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DEFINING GREEN ROAD PROJECT MANAGEMENT SCOPE BY PDRI

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2018, International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research

https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1491892
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This study is about the project early operation content of the green road development, takes full account of the operation items of various stages of the life cycle, by the use of special case define the Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI). PDRI assessment framework, defining the need and scope of green road project development operations in the metropolitan area, and inquire set various assessment indicators of the work to complete building the overall indicator assessment system. From research in a policy aspect, as well as data collection out of instances of project case, research program obtains evaluation index operation item, and by semi-structured interviews supplements insufficient evaluation index items and particularity needs. Research results will be beneficial to the application in the metropolitan regional overall development project. Building green road index evaluation system helps to avoid the environmental impact brought about by land development, reduce damage to people's life safety as a consequence from needs for road maintenance, alleviate future maintenance and management expenses, and is in line with the expected benefit of green road project sustainable development.

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What are the key components of green road project management defined by PDRI?add

The study identifies operational scopes for planning, design, construction, maintenance, and management as crucial components, utilizing the Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) framework.

How does PDRI enhance planning in metropolitan green road projects?add

The PDRI provides a structured checklist that improves scope definition and project success, evidenced by a scoring system where lower scores indicate better planning outcomes.

What findings support the effectiveness of pre-planning in project success?add

Research shows that inadequate project scope definition significantly hinders performance, emphasizing that superior pre-planning correlates with cost and schedule efficiencies.

Which methodologies were employed to gather data on project management needs?add

The study utilized a combination of structured and semi-structured interviews alongside literature reviews to capture a comprehensive scope of project management indicators.

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The project plans a 23.72 km underground conduit network, aiming to enhance road aesthetics while integrating utility pipelines to reduce future excavation disruptions.

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Many studies in the literature divide green roads into three constructed forms of bridges, tunnels and embankments, but the metropolitan road development carries more specific needs. This three infrastructure cannot meet the needs of the metropolitan road system [1]. Complete green road works must focus on the perfection of the operating range in various stages of the life cycle. According to "public construction work cost estimate provision manual", the life cycle of road is detailed as shown in Figure | below [2]. Full life cycle of public works, from the initial feasibility assessment, planning, design, construction to finally the maintenance management, at different stages has different management mechanisms [3], and the quality management is mostly established in the construction phase. On the ground that quality management in the feasible research phase involves broader areas of expertise, with respect to each other stage, it is more difficult to set clear objectives of quality management and detailed job control content, and likewise the complexity is higher [4].
Many studies in the literature divide green roads into three constructed forms of bridges, tunnels and embankments, but the metropolitan road development carries more specific needs. This three infrastructure cannot meet the needs of the metropolitan road system [1]. Complete green road works must focus on the perfection of the operating range in various stages of the life cycle. According to "public construction work cost estimate provision manual", the life cycle of road is detailed as shown in Figure | below [2]. Full life cycle of public works, from the initial feasibility assessment, planning, design, construction to finally the maintenance management, at different stages has different management mechanisms [3], and the quality management is mostly established in the construction phase. On the ground that quality management in the feasible research phase involves broader areas of expertise, with respect to each other stage, it is more difficult to set clear objectives of quality management and detailed job control content, and likewise the complexity is higher [4].
Focus interview mode in this study uses both modes of structured and non-structured interviews simultaneously. Combination of the two modes can also be called semi-structured interview. The purpose is to obtain hidden information in order to facilitate the respondents providing valuable experience and feasible substantive opinions from more professional, objective and neutral points of views, to enhance the credibility of the interview. Application of project definition rating index (PDRI) assessment model mainly divides metropolitan green road project management assessment model into four sections, of which job scope covers job items in various stages of all the life cycle. To build this evaluation mode will be conducive to the assessment basis when urban planning carries out projects related to sector expropriation. This article is limited to the length of the article, various related milestone items and scopes of index work circumstantially set out in Table 1.
Focus interview mode in this study uses both modes of structured and non-structured interviews simultaneously. Combination of the two modes can also be called semi-structured interview. The purpose is to obtain hidden information in order to facilitate the respondents providing valuable experience and feasible substantive opinions from more professional, objective and neutral points of views, to enhance the credibility of the interview. Application of project definition rating index (PDRI) assessment model mainly divides metropolitan green road project management assessment model into four sections, of which job scope covers job items in various stages of all the life cycle. To build this evaluation mode will be conducive to the assessment basis when urban planning carries out projects related to sector expropriation. This article is limited to the length of the article, various related milestone items and scopes of index work circumstantially set out in Table 1.
PDRI assessment model structure hierarchy, its WBS job hierarchy grading layers take three levels in principle, and more detailed job decomposition items are included in the description for element. As in Figure 3, the first level is section, under which the second level is category. The third layer is element. Its operational item details are included in each element for description, in order to complete the construction of the whole project’s PDRI assessment framework.
PDRI assessment model structure hierarchy, its WBS job hierarchy grading layers take three levels in principle, and more detailed job decomposition items are included in the description for element. As in Figure 3, the first level is section, under which the second level is category. The third layer is element. Its operational item details are included in each element for description, in order to complete the construction of the whole project’s PDRI assessment framework.
Table 1: Metropolitan green road PDRI operating range
Table 1: Metropolitan green road PDRI operating range
Figure 4: Eigenvector weight analysis paradigm
Figure 4: Eigenvector weight analysis paradigm

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