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Al Dairi, J S S (2017) The design and development of a knowledge-based lean six sigma maintenance system for sustainable buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Bradford.
Anwar, W (2019) Development of multiple linear regression model and rule based decision support system to improve supply chain management of road construction projects in disaster regions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Bradford.
Ashrafi, R M (1981) Risk analysis in management planning and project control: Probabilistic techniques are applied to the estimation, planning, forecasting and control of large capital projects to ascertain and reduce the degree of inherent risk and uncertainty, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Bradford.
Clegg, S R (1974) Power in organization theory: A conceptual and emperical enquiry into rules and power in the organization, employing conversational materials collected on a construction site, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Bradford.
Lazarski, A (2014) The importance of contextual factors on the accuracy of estimates in project management: An emergence of a framework for more realistic estimation process, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Bradford.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: accuracy; best practice; knowledge management; project management practice; research practice; professional; inductive approach; interview
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- URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10454/13661
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Successful projects are characterized by the quality of their planning. Good planning that better takes into account contextual factors allows more accurate estimates to be achieved. As an outcome of this research, a new framework composed of best practices has been discovered. This comprises an open platform that project experts and practitioners can work with efficiently, and that researchers can develop further as required. The research investigation commenced in the autumn of 2008 with a pilot study and then proceeded through an inductive research process, involving a series of eleven interviews. These consisted of interviews with four well-recognized experts in the field, four interviews with different practitioners and three group interviews. In addition, a long-running observation of forty-five days was conceptualized, together with other data sources, before culminating in the proposal of a new framework for improving the accuracy of estimates. Furthermore, an emerging framework – and a description of its know-how in terms of application – have been systematically reviewed through the course of four hundred twenty-five days of meetings, dedicated for the most part to improving the use of a wide range of specific project management tools and techniques and to an improvement in understanding of planning and the estimation process associated with it. This approach constituted an ongoing verification of the research’s findings against project management practice and also served as an invaluable resource for the researcher’s professional and practice-oriented development. The results obtained offered fresh insights into the importance of knowledge management in the estimation process, including the “value of not knowing”, the oft-overlooked phenomenon of underestimation and its potential to co-exist with overestimation, and the use of negative buffer management in the critical chain concept to secure project deadlines. The project also highlighted areas of improvement for future research practice that wishes to make use of an inductive approach in order to achieve a socially agreed framework, rather than a theory alone. In addition, improvements were suggested to the various qualitative tools employed in the customized data analysis process.
Ninos, G E (1983) Control of construction contracts: analysis of systems for the control of progress, quality and cost of construction to the client, based upon six cases in building or civil engineering in the UK, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Technological Management, University of Bradford.
Njoku, A I (2014) Evaluation of the impact of adherence to project governance principles on the outcome of large infrastructure projects implemented in developing economies, with Nigeria as an example, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Management, University of Bradford.
Prince, M W (1988) Strategic planning in construction firms: Perceptions and personal characteristics of the manager, strategic planning behaviour, and subjective performance in a large scale survey of the canadian construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Bradford.