Critical Success Factors for Malaysian Construction Projects: An Investigative Review

Abstract

Construction projects play an important role in the advancement of a nation through infrastructure development that leads to economic growth. They are planned carefully to accomplish certain goals. However, not all the projects achieved the goals as per planned. Many factors contribute to the successes and failures, and it becomes an interesting arena for research. The primary objective of this paper is to outline the development trend of project success measurement globally and locally. The research method employed was to make selected reviews on critical success factors' (CSFs) literature and to compare international standards and progress in incorporating human behavioural aspects of project management to the situation in Malaysia. A somewhat similar pattern can be observed in Malaysia where the studies have departed from the usual criteria of time, cost and quality, to define project success in a more holistic way. However, the domestic industry has failed to respond to the emerging trend globally as there has yet been any widely published research on the importance of human-related factors towards project success. A consolidated framework of CSFs has therefore, been proposed in responding to the findings. This paper fulfils an identified need as there has been a dearth of research on the subject matter locally.

Methodical Approach to Determining the Priority of Improving Project Quality Management Processes

“…Аналіз наукових робіт 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37 дозволив систематизувати критерії пріоритетності поліпшування процесів та зробити висновок, що запропоновані критерії розташовані переважно в площині «вагомість -проблемність -можливість» (табл. 1).…”

Critical Strategies to Influence Project Success in Construction Industry

“…The selection of elements of importance factors of the needs of top management supports will be based on critical success factors associated with the top management support in construction projects. Reference to [10,41,8,30] have established relevant frameworks of critical success factors associated with the construction projects. Their frameworks were carefully reviewed and selected as an attempt to identify what are the important factors of top management support in project management.…”

“…The compiled factors are generalized in a single list without classified into difference category. Reference to [41] has identified a total of 46 numbers of variables influencing the success of project management through their extensive reviews on the past literatures before consolidating the factors and came out with the critical success factors' framework. They have grouped the variables into seven different categories based on; (1) project related factors, (2) project planning and management factors, (3) project stakeholders factors (client), (4) project stakeholders factors (project team leader), (5) project stakeholders factors (consultant), (6) project stakeholders factors (subcontractors), (7) project procurement factors and (8) project external factors.…”

Adaptation of Industrial Revolution 4.0 in a Seaport System

“…As high-performing seaports, smart seaports utilise information and communication technology (ICT) to provide a wide range of smart applications, resulting in vastly improved vessels and seaport operations, which, in turn, improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the national economy [4]. The catastrophes faced determine the critical success factors (CSFs) and sustainable elements across most projects, and they are some of the reasons for complications in the Malaysian seaport sector [7,8].…”