Analyzing the causes of delay in development projects by fuzzy analysis
International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management
ISSN: 0265-671X
Article publication date: 2 October 2017
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify and prioritize the causes of delay in development projects and present strategies to reduce the delay.
Design/methodology/approach
The discussion includes the failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) method for converting survey data, fuzzy risk priority number (FRPN) for prioritizing the delay factors, and the proposed solutions to reduce the delay of projects.
Findings
The research provided prioritized delay factors to show the importance of each delay factor in the projects by analyzing the survey data. Results show that lack of proper contract price to win the tender has the most impact on the delay of development project between delay factors.
Originality/value
This study offered some guidelines for people who are involved with contracts and development projects, so that they can use these suggestions to prevent possible factors that may cause delay in projects. This paper also demonstrated a process of analyzing the data which was provided by FMEA and FRPN methods.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are also grateful to Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran for provision of expertise, and technical support in the implementation. Without their superior knowledge and experience, the project would lack in quality of outcomes, and thus their support has been essential.
Citation
Ghiasi, V., Kaivan, E., Arzjani, N. and Arzjani, D. (2017), "Analyzing the causes of delay in development projects by fuzzy analysis", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 34 No. 9, pp. 1412-1430. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-08-2016-0134
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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