Evaluating the Drivers of Cloud Data Management Usage in the South African Construction Industry †
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. The Drivers of Cloud Data Management Usage in the SACI
2.1. Effective Collaboration and Communication
2.2. Safe Cloud Data Management Platform and Remote Data Accessibility
2.3. Scalability of the Cloud Service and Low IT Infrastructure Expenditure for Users
2.4. Effective Project Management and Manageability of Storage
2.5. Data Portability of Cloud Applications and Service Quality and Efficiency
2.6. Disaster Recovery and Availability, and Reliable Data Storage and Accessible Infrastructure
2.7. Technology Advancement and Decreased Reliance on Labor
2.8. Competitiveness, Improved Project Life Cycle Management, and Sustainable Data Management
3. Research Methodology
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Research Participants’ Biographic Information
4.2. Descriptive Results of the Drivers of Cloud Data Management Usage in the SACI
4.3. Factor Analysis Results of the Drivers of Cloud Data Management Usage in the SACI
4.4. Discussion
4.4.1. Cluster 1: Operational Efficiency and Resilience Drivers
4.4.2. Cluster 2: Strategic and Technological Drivers
4.4.3. Implications of the Study
5. Conclusions and Recommendations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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The Drivers of Cloud Data Management Usage in the South African Construction Industry | Mean Item Score (MIS) | Kruskal–Wallis H | Asymp. Sig. | Ranking (R) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sustainable data management | 4.4 | 6.392 | 0.495 | 1 |
Improved project life cycle management | 4.42 | 7.702 | 0.360 | 2 |
Technological advancement | 4.35 | 6.323 | 0.503 | 3 |
Effective collaboration | 4.27 | 2.794 | 0.903 | 4 |
Effective communication | 4.27 | 2.834 | 0.900 | 4 |
The need for a reliable data storage service | 4.26 | 3.629 | 0.821 | 6 |
Adequate disaster recovery measures | 4.25 | 6.376 | 0.497 | 7 |
Accessible data even during downtime | 4.25 | 4.842 | 0.679 | 7 |
Safe cloud data management platform | 4.24 | 3.358 | 0.850 | 9 |
Remote data accessibility | 4.23 | 2.007 | 0.959 | 10 |
Quality of cloud data management services | 4.18 | 7.546 | 0.374 | 11 |
Manageability of storage | 4.18 | 5.638 | 0.583 | 11 |
Competitiveness of construction organizations | 4.16 | 9.018 | 0.251 | 13 |
Effective project management | 4.13 | 5.117 | 0.646 | 14 |
Decreased reliance on manual labor | 4.12 | 3.236 | 0.862 | 15 |
Data portability of cloud applications | 4.06 | 14.314 | 0.046 | 16 |
Scalability of the cloud service | 3.99 | 8.689 | 0.276 | 17 |
Low IT infrastructure expenditure for users | 3.95 | 2.730 | 0.909 | 18 |
Groupings | Initial Eigenvalues | Extraction Sums of Squared Loadings | ||||
Total | % of Variance | Cumulative % | Total | % of Variance | Cumulative % | |
1 | 8.396 | 46.644 | 46.644 | 8.396 | 46.644 | 46.644 |
2 | 1.472 | 8.180 | 54.824 | 1.472 | 8.180 | 54.824 |
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy | 0.894 | |||||
Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity | Approx. Chi-Square | 1022.549 | ||||
Df | 153 | |||||
Sig | <0.001 | |||||
Drivers of Cloud Data Management Usage in the SACI | Component | |||||
1 | 2 | |||||
Cluster 1: Operational Efficiency and Resilience Drivers | - | |||||
Effective communication | 0.948 | |||||
Effective collaboration | 0.790 | |||||
Safe cloud data management platform | 0.766 | |||||
Low IT infrastructure expenditure for users | 0.724 | |||||
Scalability of the cloud service | 0.641 | |||||
Data portability of cloud applications | 0.631 | |||||
Remote data accessibility | 0.600 | |||||
Quality of cloud data management services | 0.539 | |||||
Accessible data even during downtime | 0.497 | |||||
Adequate disaster recovery measures | 0.442 | |||||
Effective project management | 0.424 | |||||
Cluster 2: Strategic and Technological Drivers | - | |||||
Decreased reliance on manual labor | 0.856 | |||||
Sustainable data management | 0.779 | |||||
Competitiveness of construction organizations | 0.748 | |||||
Improved project life cycle management | 0.704 | |||||
Technological advancement | 0.606 | |||||
Manageability of storage | 0.467 | |||||
The need for a reliable data storage service | 0.462 |
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Mpingana, W.B.; Akinradewo, O.; Aigbavboa, C.; Khan, S.A. Evaluating the Drivers of Cloud Data Management Usage in the South African Construction Industry. Eng. Proc. 2024, 76, 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024076039
Mpingana WB, Akinradewo O, Aigbavboa C, Khan SA. Evaluating the Drivers of Cloud Data Management Usage in the South African Construction Industry. Engineering Proceedings. 2024; 76(1):39. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024076039
Chicago/Turabian StyleMpingana, Wanda Buhle, Opeoluwa Akinradewo, Clinton Aigbavboa, and Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan. 2024. "Evaluating the Drivers of Cloud Data Management Usage in the South African Construction Industry" Engineering Proceedings 76, no. 1: 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024076039
APA StyleMpingana, W. B., Akinradewo, O., Aigbavboa, C., & Khan, S. A. (2024). Evaluating the Drivers of Cloud Data Management Usage in the South African Construction Industry. Engineering Proceedings, 76(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024076039