| Project management factors dimension |
| Development of a good project plan | Chan et al. 2004; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Ihuah et al. 2014; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
| Adequate use of communication among project participants/communication | Pinto and Slevin 1987; Sanvido et al. 1992; Cheng et al. 2000; Nguyen et al. 2004; Phua and Rowlinson 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Andersen et al. 2006; Espinosa et al. 2006; Yu et al. 2006; Jha and Iyer 2007; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Tabish and Jha 2012; Cserháti and Szabo 2014; Cheong and Mustaffa 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Moradi et al. 2020 |
| Clarity of project goal to the project team | Ashley et al. 1987; Pinto and Slevin 1987; Chan et al. 2004; Dvir et al. 2006; Yu et al. 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019 |
| Effective project monitoring and control system/monitoring and feedback | Ashley et al. 1987; Pinto and Slevin 1987; Chua et al. 1999; Chan et al. 2004; Iyer and Jha 2006; Jha and Iyer 2007; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Jha and Chockalingam 2011; Tabish and Jha 2011; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Hwang and Lim 2013; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Ihuah et al. 2014; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Moradi et al. 2020 |
| Project team-motivation | Chua et al. 1999; Hwang and Lim 2013; Kog and Loh 2012; Inayat et al. 2012; Gudienė et al. 2013b; Hwang and Lim 2013; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
| Effective partnering among project participants/working relationship among stakeholders/maintaining good relationships between parties | Nicolini 2002; Chua et al. 2003; Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Jha and Iyer 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Nguyen et al. 2004; Tabish and Jha 2011; Meng 2012; Cheong and Mustaffa 2017; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Awareness of and compliance with rules and regulations | Belassi and Tukel 1996; Cheung et al. 2012; Tabish and Jha 2011 |
| Clear project aims and objectives | Morris and Hugh 1986; Pinto and Slevin 1987; Pinto and Prescott 1988; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Dvir et al. 1998; Clarke 1999; Qiao et al. 2001; Westerveld 2003; Nguyen et al. 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008 |
| Clear objectives and scope | Chan et al. 2001; Nguyen et al. 2004; Yu et al. 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Elwakil et al. 2009; Inayat et al. 2015; Kog and Loh 2012; Hwang and Lim 2013; Asgari et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Moradi et al. 2020 |
| Continuing involvement of stakeholders in the project/stakeholder involvement | Nguyen et al. 2004; Bourne and Walker 2008; Andersen et al. 2006; Aaltonen et al. 2008; Chinyio and Akintoye 2008; Frodell et al. 2008; Olander and Landin 2008; Ward and Chapman 2008; Gudiene et al. 2013; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Hasan and Jha 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020; Anilkumar and Banerji 2021 |
| Planning/carefully planning and scheduling project implementation | Ashley et al. 1987; Barry and Randholph 1988; Sanvido et al. 1992; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Clarke 1999; Tam 1999; Levy 2002; Dvir et al. 2003; Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Yang 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Inayat et al. 2015; Kog and Loh 2012; Hwang and Lim 2013; Langston et al. 2018; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Conflict was resolved quickly by project participants/conflict resolution | Cheng et al. 2000; Yang et al. 2009; Yang et al. 2006; Tabish and Jha 2011; Zuo et al. 2018 |
| Goal setting | Pinto and Slevin 1988; Songer and Molenaar 1997; Lim and Mohamed 1999; Nicolini 2002; Nguyen et al. 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Cheong and Mustaffa 2017 |
| Supervision level | Langston et al. 2018; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Project management practices/methodologies/methods/tools | Jugdev et al. 2013; Joslin and Müller 2015; Langston et al. 2018; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019; Langston et al. 2018 |
| Client responsiveness | Ghanbaripour et al. 2018 |
| Human factors dimension |
| PM’s competency/PM’s technical and administrative competency | Pinto and Slevin 1987; Barry and Randolph 1988; Sanvido et al. 1992; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Munns and Bjeirmi 1996; Dvir et al. 1998; Chua et al. 1999; Lim and Mohamed 1999; Qiao et al. 2001; Kog and Loh 2012; Chua et al. 2003; Westerveld 2003; Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Jha and Iyer 2006; Iyer and Jha 2006; Yang 2006; Yu et al. 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Inayat et al. 2015; Kog and Loh 2012; Tabish and Jha 2012; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Hwang and Lim 2013; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Davis 2014; Ihuah et al. 2014; Mavi and Standing, 2018; Rolstades et al. 2014; Taherdoost and Keshvarzsaleh 2016; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Misic and Radujkovic 2017; Tsiga et al. 2017; Asgari et al. 2018; Langston et al. 2018; Mavi and Standing 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Project team members’ competency | Pinto and Slevin 1987; Sanvido et al. 1992; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Chua et al. 1999; Nicolini 2002; Belout and Gauvreau 2004; Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Ihuah et al. 2014; Moradi et al. 2020 |
| PM’s leadership | Fortune and White 2006; Hyväri 2006; Müller and Turner 2007; Müller and Turner 2010; Ahadzie et al. 2008; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Ihuah et al. 2014; Andersen et al. 2006; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Ahmed et al. 2021 |
| Project participants’ commitments in meeting the project goal | Iyer and Jha 2006; Yu et al. 2006; Jha and Iyer 2007; Tabish and Jha 2012; Hwang and Lim 2013; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019 |
| Troubleshooting | Pinto and Slevin 1987; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Gudienė et al. 2013b; Ihuah et al. 2014; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
| Good coordination between project participants/coordination | Belassi and Tukel 1996; Chan et al. 2004; Jha and Iyer 2007; Tabish and Jha 2012; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Ihuah et al. 2014; Asgari et al. 2018; Langston et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Top management support | Nguyen et al. 2004; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Iyer and Jha 2006; Jha and Iyer 2007; Tabish and Jha 2012; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Gudienė et al. 2014; Ihuah et al. 2014; Asgari et al. 2018; Langston et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Decision making effectiveness | Fortune and White 2006; Iyer and Jha 2006; Gudienė et al. 2014; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019 |
| Procurement factors dimension |
| Comprehensive contract documentation | Sanvido et al. 1992; Chua et al. 1999; Nguyen et al. 2004; Toor and Ogunlana 2010; Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Cserháti and Szabó 2014; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
| Competitive procurement process | Chan et al. 2004; Li et al. 2005; Cheung et al. 2012; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Transparency in procurement process | Chan et al. 2004; Li et al. 2005; Gudienė et al. 2013a, b; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Negash et al. 2019 |
| Appropriate risk allocation and risk sharing | Li et al. 2005; Kog and Loh 2012; Gudienė et al. 2013b; Hwang and Lim 2013; Ihuah et al. 2014; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
| Awarding bids to the right designer/contractor | Nguyen et al. 2004; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Sinesilassie et al. 2018 |
| Project characteristics factors dimension |
| Project size and value | Cannon 1994; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Chua et al. 1999; Dissanayaka and Kumaraswamy 1999; Chan and Chan 2004; Chan et al. 2004; Andersen et al. 2006; Dvir et al. 2006; Fortune and White 2006; Hyväri 2006; Ademiluyi 2010; Inayat et al. 2015; Kog and Loh 2012; Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Carvalho et al. 2015; Li et al. 2005; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Tsiga et al. 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Complexity and uniqueness of project activities |
| The type of project (new, existing, maintenance) |
| The urgency of project outcome |
| Density of a project |
| Project environmental factors dimension |
| Physical environment/natural climates | Chan et al. 2004; Phua and Rowlinson 2004; Park 2009; Tabish and Jha 2012; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Amade et al. 2015; Tsiga et al. 2017; Gunduz and Yahya 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
| Project environment | Taherdoost and Keshvarzsaleh 2016; Rodriguez-Segura et al. 2016 |
| Economic and/or financial problems such as price, local currency value/economic and financial situation | Qiao et al. 2001; Iyer and Jha 2005; Li et al. 2005; Chan et al. 2010; Yong and Mustaffa 2013; Alzara et al. 2016; Ameyaw and Chan 2016; Duryev et al. 2017; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Langston et al. 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Bureaucratic interference | Nguyen et al. 2004; Phua 2004; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
| Unexpected geological condition, unexpected prices raise for labour and material | Chan et al. 2004; Gunduz and Yahya 2018; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
| Late delivery of materials and equipment | Doloi et al. 2011; Akogbe et al. 2013; Aziz and Abdel-Hakam 2016; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019. |
| Shortage of labour | Ugwu and Kumaraswamy 2007; Ogwueleka 2011; Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Altarawneh and Samadi 2019 |
| Project funding factors dimension |
| Adequate funding throughout the project/adequacy of funding | Nguyen et al. 2004; Phua and Rowlinson 2004; Fortune and White 2006; Inayat et al. 2015; Kog and Loh 2012; Gupta et al. 2013; Hwang and Lim 2013; Liu et al. 2016; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Asgari et al. 2018; Langston et al. 2018; Maqbool and Sudong 2018; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Other factors |
| Proper emphasis on past experience | Sanvido et al. 1992; Nguyen et al. 2004; Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Langston et al. 2018 |
| National culture, demographic profile of the respondents | Park 2009; Al-Tmeemy et al. 2011; Martens et al. 2018; Chidambaram & Tamilmaram, 2020 |
| Organisation structure | Belassi and Tukel 1996; Chua et al. 1999; Andersen et al. 2006; Chileshe et al. 2005; Young and Samon 2008; Gupta et al. 2013; Misic and Radujkovic 2017; Tsiga et al. 2017; Moradi et al. 2020 |
| Qualified and experienced project management | Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017 |
| Ongoing consultation with the project employer | Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017 |
| Regulations and political or economic and social issues | Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Pre-project planning and clarity in scope | Tabish and Jha 2011; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Jitpaiboon et al. 2019 |
| Good quality control | Pinto and Slevin 1987; Chan and Kumaraswamy 1996; Lim and Mohamed 1999; Love et al. 2000; Qiao et al. 2001; Chua et al. 2003; Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Yang 2006; Alaghbari et al. 2007; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Nguyen et al. 2009; Keng and Hamzah 2011; Tabish and Jha 2011 |
| Up-to-date technology utilisation/advanced technologies/use of IT tools | Chan et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2004; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Gupta et al. 2013; Kang et al. 2013; Cheong and Mustaffa 2017; Negash and Hassan, 2020; Cheng et al. 2021 |
| Approved technology used | Chua et al. 2003; Westerveld 2003; Yang 2006; Le-Hoai et al. 2008; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Nguyen et al. 2004 |
| Owner’s competence | Iyer and Jha 2006; Asgari et al. 2018 |
| Favourable working conditions | Iyer and Jha 2006; Langston et al. 2018; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Contractor’s company characteristics, technical and professional ability/competence and experience | Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Asgari et al. 2018; Langston et al. 2018; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Design expertise design efforts/variations in designs and drawings | Sanvido et al. 1992; Chan et al. 2001; Chua et al. 2003; Le et al. 2008; Langston et al. 2018; Moradi et al. 2020; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Identifying and analysing possible conflicts and coalitions among stakeholders | Cheng et al. 2000; Chan and Chan 2004; Yang et al. 2009 |
| Fast and effective problem solving | Pinto and Prescott 1988; Sanvido et al. 1992; Belassi and Tukel 1996; Cheng et al. 2000; Chan et al. 2001; Chan et al. 2002; Levy 2002; Chua et al. 2003; Chan et al. 2004; Chan and Chan 2004; Yang 2006; Le et al. 2008; Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Nguyen et al. 2009 |
| Availability of resources | Nguyen et al. 2004; Alzahrani and Emsley 2013; Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017; Sinesilassie et al. 2019; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Education and training | Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Formal dispute resolution process | Toor and Ogunlana 2008; Inayat et al. 2012; Kog and Loh 2012 |
| Legal environment/legal expertise | Langston et al. 2018; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Material and equipment | Negash and Hassan, 2020 |
| Mutual trust among project stakeholders | Langston et al. 2018 |
| No major changes in scope of work during construction | Bajari and Tadelis 2001; Broome and Perry 1995; Sinesilassie et al. 2019 |
| Project cultural fit | Langston et al. 2018 |
| Regular quality control and quality assurance systems | Langston et al. 2018; Sinesilassie et al. 2019 |
| Issues on project (client/customer specific, cost/quality, personal, industry related, etc.) and resolution mechanism | Jha and Iyer 2006; Gudienė et al. 2013a; Davis 2016; Hasan and Jha 2019; Ahmed et al. 2021 |
| Flexibility | Shahu et al. 2012; Langston et al. 2018 |
| Teamwork | Moradi et al. 2020 |
| Political environment | Chan et al. 2004; Phua and Rowlinson 2004; Andersen et al. 2006; Fortune and White 2006; Tsiga et al. 2017; Maqbool and Sudong 2018; Moradi et al. 2020 |
| Accurate and reliable estimates of project costs | Maghsoodi and Khalilzadeh 2017 |
| Skilled workers | Langston et al. 2018; Negash and Hassan, 2020 |