Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Nigeria; Civil Engineering Department, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Nigeria
Ezeh, G.N., Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Nigeria; Chukwudebe, G.A., Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Nigeria; Ezeh, J.C., Civil Engineering Department, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Nigeria
In the emerging global economy, e-business has increasingly become a necessary component of business strategy and a strong catalyst for economic development. This paper outlines individual and major groups of barriers facing e-management of engineering projects in Nigeria. The study was carried out in two phases. In the first phase, interviews with various consultants, contractors and architects, and literature review were conducted. The first phase resulted in the identification of 50 barriers facing emanagement of engineering projects in Nigeria, which were subjectively grouped into eight groups: Cultural, Financial, Security, Environmental, Organizational, Technical, Managerial and Humanistic barriers. In the second phase, questionnaires were developed based on the identified barriers and distributed to a randomly selected sample of 23 consultants, 29 contractors and 16 architects. The respondents were requested in the questionnaire to indicate the severity level of the impact of each of the 50 identified barriers based on their personal judgement. The relative severity of the impact of each barrier on e-management of engineering projects was assessed and ranked based on severity index by the consultants, contractors and architects. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient formula was used to test the degree of agreement in the ranking of the three groups of respondents. The results obtained indicate that consultants, contractors and architects generally agreed on the severity ranking of the barriers facing e-management of engineering projects in Nigeria. © Research India Publications.
