Determining Critical Project Success Criteria for Public Housing Building Projects (PHBPS) in Ghana

Abstract

Successive Public Housing Building Project (PHBP) attempts have been unsuccessful due to a number of reasons. Among these is the lack of clearly defined success criteria which guides and measures PHBP success from inception to closure. The adoption and application of project management practice and project success criteria is to deliver projects successfully, attain enhanced output, develop framework to help track key project results and to enable the appropriate allocation of resources. This paper aimed to establish critical success criteria for PHBPs in Ghana. A questionnaire survey was employed to elicit the views of experienced professionals on 13 project success criteria identified from literature. Mean score analysis and factor analysis were conducted on the data collected. The results showed that PHBP practitioners perceive 'cost of individual houses' and 'extensive use of local materials' as the most critical success criteria with 'risk containment' emerging as the least critical criteria. It also revealed the following as the major underlysing factors for critical project success criteria for public housing projects in Ghana;'Time, Cost and Quality Management', 'Satisfaction, Health and Environmental Safety', 'User Affordability and Design Consideration' and 'Cost of Individual Units and Technology'. These two findings are essential for developing a framework which will enable project managers involved in PHBPs in Ghana to channel appropriate efforts and behaviours towards ensuring the attainment of success on their projects.

Identification and Classification of the Unique Features of Mass Housing Projects

“…It can unequivocally be stated that the clear understanding of the nature and features of projects is crucial towards its effective management to ensure successful delivery [10]. Mass housing projects (MHPs) share attributes that are significantly different from "one-off " construction building projects [13,19,23]. These attributes of MHPs influence the operational, organisational, and managerial actions during the construction process.…”

“…Unlike many studies that have identified features of "oneoff " traditional construction building projects from different perspectives [1,2,[9][10][11][12], studies on mass housing have primarily admitted to the unique particularities but lacked an attempt to clearly define and determine these features [7,[13][14][15]. Given that, from managerial perspective, organisational and operational task functions are key components of management practice that require much attention if management efficiency is to be achieved, this study aims to determine and classify the unique characteristics of mass housing projects.…”

Identification of the critical project management competencies of architects in the Ghanaian construction industry

“…The Ghanaian construction industry continues to struggle with a high incidence of project delays and time overruns (Buertey et al 2013). Completing a project on time is still considered a critical success factor in project delivery in the industry (Adinyira et al 2012). Architects' contribution to poor adherence to schedules is often seen in constant delays and postponement of decision meetings, late issue of payment certificates and frequent variation orders, often not at the insistence of the client but rather due to discrepancies between the working drawings and the specifications.…”

A Proposal Model for Estimation of Project Success in Terms of Radial Based Neural Networks: A Case Study in Iran

“…Steps 1 to 4 should be continued until the error reaches an acceptable level and at this point, the training ends. After training the network by providing it with input vectors, the output vectors simulated by the network can be received [34].…”

“…Based on the results of another study by Pakseresht and Asgari (2012), identification and ranking of the important factors of success in construction projects of Pars Garma Company was carried out using a questionnaire survey among the 58 members of the management staff, project managers and technical experts [33]. In the same year, with the aim of identifying critical success factors in public housing projects in Ghana and using the experiences of 13 specialists in the field of these projects, a study was conducted by Adinyira et al [34].…”