Elements of Project Delivery

Project delivery refers to the methods used to carry out and comprehensively

complete projects. Unlike in the traditional project management context where project

managers only focused on cost of delivering projects, contemporary project management

expands on client satisfaction, quality and sustainability as key elements of project delivery

(Smith &Ruiz, 2020). Successful project delivery, therefore, goes beyond balancing the

constructs of time, scope and quality to include elements of sustainable construction and

client satisfaction (Masengesho et al. 2020). Project managers have to look at the project

management process from a life cycle analysis and strive to understand how different stages

of the project affect the final project delivery. For effective project delivery, careful planning,

design, and construction measures are necessary from all stakeholders in the project. The

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various stakeholders in a project include the client, the designer, the contractor, and the

project manager (Masengesho et al., 2020).

In the construction industry, the project delivery elements, therefore range from the project

initiation phase to the project end phase. Risk management focuses on understanding the

processes and risks emerging in each phase as opposed to doing a risk analysis for the entire

project (Smith & Ruiz, 2020). The first phase involves the planning phase where the project

managers engage in design, budgeting, forecasting and resource allocation. During this phase,

the designers including the architects and engineering develop drawings and design plans for

guiding a construction project and identify emerging risks. During the execution phase,

theproject managers ensure the successful implementation of the project through proper

coordination of team work, client needs, project specifications and technology.