“…Of the 38 studies reviewed, many identify time, project delays, delay claims, scheduling, monitoring and controlling, as major factors in the causation of conflict and construction disputes (for example: Kumaraswamy, 1997;Gould et al, 1999). Fenn (2006) also includes a review of 25 further studies regarding project success criteria and/or factors and, as might be expected, many are directly linked to, or extrapolations of, the commonly accepted triumvirate of time, cost and quality factors. In addition, several of the studies (Pinto and Slevin, 1988;Chua et al, 1999;CookeDavies, 2002) point to issues of human competence in tasks related to scheduling, monitoring and controlling.…”