| dc.description.abstract | With the global development, the EPC companies face the competitors around the world. Besides, the advancement of the engineering and construction technique also expands the scale of the EPC projects’ scope, cost, and schedule. To control the cost and schedule during the execution of project, more and more EPC companies try to implement project management software, no matter these softwares are make or buy. The purposes of implementing project management software are processing project management efficiently, lower the project executing risks, and earn the maximum profit from the project.
The research collects and arranges related papers, first analyzing the current global construction industry and using industrial analysis, value chain and life cycle analysis to study the industrial current status and trend in the future. Secondly, using an EPC company in the US who successfully implementing the package project management software as the case stusy. Finally, taking the analysis dimensions of DeLone & McLean IS Success Model to analyze the KSFs of the EPC company implementing successfully.
According to the research and analyzing the case, the research conclusion is as follows.
1. Tranditional manually project management method is not enough.
2. The evaluating aspects in D&M IS Success Model can be used to analyze the KSFs while implementing software.
3. Except the system quality and information quality of a software, the service quality of the implementing consultant is important as well.
4. Company culture and supports from top management are the KSFs of implementing package project management software.
5. To evaluate the benefit of implementing a package project management software, except considering the benefits from inside of the company, the benefits from ouside surroundings should be considered.
Keywords：EPC company, package project management software, D&M IS success model, KSFs.
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