The construction projects have experienced failure in meeting schedule deadlines. This is due to the unanticipated events and factors causing delays. These delays give rise to dissatisfaction to all involved parties; such fact leads to seek identifying delay factors according to their importance level. To achieve this aim, a qualitative analysis of risk is proposed as a decision support tool to achieve project success.
KeywordsProjectConstructionCause DelaysTimeRisk
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