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Assessing the pre-project planning process : a case study of an urban development project in Hanoi, Vietnam

AuthorDo Nang Tuyen
Call NumberAIT Thesis no. ST-01-28
Subject(s)City planning--Vietnam--Hanoi
NoteA thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
AbstractPre-project planning has a vital importance that is likely to determine the success or failure of the project as the efforts taken in this phase greatly influence on project outcomes. Wellperformed pre-project planning can reduce project cost reduce project variability in terms of cost, schedule and operating characteristics and increase the chance of meeting a project's environmental and social goals. However, little emphasis has been given to the preauthorization phase of projects. For the urban development projects in Vietnam, the lack of attention in proper process of pre-project planning results in number of them suffering from the large changes in terms of time and cost after authorization, which adversely affect to the achievement of project objectives. This thesis mainly emphasized on the assessment of effectiveness and deficiencies of pre-project planning process in three major steps including team selection, project alternative selection and development of project definition package in new urban development project in Hanoi as well as the factors that cause those effects. The critical attributes causing the deficiencies for the process and requiring improvement were identified so that the recommendation for improvement can be appropriately given. Through project documentation and interviews, the pre-project planning process was assessed based on the pre-defined checklist and evaluation criteria. By using confirmed cause-effect checklist, the effectiveness and deficiencies were identified though causal analysis. The interviews for validation of findings were also conducted.
Year2001
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Engineering and Technology (SET)
DepartmentDepartment of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE)
Academic Program/FoSStructural Engineering (STE) /Former Name = Structural Engineering and Construction (ST)
Chairperson(s) Chotchai Charoenngam
Examination Committee(s)Watanabe, Tsunemi ;Truong Quang
Scholarship Donor(s)Government of Japan
DegreeThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001


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