Application of sustainable development into project management body of knowledge

A project management practice plays an important role to drive the existing practices into more sustainable approach. Construction industry is the main contributor to environment problem, quality of life and national economic. However, the development in Malaysia construction industry still in its g...

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Main Author: Tan, Yong Jian
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/48881/25/TanYongJianMFKA2014.pdf
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description A project management practice plays an important role to drive the existing practices into more sustainable approach. Construction industry is the main contributor to environment problem, quality of life and national economic. However, the development in Malaysia construction industry still in its growing stage. Thus, this research is carried out to investigate the possibility to integrate sustainable development into project management practices through PMBOK guideline. This research utilized quantitative approach where questionnaires were distributed to project manager, contractor and academician/researcher. The questionnaire was divided into 4 parts which are general information, practices of sustainable development and project management, integrating sustainable development into project management processes and integrating sustainable development into areas of PMBOK. The data collected was analyzed using WEKA and Microsoft Excel. The findings show that Malaysian construction industry is ready to adopt sustainable development and PMBOK because they are practicing acceptable level of knowledge on sustainable development and PMBOK. Besides, results also shown that the initial stage of project life cycle got higher improvement in environmental, social and economic aspect. The integration is possible for project management processes and knowledge areas. The findings also revealed the related attribute between project management processes group and knowledge areas.
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spelling utm.eprints-488812020-07-05T03:34:47Z http://eprints.utm.my/48881/ Application of sustainable development into project management body of knowledge Tan, Yong Jian TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) A project management practice plays an important role to drive the existing practices into more sustainable approach. Construction industry is the main contributor to environment problem, quality of life and national economic. However, the development in Malaysia construction industry still in its growing stage. Thus, this research is carried out to investigate the possibility to integrate sustainable development into project management practices through PMBOK guideline. This research utilized quantitative approach where questionnaires were distributed to project manager, contractor and academician/researcher. The questionnaire was divided into 4 parts which are general information, practices of sustainable development and project management, integrating sustainable development into project management processes and integrating sustainable development into areas of PMBOK. The data collected was analyzed using WEKA and Microsoft Excel. The findings show that Malaysian construction industry is ready to adopt sustainable development and PMBOK because they are practicing acceptable level of knowledge on sustainable development and PMBOK. Besides, results also shown that the initial stage of project life cycle got higher improvement in environmental, social and economic aspect. The integration is possible for project management processes and knowledge areas. The findings also revealed the related attribute between project management processes group and knowledge areas. 2014-08 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/48881/25/TanYongJianMFKA2014.pdf Tan, Yong Jian (2014) Application of sustainable development into project management body of knowledge. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering. http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:86628
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