The Impact of Construction Project Flexibility on Project Management Performance

Abstract

The complex environment of uncertainty is the main challenge that construction project managers face. Some scholars point out that flexibility is an effective method to deal with environmental change and uncertainty. The purpose of this paper is to define the connotation of flexibility of construction projects, so as to develop a scale and explore the relationship between flexibility and performance. Firstly, from the perspective of the contractor, the flexibility is regarded as a management strategy that the contractor can choose. Based on literature analysis and expert interview, the flexibility scale of construction project is developed. Then, through the questionnaire survey method we obtained 267 valid data about flexibility and performance of construction projects in China, and used confirmatory factor analysis method to scale reliability and validity analysis. Finally, AMOS21.0 software was carried out on the structure model analysis between flexibility and performance, the results show that the construction project flexibility has significant positive effect on performance. The results can provide new management ideas for contractors in the field of construction engineering to cope with the challenges of uncertainty, and project manager can improve the response ability to environmental changes through flexible
strategies.