ABSTRACT
This study seeks to identify the challenges of measuring and managing project success from ongoing infrastructure projects and to uncover best practice for innovative project governance. The study adopted a quantitative research approach to gather data through questionnaires. Data was collected only from ongoing construction projects being executed in the Free State province. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics with the aid of SPSS software. The most potent inhibitory factor in the provision of successful public sector infrastructure services and development was determined to be competence related factors and project management factors respectively. The findings of the study reveals that the level of success criticality in the development of construction projects in South Africa is according to the specific responsibilities of management. The novelty of the work stems from its focus on ongoing projects as the measurement of project success usually occurs upon commissioning in a conventional sense.
