Identifying Root Causes of Delay and Modeling Metal Industry Projects from Owners’ Perspective: A Case of Selected Metal Industry Projects
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kassu Jilcha (Assoc. Prof.) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Andinet Haile | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-12T15:30:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-12T15:30:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Being behind schedule is a familiar case in the manufacturing sector that challenges the overall progress of projects resulting in poor performance and an inability to keep up with the dynamics of the business environment. Project delivery in the metals industry depends not only on its schedule but also on the performance of many stakeholders and the external environment that positively or negatively affects them. In this study, critical causes of delay were identified and feedback loop diagram is used to indicate effect of major causes of delay variable Interaction. Therefore, the study uses a causal loop diagram to show how the major causes of metal industry project delay factor interacts with in and with other system variable. Primary data was collected through questionnaires, group discussion and observations by the researcher. The questionnaires consist of 32 causes of delays which were distributed to project owners, the project managers, and Governmental staff researchers at the Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Industry Research and Development Center. Whereas; the secondary data were obtained from the literature reviewed and reported documents. The study aims at identifying the critical cause of project delay, then further models to understand the effect of factors interaction related to the causes of delay by the System dynamics model. accordingly, the critical factors that were identified in this research are; Effect of Inflation, Inadequate foreign currency, Bureaucracy, Unavailability of an infrastructure facility (interruption of electric power), Inadequate raw material, Difficulty in financing the Project, Existence of corruption, Unacceptable level of change orders by clients, Late material delivery, Unavailability of supply chain management, Inaccuracy submitted bid document and Late procurement of items. These causes are used to model the causal loop diagram. The study contributed to the metals industry projects by determining the critical factors of delay and the effects of system variable interaction on project delay system. and finally, devise mitigation strategies that potentially reduce project delays. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/2426 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Project delay | |
| dc.subject | System dynamics | |
| dc.subject | Root causes of project delay | |
| dc.subject | Metal industry projects | |
| dc.title | Identifying Root Causes of Delay and Modeling Metal Industry Projects from Owners’ Perspective: A Case of Selected Metal Industry Projects | |
| dc.type | Thesis |