International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 05 Issue: 09 | Sep 2018 p-ISSN: 2395-0072 www.irjet.net Analysis of Critical Success Factors for Construction Projects Vishrut Tamgadge1, D. K. Shinde2 1Student, M. Tech-Project Management, VJTI Mumbai, India. Production Department, VJTI Mumbai, India. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------2Faculty, Abstract - Each project is led by tenured construction management professionals with a proven track record of expertise, value, creation, quality construction and customer satisfaction. In every construction projects, the main thing required by any user is quality of work, on time or on schedule deliverables & in budget. But the planned work will different from the actual on site work. So the project team is facing some challenging but unexpected changes. Therefore to study this, the critical success factors can work for this. By this we can atleast organize or will minimize the things happening. This study of critical success factors will improve the effectiveness & efficiency of construction work with the condition of sufficient availability of materials. This study is conducted in order to identify, analyze, & rank the various critical success factors which are directly or indirectly related to the construction projects and which will improve and focus the areas which we want to work. The Relative Importance Index method helps us in analyzing the critical success factors. The study of project success and the critical success factors (CSFs) is considered to be a mean for improving the effectiveness of project. Performance can be assured by identifying and eliminating the factors that cause poor project outcomes. Thus project managers need better understanding of critical success factors and how to measure them [3]. Quick development in the construction sector can boost up other industrial sectors like cement, paints, fitting and fixtures, chemical and steel industries. Some of the major challenging in the industry is skilled and reliable workers, safety of workers as well as industry and limited time, resource and space constraints. To overcome these and for reducing cost, time and quality challenges in construction, effective project management should be required [4]. Achieving success is highly critical issues for the companies to survive in a competitive business environment. The construction industry is also an area where there is strong competition due to a large number of construction contractors. There have been many factors such as qualified employees, quality workmanship and financial management that can lead to a company success in the construction industry [5]. Key Words: construction, success factors, efficiency, Relative Importance Index. 1. INTRODUCTION Project is an endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result for specific period of time [PMBOK-2012].The construction industry is one of the growing and significant project which contributes towards the economic growth of a nation. The construction industry is the second largest industry after the agriculture [1]. The measures which results in the organization success are called the critical success factors [2]. The factors which are more influential to project success are called Critical Project Success Factors (CSFs) [3]. The project management which gives directions or guide to any construction project helps in betterment or improvement of the success of projects. The construction industry is very much dynamic in nature due to continuous happenings of new challenges and uncertainties in technology, budget and development methodologies. Nowadays residential building projects, real estate are so much clumsy and hard. In construction industry we are need to be very accurate and consistent in information, planning, construction, execution etc. at every stages due to its diversified nature of works and complexity. A project is successfully completed as a result of combination of many activities, interactions, planned and unplanned events, over the lifetime for facility, with circulating participant and methodologies in stable environment. 1.2 Objectives The main objective of study includes:     | Impact Factor value: 7.211 Define the critical factor which influence or affects the success of construction project. Understanding the importance of management in construction industry. project Ranking the most important or significant factors in success of construction industry. 2. METHODOLOGY  1.1 Literature Review © 2018, IRJET Identification of critical success factors for construction project. | Collection of literature review  Collection of data regarding construction projects  Identifying the critical success factors  Conducting surveys by distributing questionnaire ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 414 International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 05 Issue: 09 | Sep 2018 p-ISSN: 2395-0072  Collection of responses from questionnaire  Interpretation of result  Conclusion www.irjet.net These groups or categories include some of the sub-factors regarding it. These critical success factors are the major deciding factors of the success for any construction project. These factors are very much significant for the success of construction projects. These all factors mainly denoting the three major units of any projects i.e. cost, quality and time. These factors are identified, analyzed and ranked according to their significant values. The Relative Importance Index (RII) is a statistical method used to obtain the ranking of diverse factors. As this survey was designed to determine the relative importance of various factors of success, the method was used in this study within various groups (i.e. site engineers, project managers, project coordinators, contractors, trainees, students etc.) The RII is a four-point scale, from 1 (least significant) to 4 (most significant) was used and formed the relative importance indices (RII) for each factor as follows: 4. DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS The collected data from the questionnaire survey was analyzed using Relative Importance index method shows the rank of the factors. R)) = ∑ W / A * N * Where W is the weightage given to every single factor by the respondents (from 1 to 4), A is the highest weight (i.e. 4 in this case), and N is the total number of respondents. The RII value has a range starting from 0 to 100 (0 not inclusive). The higher the value of RII, the more significance is the cause. The RII was used to rank the relative importance index of the different factors. These rankings made it possible to crosstally the relative importance of the factors as responded by the groups of respondents. Each individual RII of factors, as responded by all respondents, was used to assess an overall ranking in order to give an overall picture of the critical success factors for construction project. Chart -1 RII Method- Calculation of RII various categories 3. FACTORS AFFECTING PROJECT SUCCESS There are some groups or categories of identified critical success factors  Project management related factors  Procurement related factors  Client related factors  Design team related factors  Contractor related factors   Project manager related factors Business and work environment related factors © 2018, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.211 Chart -2 RII Method- Calculation of RII various categories | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 415 International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 05 Issue: 09 | Sep 2018 p-ISSN: 2395-0072 www.irjet.net Chart -6 RII Method- Calculation of RII various categories Chart -3 RII Method- Calculation of RII various categories 5. OBSERVATIONS AND RESULTS Table-1: Critical Success Factors Ranking-Various Categories Critical Success Factors Category of Factors Relative Importa nce Index Ranki ng Good leadership Project Manager Related Factor 89.74 1 Decision making for project Project Manager & Project Management Related Factor 87.82 2 Safety at work place Business & Work Environment Related Factor 87.82 2 Quality of work delivered Contractors Related Factor 87.18 3 Communicatio n with clients/contra ctors Project Manager & Project Management Related Factor 86.54 4 Co-ordination with clients/contra ctors Project Manager & Project Management Related Factor 86.54 4 Supervision Contractors Related Factor 86.54 4 Chart -4 RII Method- Calculation of RII various categories Chart -5 RII Method- Calculation of RII various categories © 2018, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.211 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 416 International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 05 Issue: 09 | Sep 2018 p-ISSN: 2395-0072 www.irjet.net Control over subcontractors Contractors Related Factor 85.26 5 Competent project team Project Manager Related Factor 83.97 6 Site management Project Manager Related Factor 83.97 Knowledge of construction project organizing Project Manager Related Factor 81.41 10 Design team experience Design Team Related Factors 81.41 10 6 6. CONCLUSIONS Plan & schedule followed by clients/contra ctors Clients & Contractors Related Factor 83.33 7 Timely completion of work Contractors Related Factor 83.33 7 Well-defined scope Project Manager & Project Management Related Factor 83.33 7 Monitoring project Project Manager & Project Management Related Factor 82.69 8 Project execution getting done Project Manager Related Factor 82.07 9 Top management support Project Manager & Project Management Related Factor 82.07 Speed of information flow Contractors Related Factor 82.07 Cost/Cost control Project Manager & Project Management Related Factor 81.41 10 [4] Organizing of project Project Manager & Project Management Related Factor 81.41 10 [5] Clients/contra ctors type & experience Clients & Contractors Related Factor Mr. Abhijit Gadekar and Dr. S. S. Pimplikar, Factors Leading To Success of Indian Construction Companies , IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Vol: 10, Issue:1 (Nov.-Dec.2013) 81.41 10 [6] Abstract Construction, http://abstractconstruction.com/what-we-do © 2018, IRJET | The initial objective of this research was to identify and defines the critical success factors which are related to construction project. These factors were identified and analyzed by a questionnaire survey. The top 10 factors from all the categories are Good leadership, Decision making for project, Safety at work place, Quality of work delivered, Communication with clients/contractors, Co-ordination with clients/contractors, Supervision, Control over subcontractors, Competent project team, Site management, Plan & schedule followed by clients/contractors, Timely completion of work, Well-defined scope, Monitoring project, Project execution getting done, Top management support, Speed of information flow, Cost/Cost control, Organizing of project, Clients/contractors type & experience, Knowledge of construction project organizing, Design team experience. This paper concludes to define on these critical success factors which are led to only the success of the construction projects. Though their significance level may be more or less but these all factors are for the success of the project. REFERENCES [1] Sugumaran B and Lavanya M. 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