Analysis of conflict and change in construction projects
1992, Construction Management and Economics, 10(6), pp.459-478
Abstract
Conflict and change can have considerable impact on the success or otherwise of construction projects. Examples of conflict and project change have been collected in structured interviews within a series of organizations which are clients of construction activities. A methodology which uses a process of hierarchical decomposition has been developed for classifying this data and rendering it suitable for subsequent analysis. The results presented in the paper are of a prelirninary investigation and lend weight to the hypothesis that the creative management of conflict and change can benefit construction industry clients.