Publications / 2002 Proceedings of the 19th ISARC, Washington, USA

Project Performance vs. Use of Technologies at the Work Function Level

J. O'Connor, L. Yang
Pages 117-122 (2002 Proceedings of the 19th ISARC, Washington, USA, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

An industry-wide survey was used to collect project data from more than 200 capital facility projects on the issue of technology usage at the work function (WF) level and overall project success. Findings pertaining to associations between project success and technology usage at the work function level are discussed. The project success variables analyzed include project schedule success and project cost success. Research hypotheses analyzed in this study are presented as follows: 1) High-Tech WFs vs. Project Schedule Success, 2) Low-Tech WFs vs. Project Schedule Failure, 3) High-Tech WFs vs. Project Cost Success, and 4) Low-Tech WFs vs. Project Cost Failure. Project schedule success or failure is particularly leveraged with technology usage or lack thereof for developing scope of work, acquiring & responding to shop drawings, communicating Requests for Information & response, providing feedback about cost & schedule impacts from changes, using as-built information in operator training, and updating as-built drawings. Project cost success or failure is particularly leveraged with technology usage or lack thereof for monitoring facility energy consumption.

Keywords: cost success, schedule success; technology usage; work function; work function characteristics