is to show the determinants that are associated with outstanding, average and familiar projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]