The Relationship of Contractor Characteristics with the Application of Project Management Tools and Techniques Using the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis Method

Abstract

Introduction: It is highly hoped that the use of tools or management tools and techniques will be implemented by every company providing construction services to achieve quality timeliness and costs. Several contractors running projects from 2022 to 2024 experienced losses as a result of delay claims, due to discrepancies between planning and implementation, as well as contractor performance experiencing a decline due to a lack of management techniques in project control.

Objective: To make the projects carried out effective and efficient, researchers conducted an analysis of the implementation of project management by assessing the use of project management tools and techniques and their effectiveness in supporting projects running for several contractors in Denpasar.

Method: This was done by distributing questionnaires to respondents based on the characteristics of gender, age, education, experience, position, and project scale related to projects being implemented during 2022 to 2024. Identification of respondents' characteristics in terms of gender, age, education, experience, position, and project scale after testing their significance using the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests.

Result: The results showed that respondents’ characteristics did not have a significant effect on the application of project management tools and techniques by contractor companies in Denpasar City.

Conclusion: However, what causes the application of management tools and techniques is the uniqueness of projects with diverse and very complex solutions. Projects with the complexity of their work, both small and large-scale, require contractors to innovate in applying management tools and techniques to achieve efficient and effective project success.