Diagnostic framework and health check tool for engineering and technology projects
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Abstract
Purpose: Development of a practitioner oriented diagnostic framework and health check tool
to support the robust assessment of engineering and technology projects.
Design/methodology/approach: The research is based on a literature review that draws
together insights on project assessment and critical success factors to establish an integrated
systems view of projects. This is extended to allow a comprehensive diagnostic framework to
be developed along with a high-level health check tool that can be readily deployed on projects.
The utility of the diagnostic framework and health check tool are explored through three
illustrative case studies, with two from Canada and one from the United Kingdom.
Findings and Originality/value: The performance of engineering and technology projects
can be viewed through a systems perspective and being a function of six contributing subsystems
that are: process, technology, resources, impact, knowledge and culture. The diagnostic
framework that is developed through this research integrates these sub-systems to provide a
robust assessment methodology for projects, which is linked to existing best practice for project
reviews, performance management and maturity models. The case studies provide managerial
insights that are related to the diagnostic framework but crucially also position the approach in
the context of industrial applications for construction engineering and technology
management.Research limitations/implications: The case study approach includes two case studies from
the construction and facilities development sector with the third case study from the research
and technology sector. Further work is required to investigate the use of the diagnostic
framework and health check tool in other sectors.
Practical implications: The health check tool will be of practical benefit to new projects
managers that require access to a robust and convenient project review methodology for
assessing the status and health of a given portfolio of projects. The tool can also be used
periodically and throughout the project lifecycle in order to track the performance of projects.
Originality/value: This paper provides a unique view and supporting management framework
to help project managers assess the status and health of projects. Value can be associated with
an extension to the literature on diagnostic tools for engineering project management as well as
the insights provided in the three international case studies, which explore the scope and
applicability of the health check tool to be used in support of projects that have encountered
difficulties and which require implementation of project recovery strategies.
CitacióPhilbin, Simon P.; Kennedy, Donald A. Diagnostic framework and health check tool for engineering and technology projects. "Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management", Desembre 2014, vol. 7, núm. 5, p. 1145-1166.
Dipòsit legalB-28744-2008
ISSN2013-0953
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