Impact of Project Scope Change on the Success of Building Projects in Khartoum State

Abstract

Projects need to be performed and delivered under certain constraints. Traditionally, these constraints are scope, time and cost. The Scope Control process influences at the factors that lead to project scope changes and control the impact of those changes, which a key issue for project success. This research aimed to identify ways adopted for identifying Project scope of work properly ,To identify and rank the causes for project scope change and to assess the frequency of their occurrence ,To measure the impact of causes of project scope change on project constraints and To measure the application of change control process in the construction projects in Sudan . A questionnaire was then chosen as the main tool to be devised for data collection, Questionnaires were distributed to different parties in the construction industry, The sample comprised area is distributed as owners (37%), contractor (33%), consultant (25%) and academic staff (5%), the distribution of sample focused on the owner because he is the one mostly affected by the change of scope of work ,The questionnaire was analyzed using statistical analysis by Microsoft Office Excel to obtain opinions about Causes for change in scope of work and their impact in the constraints of project and how this change are managed in construction projects. The questionnaire was responded in ranking answers reflecting the audient opinion such as “Always”, “Often”, “Sometime”, “Rare” and “Never”. The study concluded the steps that should be applied for define the project scope properly, the causes of scope change in Sudan, measuring the impact of causes of project scope change on project constraints and assessing the application of change control process in the construction projects in Sudan.