Effective Project Management Principles and Strategies in Transportation Infrastructure Projects

Abstract

Departments of Transportation (DOT) are experiencing unprecedented pressure to deliver projects on time and on budget. An obvious response to this pressure is to improve the project delivery process by adopting effective project management principles and strategies. The research team for this study investigated the DOT's implementation level of effective project management practices and strategies for transportation infrastructure projects by first performing a literature review to discover the project management strategies and practices historically used in transportation projects. Then, they designed a survey to identify the general project management practices implemented in the delivery process. They pilot tested the survey, distributed it to state transportation agencies via an online platform, and collected 96 completed surveys. The results revealed that team qualification was ranked the highest of the implementation level of strategies, and that environmental planning and quality management were ranked second and third. The outcomes of this study will help decision-makers and project managers in their assessments and selections of the most useful best practices for delivering an infrastructure transportation project on time, on budget, and with a high level of quality.

Assessing the efficiency of application of project management in the field of engineering of innovative developments

“…In the context of studying the peculiarities of the application of project management in various fields, of interest is study [4]. The authors studied the experience of implementing project management in transport infrastructure development projects and came to the conclusion that such elements of project management as high qualification of project managers and established communication between project executors were the most implemented.…”

“…Such conclusions lead to the idea of the potential possibility of successful implementation of the application of project management in any field, however, there are reasons to believe that the success of projects cannot be guaranteed only by the highest qualification of project managers. Research conclusions [3,4] are based on surveys of project participants and project managers. It is worth noting that the specifics of project management implementation must be carried out on the basis of more objective data, for example, on the basis of data on the duration of projects, the degree of their success, etc.…”