Factors affecting transaction costs and collaboration in projects

Author's accepted version (postprint).This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Emerald in International Journal of Managing Projects in Business on 06/05/2019.Available online: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJMPB-09-2018-0197/full/pdf?title=factors-affecting-transaction-costs-and-collaboration-in-projectsacceptedVersio

Follow the collaboration compass

Author's accepted version (postprint).This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Inderscience Publishers in International Journal of Project Organisation and Management on 24/09/2021.Available online: https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1504/IJPOM.2021.117940acceptedVersio

Success factors in global project management : A study of practices in organizational support and the effects on cost and schedule

Author's accepted version (postprint).This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited in International Journal of Managing Projects in Business on 5 June 2019.Available online: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJMPB-09-2018-0182/full/htmlThe purpose of this paper is to identify and complete the existing lack of quantitative data at the crossroads between organizational support (OS) practices and project management success in global projects (GPs) and discuss implication of the results in perspective of the theory–practice gap.Success factors in global project management: A study of practices in organizational support and the effects on cost and scheduleacceptedVersio

The emergence of lean construction in the Norwegian AEC industry

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Causes of Problems in Post-Disaster Emergency Re-Construction Projects— Iraq as a Case Study

This study examines the causes of time delays and cost overruns in a selection of thirty post-disaster reconstruction projects in Iraq. Although delay factors have been studied in many countries and contexts, little data exists from countries under the conditions characterizing Iraq during the last 10-15 years. A case study approach was used, with thirty construction projects of different types and sizes selected from the Baghdad region. Project data was gathered from a survey which was used to build statistical relationships between time and cost delay ratios and delay factors in post disaster projects. The most important delay factors identified were contractor failure, redesigning of designs/plans and change orders, security issues, selection of low-price bids, weather factors, and owner failures. Some of these are in line with findings from similar studies in other countries and regions, but some are unique to the Iraqi project sample, such as security issues and low-price bid selection. While many studies have examined factors causing delays and cost overruns, this study offers unique insights into factors that need to be considered when implementing projects for post disaster emergency reconstruction in areas impacted by wars and terrorism

In search of Empirical Evidence for the Relationship Between Collaboration and Project Performance

Existing research suggests a positive relationship between the level of collaboration in projects and project performance in terms of cost, time and quality. However, empirical data to support this are scant and this paper responds to the calls for more empirical research on this specific relationship. In this paper,we conducted bivariate analysis on a dataset from 142 Norwegian projects which reported their cost, schedule and quality performance through the 10-10 benchmarking tool developed by the Construction Industry Institute (CII). We found a strong positive relationship between collaboration and project quality performance. Projects with good collaboration experienced fewer errors and deviations and more often delivered according to requirements and client expectations than projects with poor collaboration. We also propose an indicator that practitioners can apply to measure the collaboration quality in their projects.acceptedVersio

Stakeholder evolution: a study of stakeholder dynamics in 12 Norwegian projects

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of stakeholder dynamics and to show how stakeholders demonstrate their dynamic nature in the power/interest matrix. This, in turn, should assist project management and stakeholder management practitioners predict the behavior of different stakeholder groups in their projects, and strategize their stakeholder management approaches accordingly. Design/methodology/approach he findings in this paper are based on data collected from 12 diverse projects from five different business sectors executed in Norway by means of an online, closed-question questionnaire, which was analyzed using various statistical approaches. Findings Stakeholder dynamics is a contextual phenomenon, which takes different forms and shapes from one stakeholder group to the other, from one industry or business sector to the other, and even from one project to the other within the same industry or business sector. The stakeholder group of user(s) was the most dynamic in Norwegian projects based on their continuous repositioning on the power/interest matrix from one project phase to the other. Environmental activists/organizations were the least dynamic stakeholder group in the full sample of projects. Originality/value This paper presents the first more comprehensive empirically based findings about stakeholder dynamics in projects the authors have been able to find. The study gives project management practitioners insights from various industries and business sectors into how stakeholders change position over time. It also shows that the two attributes of power and interest are strongly connected and affect one another, which might make it possible to control and design a safer and less complex stakeholder environment for future projects

Identifying safety indicators for safety performance measurement using a system engineering approach

The paper presents a method for the development of safety indicators for a process industry application based on a system engineering perspective. Traditional approaches use probabilistic risk assessment or linear accident models which assume that accidents are linear chains of events and do not consider complex systemic factors and interactions. After BP's Texas City refinery incident, the investigation committee reported that BP had a false sense of safety performance due to providing more focus on managing personal safety rather than process safety. System engineering concepts may help the process industry to operate their activities without any severe accidents by establishing a better safety management system. This paper adopts the STAMP (System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes) accident causation model to identify system specific indicators and also describes the proposed method with the help of a simple process industry application which is an LNG ship to ship transfer process. It compares the developed method with other methods for practical case applications. The first step of the present method is to establish the safety control structure, then safety performance indicators are identified. Further work is necessary to investigate to what degree these STAMP based indicators are complementary to indicators developed by other methods

Samspill i gjennomføring av byggeprosjekter - Former for samspill og effekter

Mange store statlige bygge- og anleggsprosjekter har brukt ulike former for samspill mellom partene i utbyggingsprosjektene. Forskningsprosjektets overordnede mål er å beskrive hvilke former for samspill som er benyttet mellom partene i et utvalg statlige investeringsprosjekter, samt vurdere om det er mulig å si om samspill har hatt noen effekt. De metoder som er benyttet er litteraturstudier, intervjuer og dokumentanalyser. Resultatene tyder på at begrepet samspill (partnering) ikke er entydig. Likevel kan vi se likhetstrekk i hvordan begrepet er brukt og hvilke elementer som innlemmes. Generelt er det imidlertid mer fokus på prosessen i løpet av gjennomføringen av byggeprosjektene, enn på det ferdigstilte produktet og effektene av det. Dette kan ha sammenheng med at aktørene måles på prosess. Litteraturen tyder på positive effekter av samspill både på kort og lang sikt