Abstract:
Infrastructure delivery processes possess the potential to negatively influence sustainability.
To curb the incidence of these processes within infrastructure delivery systems, the enthronement of
an e ective project management and governance framework becomes imperative. This led to the
emergence of literature on sustainable project management practice. However, studies seeking to
modify existing project governance structures in like manner remain limited. This study contributes
to this emerging discourse on the utility of project governance competencies in facilitating sustainable
infrastructure delivery. To achieve this objective, this study identifies critical success factors central to
the design of e ective sustainability governance structures of a typical infrastructure delivery (ID)
system with the assistance of a cybernetic system framework—the viable infrastructure delivery
systems model (VIDM). Adopting a qualitative multi-case study research design, this study deploys
semi-structured interviews for data elicitation through purposively sampled interviewees within
the identified cases and a document review. Qualitative content analysis (QCA) was deployed for
data analysis. Findings from this study provide success factors for designing e ective sustainability
governance structures for ID systems. It is expected that the findings from this study will contribute
to the emerging discourse concerning sustainability governance of ID systems.
