Impacts of Engineering Work Quality on Project Success

The project success has always been one of the most significant concerns of project managers. The main purpose of this study is determination of factors’ influence, on project success criteria in Iranian oil and gas industry. In the previous research that was conducted by the authors (Amini et al., 2012) for Iran's oil and gas industry, twenty six factors which had influence on quality of engineering work, were identified. In the present study we try to find out which of those factors will contribute to project success. Questionnaire and statistical analysis has been conducted in this research to realize the most affecting factors. The survey results of 123 professionals who involved in different project based organizations (Client, Engineering, and Contractor); indicate that change orders is among top three influential factors in project success.