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Risk factor prioritization in infrastructure handover to operations

Risk factor prioritization in infrastructure handover to operations
Risk factor prioritization in infrastructure handover to operations
Worldwide, there are numerous reports of major infrastructure projects failing at handover to the operations phase following completion of the project development and delivery phase. While poor risk identification and prioritization has been identified as one of the causes of this failure, we know little about the specific risk factors project beneficiaries consider most important at this point of handover. With these issues in mind, we draw on a survey of key dry port project beneficiaries in Brazil to examine and prioritize the risks considered most important at handover to operations. Paying particular attention to project beneficiary heterogeneity and incongruence, we find eight key risk factors – ‘Cost’, ‘Location’, ‘Infrastructure’, ‘Accessibility’, ‘Operational’, ‘Economic’, ‘Political and social’, and ‘Environment’ that warrant emphasis. We reveal congruence among some project beneficiaries in terms of prioritization. We also find variations in handover to operations risks based on project characteristics. However, these characteristics appear to have very limited impact on prioritization. Our findings further point to risk blind spots at critical moments of project handover to operations. Overall, this paper contributes to project risk management/prioritization literature in the context of handover to operations.
Prioritization, handover to operations, operations, projects, Risks, Infrastructure, Projects, Handover to operations, Operations
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Rodrigues, Thiago de Almeida
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Ojiako, Udechukwu
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Marshall, Alasdair
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Mota, Caroline Maria de Miranda
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Dweiri, Fikri T.
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Chipulu, Maxwell
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Ika, Lavagnon
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AlReesi, Eman Jasim Hussain
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Rodrigues, Thiago de Almeida
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Marshall, Alasdair
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Mota, Caroline Maria de Miranda
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Dweiri, Fikri T.
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Chipulu, Maxwell
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Ika, Lavagnon
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AlReesi, Eman Jasim Hussain
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Rodrigues, Thiago de Almeida, Ojiako, Udechukwu, Marshall, Alasdair, Mota, Caroline Maria de Miranda, Dweiri, Fikri T., Chipulu, Maxwell, Ika, Lavagnon and AlReesi, Eman Jasim Hussain (2024) Risk factor prioritization in infrastructure handover to operations. International Journal of Project Management, 42 (1), [102558]. (doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102558).

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Abstract

Worldwide, there are numerous reports of major infrastructure projects failing at handover to the operations phase following completion of the project development and delivery phase. While poor risk identification and prioritization has been identified as one of the causes of this failure, we know little about the specific risk factors project beneficiaries consider most important at this point of handover. With these issues in mind, we draw on a survey of key dry port project beneficiaries in Brazil to examine and prioritize the risks considered most important at handover to operations. Paying particular attention to project beneficiary heterogeneity and incongruence, we find eight key risk factors – ‘Cost’, ‘Location’, ‘Infrastructure’, ‘Accessibility’, ‘Operational’, ‘Economic’, ‘Political and social’, and ‘Environment’ that warrant emphasis. We reveal congruence among some project beneficiaries in terms of prioritization. We also find variations in handover to operations risks based on project characteristics. However, these characteristics appear to have very limited impact on prioritization. Our findings further point to risk blind spots at critical moments of project handover to operations. Overall, this paper contributes to project risk management/prioritization literature in the context of handover to operations.

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Accepted/In Press date: 25 December 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 December 2023
Published date: January 2024
Additional Information: Funding Information: The authors are grateful for financial support obtained from FACEPE (Fundação de Amparo a Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco) and CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) to support the research. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Elsevier Ltd, APM and IPMA
Keywords: Prioritization, handover to operations, operations, projects, Risks, Infrastructure, Projects, Handover to operations, Operations

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Local EPrints ID: 486445
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/486445
ISSN: 0263-7863
PURE UUID: e655b349-2721-4497-a0c7-7425fd9bb63d
ORCID for Alasdair Marshall: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9789-8042
ORCID for Maxwell Chipulu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0139-6188

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Date deposited: 22 Jan 2024 17:53
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:47

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Author: Thiago de Almeida Rodrigues
Author: Udechukwu Ojiako
Author: Caroline Maria de Miranda Mota
Author: Fikri T. Dweiri
Author: Maxwell Chipulu ORCID iD
Author: Lavagnon Ika
Author: Eman Jasim Hussain AlReesi

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