Improving construction project performance through the project manager: an Indonesian experience
The project manager’s responsibilities are to plan and control company resources efficiently and to complete the project on schedule, within the budgeted costs and specified quality towards making the project a success. However, many reports show the opposite. Studies on this issue are pointing towa...
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| author | Yusof, Mohamad Nizam Modifa, Ira Bakar, Abu Hassan Abu Razak, Arman Abdul |
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| description | The project manager’s responsibilities are to plan and control company resources efficiently and to complete the project on schedule, within the budgeted costs and specified quality towards making the project a success. However, many reports show the opposite. Studies on this issue are pointing toward the poor understanding of good practice as a basic problem for the failures in project management. The objective of this paper is to study good practice of project management tools and techniques that can be applied by project managers in construction projects. This paper also measures how these tools and techniques were applied in construction projects. Using the case study approach which was carried out in Medan, Indonesia, three large projects were chosen, namely RSU Pirngadi, Plaza Medan Fair and the Redevelopment of Pasar Petisah. The data was collected as well as obtained from and through project reports, questionnaires and
interviews with the project managers of the relevant projects. The variables were then separated into two classifications that could be defined as either success or failure. The findings of the research found that good project management practices result in a higher project performance. |
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| spelling | usm-346822018-07-20T07:13:59Z http://eprints.usm.my/34682/ Improving construction project performance through the project manager: an Indonesian experience Yusof, Mohamad Nizam Modifa, Ira Bakar, Abu Hassan Abu Razak, Arman Abdul TH1-9745 Building construction The project manager’s responsibilities are to plan and control company resources efficiently and to complete the project on schedule, within the budgeted costs and specified quality towards making the project a success. However, many reports show the opposite. Studies on this issue are pointing toward the poor understanding of good practice as a basic problem for the failures in project management. The objective of this paper is to study good practice of project management tools and techniques that can be applied by project managers in construction projects. This paper also measures how these tools and techniques were applied in construction projects. Using the case study approach which was carried out in Medan, Indonesia, three large projects were chosen, namely RSU Pirngadi, Plaza Medan Fair and the Redevelopment of Pasar Petisah. The data was collected as well as obtained from and through project reports, questionnaires and interviews with the project managers of the relevant projects. The variables were then separated into two classifications that could be defined as either success or failure. The findings of the research found that good project management practices result in a higher project performance. 2008-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/34682/1/HBP23.pdf Yusof, Mohamad Nizam and Modifa, Ira and Bakar, Abu Hassan Abu and Razak, Arman Abdul (2008) Improving construction project performance through the project manager: an Indonesian experience. In: 2nd International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries., 3rd- 4th December 2008, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang. |
| spellingShingle | TH1-9745 Building construction Yusof, Mohamad Nizam Modifa, Ira Bakar, Abu Hassan Abu Razak, Arman Abdul Improving construction project performance through the project manager: an Indonesian experience |
| title | Improving construction project performance through the project manager: an Indonesian experience
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| title_full | Improving construction project performance through the project manager: an Indonesian experience
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| title_fullStr | Improving construction project performance through the project manager: an Indonesian experience
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| title_full_unstemmed | Improving construction project performance through the project manager: an Indonesian experience
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| title_short | Improving construction project performance through the project manager: an Indonesian experience
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| title_sort | improving construction project performance through the project manager: an indonesian experience |
| topic | TH1-9745 Building construction |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/34682/ http://eprints.usm.my/34682/1/HBP23.pdf |