Reviewing the notions of construction project success

Abstract

Defining project success is an elusive topic. The lack of an agreed definition for project success has long been the reason for failing to define and evaluate success. In fact, the matter of whether or not it is necessary to define success remains a huge doubt. The topic may become more complicated in the context of construction industry. The reasons are high inherent risk, one-of-a-kind end product and vulnerable to various uncertainties. As the construction project success expands rapidly, the need for identification of new research area increases simultaneously. This paper, therefore, provides a review of the project success notions and proposes a conceptual framework that identifies the relationship between success factors and criteria as a new research area in construction project success. This paper will help researcher to identify the most devoted notions of construction success and attract more researches to enhance the construction project success.