Project management factors dimension |
Development of a good project plan |
Chan et al. 2004; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Ihuah et al. 2014; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
Adequate use of communication among project participants/communication |
Pinto and Slevin 1987; Sanvido et al. 1992; Cheng et al. 2000; Nguyen et al. 2004; Phua and Rowlinson 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Andersen et al. 2006; Espinosa et al. 2006; Yu et al. 2006; Jha and Iyer 2007; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Tabish and Jha 2012; Cserháti and Szabo 2014; Cheong and Mustaffa 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Moradi et al. 2020 |
Clarity of project goal to the project team |
Ashley et al. 1987; Pinto and Slevin 1987; Chan et al. 2004; Dvir et al. 2006; Yu et al. 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019 |
Effective project monitoring and control system/monitoring and feedback |
Ashley et al. 1987; Pinto and Slevin 1987; Chua et al. 1999; Chan et al. 2004; Iyer and Jha 2006; Jha and Iyer 2007; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Jha and Chockalingam 2011; Tabish and Jha 2011; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Hwang and Lim 2013; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Ihuah et al. 2014; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Moradi et al. 2020 |
Project team-motivation |
Chua et al. 1999; Hwang and Lim 2013; Kog and Loh 2012; Inayat et al. 2012; Gudienė et al. 2013b; Hwang and Lim 2013; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
Effective partnering among project participants/working relationship among stakeholders/maintaining good relationships between parties |
Nicolini 2002; Chua et al. 2003; Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Jha and Iyer 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Nguyen et al. 2004; Tabish and Jha 2011; Meng 2012; Cheong and Mustaffa 2017; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Awareness of and compliance with rules and regulations |
Belassi and Tukel 1996; Cheung et al. 2012; Tabish and Jha 2011 |
Clear project aims and objectives |
Morris and Hugh 1986; Pinto and Slevin 1987; Pinto and Prescott 1988; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Dvir et al. 1998; Clarke 1999; Qiao et al. 2001; Westerveld 2003; Nguyen et al. 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008 |
Clear objectives and scope |
Chan et al. 2001; Nguyen et al. 2004; Yu et al. 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Elwakil et al. 2009; Inayat et al. 2015; Kog and Loh 2012; Hwang and Lim 2013; Asgari et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Moradi et al. 2020 |
Continuing involvement of stakeholders in the project/stakeholder involvement |
Nguyen et al. 2004; Bourne and Walker 2008; Andersen et al. 2006; Aaltonen et al. 2008; Chinyio and Akintoye 2008; Frodell et al. 2008; Olander and Landin 2008; Ward and Chapman 2008; Gudiene et al. 2013; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Hasan and Jha 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020; Anilkumar and Banerji 2021 |
Planning/carefully planning and scheduling project implementation |
Ashley et al. 1987; Barry and Randholph 1988; Sanvido et al. 1992; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Clarke 1999; Tam 1999; Levy 2002; Dvir et al. 2003; Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Yang 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Inayat et al. 2015; Kog and Loh 2012; Hwang and Lim 2013; Langston et al. 2018; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Conflict was resolved quickly by project participants/conflict resolution |
Cheng et al. 2000; Yang et al. 2009; Yang et al. 2006; Tabish and Jha 2011; Zuo et al. 2018 |
Goal setting |
Pinto and Slevin 1988; Songer and Molenaar 1997; Lim and Mohamed 1999; Nicolini 2002; Nguyen et al. 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Cheong and Mustaffa 2017 |
Supervision level |
Langston et al. 2018; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Project management practices/methodologies/methods/tools |
Jugdev et al. 2013; Joslin and Müller 2015; Langston et al. 2018; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019; Langston et al. 2018 |
Client responsiveness |
Ghanbaripour et al. 2018 |
Human factors dimension |
PM’s competency/PM’s technical and administrative competency |
Pinto and Slevin 1987; Barry and Randolph 1988; Sanvido et al. 1992; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Munns and Bjeirmi 1996; Dvir et al. 1998; Chua et al. 1999; Lim and Mohamed 1999; Qiao et al. 2001; Kog and Loh 2012; Chua et al. 2003; Westerveld 2003; Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Jha and Iyer 2006; Iyer and Jha 2006; Yang 2006; Yu et al. 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Inayat et al. 2015; Kog and Loh 2012; Tabish and Jha 2012; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Hwang and Lim 2013; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Davis 2014; Ihuah et al. 2014; Mavi and Standing, 2018; Rolstades et al. 2014; Taherdoost and Keshvarzsaleh 2016; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Misic and Radujkovic 2017; Tsiga et al. 2017; Asgari et al. 2018; Langston et al. 2018; Mavi and Standing 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Project team members’ competency |
Pinto and Slevin 1987; Sanvido et al. 1992; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Chua et al. 1999; Nicolini 2002; Belout and Gauvreau 2004; Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Ihuah et al. 2014; Moradi et al. 2020 |
PM’s leadership |
Fortune and White 2006; Hyväri 2006; Müller and Turner 2007; Müller and Turner 2010; Ahadzie et al. 2008; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Ihuah et al. 2014; Andersen et al. 2006; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Ahmed et al. 2021 |
Project participants’ commitments in meeting the project goal |
Iyer and Jha 2006; Yu et al. 2006; Jha and Iyer 2007; Tabish and Jha 2012; Hwang and Lim 2013; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019 |
Troubleshooting |
Pinto and Slevin 1987; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Gudienė et al. 2013b; Ihuah et al. 2014; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
Good coordination between project participants/coordination |
Belassi and Tukel 1996; Chan et al. 2004; Jha and Iyer 2007; Tabish and Jha 2012; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Ihuah et al. 2014; Asgari et al. 2018; Langston et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Top management support |
Nguyen et al. 2004; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Iyer and Jha 2006; Jha and Iyer 2007; Tabish and Jha 2012; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Gudienė et al. 2014; Ihuah et al. 2014; Asgari et al. 2018; Langston et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Decision making effectiveness |
Fortune and White 2006; Iyer and Jha 2006; Gudienė et al. 2014; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019 |
Procurement factors dimension |
Comprehensive contract documentation |
Sanvido et al. 1992; Chua et al. 1999; Nguyen et al. 2004; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
Competitive procurement process |
Chan et al. 2004; Li et al. 2005; Cheung et al. 2012; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Transparency in procurement process |
Chan et al. 2004; Li et al. 2005; Gudienė et al. 2013a, b; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Negash et al. 2019 |
Appropriate risk allocation and risk sharing |
Li et al. 2005; Kog and Loh 2012; Gudienė et al. 2013b; Hwang and Lim 2013; Ihuah et al. 2014; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
Awarding bids to the right designer/contractor |
Nguyen et al. 2004; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Sinesilassie et al. 2018 |
Project characteristics factors dimension |
Project size and value |
Cannon 1994; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Chua et al. 1999; Dissanayaka and Kumaraswamy 1999; Chan and Chan 2004; Chan et al. 2004; Andersen et al. 2006; Dvir et al. 2006; Fortune and White 2006; Hyväri 2006; Ademiluyi 2010; Inayat et al. 2015; Kog and Loh 2012; Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Carvalho et al. 2015; Li et al. 2005; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Tsiga et al. 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Complexity and uniqueness of project activities |
The type of project (new, existing, maintenance) |
The urgency of project outcome |
Density of a project |
Project environmental factors dimension |
Physical environment/natural climates |
Chan et al. 2004; Phua and Rowlinson 2004; Park 2009; Tabish and Jha 2012; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Amade et al. 2015; Tsiga et al. 2017; Gunduz and Yahya 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
Project environment |
Taherdoost and Keshvarzsaleh 2016; Rodriguez-Segura et al. 2016 |
Economic and/or financial problems such as price, local currency value/economic and financial situation |
Qiao et al. 2001; Iyer and Jha 2005; Li et al. 2005; Chan et al. 2010; Yong and Mustaffa 2013; Alzara et al. 2016; Ameyaw and Chan 2016; Duryev et al. 2017; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Bureaucratic interference |
Nguyen et al. 2004; Phua 2004; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
Unexpected geological condition, unexpected prices raise for labour and material |
Chan et al. 2004; Gunduz and Yahya 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
Late delivery of materials and equipment |
Doloi et al. 2011; Akogbe et al. 2013; Aziz and Abdel-Hakam 2016; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019. |
Shortage of labour |
Ugwu and Kumaraswamy 2007; Ogwueleka 2011; Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
Project funding factors dimension |
Adequate funding throughout the project/adequacy of funding |
Nguyen et al. 2004; Phua and Rowlinson 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Inayat et al. 2015; Kog and Loh 2012; Gupta et al. 2013; Hwang and Lim 2013; Liu et al. 2016; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Asgari et al. 2018; Langston et al. 2018; Maqbool and Sudong 2018; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Other factors |
Proper emphasis on past experience |
Sanvido et al. 1992; Nguyen et al. 2004; Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Langston et al. 2018 |
National culture, demographic profile of the respondents |
Park 2009; Al-Tmeemy et al. 2011; Martens et al. 2018; Chidambaram & Tamilmaram, 2020 |
Organisation structure |
Belassi and Tukel 1996; Chua et al. 1999; Andersen et al. 2006; Chileshe et al. 2005; Young and Samon 2008; Gupta et al. 2013; Misic and Radujkovic 2017; Tsiga et al. 2017; Moradi et al. 2020 |
Qualified and experienced project management |
Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017 |
Ongoing consultation with the project employer |
Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017 |
Regulations and political or economic and social issues |
Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Pre-project planning and clarity in scope |
Tabish and Jha 2011; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019 |
Good quality control |
Pinto and Slevin 1987; Chan and Kumaraswamy 1996; Lim and Mohamed 1999; Love et al. 2000; Qiao et al. 2001; Chua et al. 2003; Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Yang 2006; Alaghbari et al. 2007; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Nguyen et al. 2009; Keng and Hamzah 2011; Tabish and Jha 2011 |
Up-to-date technology utilisation/advanced technologies/use of IT tools |
Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Gupta et al. 2013; Kang et al. 2013; Cheong and Mustaffa 2017; Negash and Hassan, 2020; Cheng et al. 2021 |
Approved technology used |
Chua et al. 2003; Westerveld 2003; Yang 2006; Le-Hoai et al. 2008; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Nguyen et al. 2004 |
Owner’s competence |
Iyer and Jha 2006; Asgari et al. 2018 |
Favourable working conditions |
Iyer and Jha 2006; Langston et al. 2018; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Contractor’s company characteristics, technical and professional ability/competence and experience |
Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Asgari et al. 2018; Langston et al. 2018; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Design expertise design efforts/variations in designs and drawings |
Sanvido et al. 1992; Chan et al. 2001; Chua et al. 2003; Le et al. 2008; Langston et al. 2018; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Identifying and analysing possible conflicts and coalitions among stakeholders |
Cheng et al. 2000; Chan and Chan 2004; Yang et al. 2009 |
Fast and effective problem solving |
Pinto and Prescott 1988; Sanvido et al. 1992; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Cheng et al. 2000; Chan et al. 2001; Chan et al. 2002; Levy 2002; Chua et al. 2003; Chan et al. 2004; Chan and Chan 2004; Yang 2006; Le et al. 2008; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Nguyen et al. 2009 |
Availability of resources |
Nguyen et al. 2004; Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Education and training |
Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Formal dispute resolution process |
Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Inayat et al. 2012; Kog and Loh 2012 |
Legal environment/legal expertise |
Langston et al. 2018; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Material and equipment |
Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
Mutual trust among project stakeholders |
Langston et al. 2018 |
No major changes in scope of work during construction |
Bajari and Tadelis 2001; Broome and Perry 1995; Sinesilassie et al. 2019 |
Project cultural fit |
Langston et al. 2018 |
Regular quality control and quality assurance systems |
Langston et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019 |
Issues on project (client/customer specific, cost/quality, personal, industry related, etc.) and resolution mechanism |
Jha and Iyer 2006; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Davis 2016; Hasan and Jha 2019; Ahmed et al. 2021 |
Flexibility |
Shahu et al. 2012; Langston et al. 2018 |
Teamwork |
Moradi et al. 2020 |
Political environment |
Chan et al. 2004; Phua and Rowlinson 2004; Andersen et al. 2006; Fortune and White 2006; Tsiga et al. 2017; Maqbool and Sudong 2018; Moradi et al. 2020 |
Accurate and reliable estimates of project costs |
Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017 |
Skilled workers |
Langston et al. 2018; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |