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Name: Reg. No.

Arslan Ishaq CIIT/FA13-RPM-148/CVC

Course: Title:

RPM700 Advance Project Management

Tutor:

Rashid Maqbool

Study Centre:

pbshw001

Delays in project of construction industry in Pakistan

A successful project is being accomplished by meeting its objective within the given time deadline, resources and budget as well. However various disruptions may cause for delay in the projects. This phenomenon is normally prevailing in construction industry as taking construction project is time consuming and lengthy undertaking. If we take the example of the construction industry of Pakistan it seems to be somehow like routine of delays. What are the factors causing here can be assessed by different quality management tools like Plan-do-check cycle Flowcharts Scatter diagram Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram Preto charts etc.

But here we use only Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram. This tool was developed by Kaoru Ishikawa to find conduct the cause and affect relationship for quality management. According to this tool causes are grouped into different categories like machinery, methods, people etc.
Budget
Personnel
Absenteeism

Material
Quality Cost

Approval Late Payment

Conflicts

Availability

Natural Environment Primary Political and Economical Secondary Communication

Delay in construction projects

Environment

Stakeholders & Communication

From above diagram following are the possible causes that affect the delays in construction projects. 1. Material

 Quality of Material Cost of Material Availability 2. Budget Approval Late payment of installments 3. Personnel Conflicts among the personnel Absenteeism 4. Environment Natural Environment Political and Economic Environment 5. Stakeholder & Communication Primary Stakeholders Secondary Stakeholders Stakeholders Communication

Fishbone diagram showed all of the possible causes of the delays but the most important is stakeholders and communication management. In most of the construction projects there is always seems to be stakeholder difference and there is improper communication among them. For example if we take the example of the Kalabagh dam there are a lot of primary and secondary stakeholders and poor communication. Moreover every stakeholder is concerning with his or her own interest no stakeholder is looking for mutual benefit of the project. So Establishment in case of government and management in case of company should focus on this type of problematic are to deal with the situation and to accomplish the project within the limited time. References 1. Operations Management by Larry P. Ritzman & Lee J. Ritzman 9th Edition.pg 136 2. Wikipedia 3. Project Management by Jack R. Meredith 7th Edition. 4. Effect of construction delay in construction project by Dr. Mohamad Syazli Fathi 2011 Pg. 13.

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