Identification and analysis of project-based organization’s workload fluctuation factors

Elnady, Ahmed; Hammad, Ahmed

doi:10.21608/ejmtc.2023.182571.1243

Identification and analysis of project-based organization’s workload fluctuation factors

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ahmed Elnady ¹
Ahmed Hammad ²

¹ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

² Department of civil and environmental engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

10.21608/ejmtc.2023.182571.1243

Abstract

Multiple factors that impact project-based organizations’ workload
fluctuation have already been identified by researchers. Although
much effort has been devoted to finding these aspects, extant literature
reviews lack systematic analysis and are confined to a few articles. This
study tackles the lack of a systematic evaluation and content analysis
of published studies related to workload fluctuation and offers statistics
on the most prevalent variables in both the pre-award and post-award
phases. The available body of knowledge is analyzed using the relative
usage index (RUI) and social network analysis (SNA). RUI defines the
gap in the frequency of modeling the variables. SNA defines the gap
between mental models linking the variables affecting this problem and
the applied dynamic models used to solve it. Results reveal some gaps,
for instance, owner strictness and bid time have received very little
attention in the literature.

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