1.1PREAMBLE to introduction           

According to CII (1995) project planning is the process through which the management collects and organize the strategic information to cope up with the specific uncertain situation or project. The resources required to collect and organize the information is also employed by the management during the project planning process. 

Merrow and Yarossi (1994) added that the initial stage of the project planning involves the selection of the initial choices. In their viewpoint, the project planning process consists of the project’s definition, scope and detailed framework. The scope of the project is the phase during which the rationale of the project is defined and the significance of the project is explained. Defining scope is very important as it highlights the expected performance of the project.

1.2 Background of research

Menches et al (2005) explained that project planning has gained increasing repute in the construction industry. The reason for the prevalence of the project planning in the construction industry is that it enhances the probability of the project’s success. Numbers of the constructors believe that the planning before the initiation of the project results in favourable outcomes like greater success and higher profits. Wang and Gibson (2008) said that the project planning holds a vital place in the success of the project and there exists a positive relationship between both variables i-e project planning and project success.

1.3 RESEARCH AIM

The aim of the current research is to investigate the significance of the project planning in the project success-considering the case of UK construction industry.

 

1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

The aims and objectives designed for the upcoming research are as below

• To scrutinize the available researches on the topic of the research e.g. the project planning and the project success.
• Collection of  data and information from authentic sources.
• To investigate the nature and extent of the relationship between the project planning and project success.
• To propose some recommendations at the end of the research.

1.5 Research Questions

The importance of the research questions in any research cannot be denied as they form the base of the research. The questions for the research are

 

• Does project planning play any role in the success of the project?
• How the organization’s competitiveness increases due to project planning.

1.6 PROBLEM STATEMENT

“Examination of the role project planning plays in the success of the project-UK construction industry as case study.”

1.7 HYPOTHESIS

H:1Project planning has a positive role in the project’s success.

H:2  Project planning has a negative role in the project’s success.

H:3 Project planning has no significant role in the project’s success.

 

chapter number two

literature review

2.1 Planning in the construction industry

In the history of the construction industry, there are the roots of project management. In the construction industry three have been a number of studies which are executed so to discuss the importance of project management in the construction industry. The studies which have been conducted usually based on the correlation between the outcomes of project and project management. In the project management studies this area has been focused more than any other area. Hamilton and Gibson (1996) are of the view that when the planning before the project is done it increases the financial returns. This has been mentioned that the projects which focus on the pre project planning show the success rate of eighty-two percent. According to Shehu and Akintoye (2009) the list of those factors which have the significant role for the success of any project is led by the planning of the project. According to Gibson and Gebken (2003) a method which is adopted by many of the construction industries now days is PDRI, according to this method, the definition and the scope of any project are measured before the start of the project. Construction Industry Institute has developed this tool in the year 1999, and now this tool is widely used by the construction industries. Wang and Gibson (2008) are of the view that this tool is used ­in the construction industry as it provides the