Qualitative Analysis of Factors Affecting Decision-Making Process of Infrastructure Project Selection

Abstract

In practice, there are several factors affecting the decision-making process of infrastructure project selection, which may influence the decision makers in making investment decisions. Due to its significance, these influencing factors are explored in this study using a qualitative approach consisting of twenty semi-structured interviews with industry experts in the Indonesian context. Thematic coding analysis was used to analyze the collected data. Thirteen influencing factors have successfully identified and categorized based on their similarities into four groups, namely: personal attributes, cognitive abilities, technical factors, and intervention issues. Understanding these influencing factors is crucial in infrastructure project planning and selection since it will allow the decision makers to identify foreseeable problems and take precautionary steps in order to arrive at sound decisions. Finally, this paper presents the current practice of decision-making process for infrastructure project selection and highlights the influencing factors as an important issue that exists in the current practice.