Identify and Prioritize the Factors Affecting the Optimization of Cost, Time and Quality of Urban Development Projects

Time, cost and quality management are essential elements of a project. In this research, an attempt is made to evaluate and prioritize the factors affecting the cost, time and quality of urban development projects in Neishabour by accurately identifying and explaining the issue.

This research is descriptive-analytical and applied in terms of type of purpose. In this research, first, using fuzzy Delphi method, the indicators and components of the research were validated; then DEMATEL technique and Analytical Network Process (ANP) method were used. The statistical population of the study is all specialists, experts and decision makers of urban development projects and experts in the field of control and optimization of cost, time and quality, which is limited in number due to history, skills, expertise, etc. and 25 And sampling was done by census.

This study shows that five main factors are effective in optimizing the cost, time and quality of urban development projects, which include: design factors and preparation of tender documents, employer factors, contractor factors, project factors, And eventually external factors.

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According to the results, contractors and decision makers are recommended to increase the efficiency of the project by financing and timely payment, because lack of timely financing causes problems such as closure and delay, increasing costs and reducing project quality.