TY - GEN
T1 - Common barriers to effective front-end planning of capital projects
AU - Gibson, Edd
AU - Bosfield, Roberta
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Effective front-end planning (FEP) has repeatedly been shown in past research to positively affect project outcomes. The results of poor FEP for a single project can potentially have a devastating and long-lasting effect on an individual organization. Since the economic world is becoming quite "flat" and extremely competitive, one question that can be asked is: why are there organizations with ineffective front-end planning strategies or none at all in this global economy? Members of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) were surveyed to identify barriers to effective front-end project planning, with 59 organizations responding. Common barriers such as lack of adequate resources will be discussed in this paper. Over 70 percent of respondents use at least one CII-developed FEP tool in their planning process and the use of tools has had a positive effect in overcoming barriers to effective planning. This paper will describe survey results and give recommendations to practitioners for improving FEP efficacy in order to improve capital project portfolio.
AB - Effective front-end planning (FEP) has repeatedly been shown in past research to positively affect project outcomes. The results of poor FEP for a single project can potentially have a devastating and long-lasting effect on an individual organization. Since the economic world is becoming quite "flat" and extremely competitive, one question that can be asked is: why are there organizations with ineffective front-end planning strategies or none at all in this global economy? Members of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) were surveyed to identify barriers to effective front-end project planning, with 59 organizations responding. Common barriers such as lack of adequate resources will be discussed in this paper. Over 70 percent of respondents use at least one CII-developed FEP tool in their planning process and the use of tools has had a positive effect in overcoming barriers to effective planning. This paper will describe survey results and give recommendations to practitioners for improving FEP efficacy in order to improve capital project portfolio.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784412329.247
DO - 10.1061/9780784412329.247
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84866235316
SN - 9780784412329
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2012: Construction Challenges in a Flat World, Proceedings of the 2012 Construction Research Congress
SP - 2459
EP - 2468
BT - Construction Research Congress 2012
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2012: Construction Challenges in a Flat World
Y2 - 21 May 2012 through 23 May 2012
ER -