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Information Technology and its Impact on the Project Success at Jordanian Construction Companies

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Nowadays information technology has facelifted a lot of construction projects its play important roles to increase profits, decrease cost, complete tasks fast and achieve customers satisfaction at Jordanian construction companies. The study aims to identify impact of information technology (IT); in terms of its dimensions (Equipment & tools, software, networks, databases, information security, human resources skills) on project success; in terms of its dimensions (project cost, project quality, project time, customer’s relationship) at Jordanian construction companies. The sample of study population consists of (89) companies represented in owner or project managers, engineers, accountants, and data entries working at construction companies/ first class/ category (A) in the capital of Amman, (267) questionnaires have been distributed and (259) questionnaires have returned. valid for statistical analysis. A valid questionnaire was retrieved for statistical analysis Results showed that relative importance’s of different study variables (IT, projects’ success) were all medium, with IT ranked first and projects’ success ranked second. The study found that relationship between IT variable with its dimensions and the projects’ success reached (?=0.892) and that (t=61.190) value significant at level (0.000), which proves a significant relationship between IT and the projects’ success in its dimensions. The study also found that value of (R2 =801%) which means that IT with its dimensions has explained (80.1%) of variation in projects’ success and its dimensions at the Jordanian construction companies. The study show’s a numbers of recommendations, which include encouraging the construction projects management to adopt continuous use of advanced technological methods of software, hardware, equipment, and networks that enhance the success of construction projects, as well as working on senior management of construction projects to adopt a clear vision about the formulation and implementation of strategy needed to use advanced information technology to ensure the success of construction projects.
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