Criteria for Construction Project Success: A Literature Review

A Scale for Measuring Perceived Construction Project Success – Sri Lankan Perspective

“…According to Parfitt & Sanvido (1993), the definition of project success is different for each participant, but it is based on the basic concept of overall achievement of project goals and expectations. In line with this stream of thought, Silva et al, (2016) define construction project success as "the perceived degree of achievement of predetermined performance objectives and participants' expectations of the execution of a construction facility or a service".…”

“…Efficiency measurers deal with time, budget and specifications, effectiveness measurers refer to achievement of project objectives, user satisfaction and the use of the project (Takim & Adnan 2008). Silva et al (2016) suggest to view construction project success as a two dimensional concept. Accordingly, construction project success could be viewed as the degree of achievement of efficiency (short-term perspective) and effectiveness (long-term perspective) objectives of an execution of a project.…”

“…Lim & Mohamed, 1999;Chan & Chan, 2001;Hughes et al, 2004;Al-Tmeemy et al, 2011;Heravi & Ilbeigi, 2012), and (3) third stream has immerged as the investigating the relationship between success factors and success criteria (Han et al, 2012). In the construction project management context, studies of these three streams are instrumental for the development of the construction project management knowledge (Silva et al, 2016). Though project success is the centre for all three streams, appropriate measurement scale for measuring construction project success in the present context for quantitative research is difficult to find.…”

“…Han et al (2012) stress that the lack of an agreed definition for project success has long been the reason for failing to define and evaluate success. Therefore, Silva et al (2016) have defined the concept of construction project successes after conducting a thorough literature review and provided a conceptual framework for the concept. This study is an extension of the work of Silva et al (2016) in order to fill the existing research void.…”

“…Therefore, Silva et al (2016) have defined the concept of construction project successes after conducting a thorough literature review and provided a conceptual framework for the concept. This study is an extension of the work of Silva et al (2016) in order to fill the existing research void. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement scale for construction project success that can be used in any construction industry research setting.…”