PhD Final Thesis April 2013.pdf - Anglia Ruskin Research Online

Thesis Keith Gale 20134.15 Overview of quantitative and qualitative analysesFollowing construction of six hypotheses and discussion with methods andmeasurement parameters, recognition of variables, data sources and statisticaltests/methods for this research are summarised within Table 4.3.Table 4.3: Overview of hypothesis, variables, data sources and statisticaltests/methods (adapted from Lam, (2002))HypothesesandsupportingtheoryH1:Relationshipbetweenperformanceobjectives andout turncritical successfactorsBased uponperformancemanagementandmeasurementtheory.VariablesFive criticalsuccess resultsfrom keyperformanceindicators ofthe two groups– timescales(2), payment,defects, healthand safety.Anticipatedimpact offrameworksSignificantimprovementarising fromframeworkagreementsSources ofdataOutput fromraw projectdatacalculatedinto quotientswith weightedproportionsassigned ofthe twogroups –discrete andframeworkprojectsStatisticaltests/analytical methodsPrimary -Independent t-test applied toall 164projects.Secondary –Independentsamples t-tests appliedto 60 pairedprojects.SPSS version20.0.H2:Relationshipbetweencritical successfactors andproject successindex.Based ontheories oflong termrelationshipsimprovingprojectoutcomes.H3:RelationshipbetweenProjectsuccess indexwhich is anaggregation ofproject criticalsuccess factorsdetermined bythe clientorganisation –timescales (2),payment,defects, healthand safety.Ratio ofproductioncost comparedSignificantimprovementarising fromframeworkagreementsRatio of costof actualproductionCalculation ofkey projectoutcomesfrom raw dataof projectsdivided intotwo groupsRaw datafromorganisationPrimary -Independent t-test applied toall 164projects.Secondary –Independentsamples t-tests appliedto 60 pairedprojects.SPSS version20.0.Independent t-tests appliedto production98