Lemma, Tekalign (2014) The Role of Project Planning on Project Performance in Ethiopia. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Analysis of the completed projects show that a significant number of projects exceed the planned time and costs and consequently reducing the benefits. Among many causes of project failure, it is widely recognized/ identified/that poor planning has an impact on project performance/success/. The main objective of the research presented in this paper was to assess the role of project planning on project performance in Ethiopia. In order to achieve the objectives, information of past/executed/ projects was collected from 43 organizations. A questionnaire survey conducted to collect data from the respondents that consisted of project manager, supervisors, and other related respondents. The study used SPSS version 20 for correlation and regression analysis, and MTS to identify the influential/important/ planning process/activities under each planning knowledge areas. The findings of the thesis indicate that the main planning input factors that affect the performance of planning processes are: - human, management, technical and organizational factors. And also the finding identifies the main problem areas in planning processes as risk, scope, quality human resource, and integration knowledge areas were inadequately/poorly/ performed in the studied project. The result of the finding also identifies 15 influential planning activities that affect the performance of project out come. This paper recommends an organization that conducts any project should improve the poor/inadequate planning performance of the identified knowledge areas. It is also important for the organization to spend more efforts in the identified planning activities to improve the performance of their project outcome.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HG Finance Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Andriamparany Edilbert RANOARIVONY |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2018 10:23 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2018 10:23 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7994 |
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