Project Management

[download id="17518"]By Dean Kashiwagi, Jacob Kashiwagi, Geoffrey S. Child, Kenneth Sullivan Abstract Design Services have not met the value and expectations of the clients and their project managers.  A previous research project studied the impact of the price based award environment on...

By Syed Nihas, Kristen C. Barlish, Jacob Kashiwagi, Dean T. Kashiwagi December 2013 Abstract The Indian construction industry has been characterized by poor performance. This paper analyzes the potential impact of the Indian culture on the poor performance.  If the culture is a...

By Syed Nihas, Kristen C. Barlish, Jacob Kashiwagi, Dean T. Kashiwagi December 2013 Abstract The Indian construction industry has had poor performance delivering on time, with quality and within cost.  Project cost and time deviations have been documented at 25%.  The paper introduces...

By Kashiwagi, D., Kashiwagi,J., Smithwick, J., Kashiwagi,I., Kashiwagi, A. December 2012 Abstract The construction industry performance has been analyzed for the past 20 years.  There has been no simple answer to the source of the construction industry problems.  In 1991, the Construction Industry...

By Tsunemi Watanabe, Kazumasa Ozawa, Nozomu Mori, Kenji Kinoshita December 2012 Abstract The performance of the construction industry in Japan has been high due to a lack of emphasis of price. Due to rapid change in the industry environment such as social requirement...

By C. M. M. Chin, A. C. Spowage, E. H. Yap October 2012 Abstract Across all industrial sectors, project management has become an essential element in the successful delivery of projects. Regardless of the industrial sector or size of project, project management methodologies...

By Marek Wirkus October 2012 Abstract The article briefly presents some experiences and results of research which has been conducted in order to identify key elements influencing the success of projects managed in informal way with volunteers’ participation. These experiences were collected during...