Correlation Model of Delay in Project Management

Abstract

Time errors are still a new concept in the field of project management, so there is a need to discover where they can happen throughout the project lifecycle. The previous research on this area is conceptual in nature and restricted to the definition and causes of time errors. This paper seeks to find the correlations between uncertainty and delay, between time errors and delay, and between uncertainty and time errors. It also seeks to find where exactly time errors can occur during the 47 project management processes identified in the PMBOK guide. Data were gathered using a survey of 40 project managers and analyzed using the statistical program SPSS. The findings show that there are relationships among the studied variables. Time errors can occur in any of the five groups of project management processes, with varying rates. The outcomes introduce a picture for main stakeholders in project management to avoid the occurrence of time errors as far as possible in project management processes.