A Methodological Framework of Assessing National Quality Infrastructure Efficacy for Quality Management This paper develops an assessment framework of national quality infrastructure efficacy (NQIE) which represents a new quality management paradigm for stakeholders and quality managers. The basis is to decompose the complex concept of NQIE into several portions and then integrate portions together with multicriteria decision analysis method to assess NQIE. The constructed NQIE assessment framework was applied to a case study in Zhejiang province, China for validation. The results showed that NQI construction in Zhejiang province had achieved great progress with continuous growth. Meanwhile, the contribution analysis of each attribute parameter to general NQIE can provide scientific basis for decision makers to recognize the most and least contributed parameters for general NQIE and therefore taking measures to improve NQIE.

Benefits Management in Infrastructure Projects: Towards a Best Practice Framework Realization of project benefits is considered to be a reflection of project success and is therefore directly linked to organisational performance. However, the failure of projects to achieve their expected outcomes continues to remain a concern, particularly for publicly funded projects. An emerging body of literature suggests that the assessment of a projectu0027s capacity to deliver organizational outcomes should be considered within the broader context of xe2x80x98project benefit realisationxe2x80x99 or xe2x80x98project benefit managementxe2x80x99. This paper first develops a conceptual framework capturing the various elements and perspectives of project benefits management applicable to infrastructure projects, and then validates it using empirical data drawn from multiple sources within public sector infrastructure organisations. The findings indicate that pursuance of the proposed framework could support the delivery of improved project outcomes. The empirical evidence further suggests that although the framework holds merit and is well received by project management professionals, its adoption would entail a significant cultural shift in organisations.