An Investigation to the Main Components of the Project Study Phase Deliverables and an In-depth Review into the Industry's Schedule Development Practices

Abstract

One of the key causes of project’s productivity issues is insufficient attention to the project ‘study phase’. In certain developing countries, standard processes do not exist that define the project study phase components and usually project management defines its own (often non-structured) approach to manage the project. The driver for this research is to provide a recommended set of deliverables that can support construction companies to prepare standard procedures at the project study phase.