Assessing the impact of project management applications on GETFund projects. A case study of Wa Municipality
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2021-07-06
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Abstract
This study was undertaken to assess the effect of applying project management
knowledge areas on the success of projects using GETfund projects in the Wa
Municipality as a case study. The assessment of the success of the project was
determined by using three indicators, which were cost, schedule and quality
achievements and these indicators were used because they are broadly used in every
sector in managing projects and is understood by different kinds of practitioners in
various fields. In order to obtain data for analysis, survey questionnaires were drawn
and distributed to project staffs of GETFund in the Wa Municipality. The data collected
was used to assess the degree of significance of connecting several project management
application areas in order to achieve better project performance in terms of cost,
schedule and quality. Analysis of the effect of project management applications on the
success of the projects was undertaken using descriptive data analysis and using social
science package software version 20 to identify the correlation between the importance
of applying project management applications and the success of the project. The major
outcomes extracted from the study were that it was essential to connect the several
project management applications to achieve greater success on a project. It was again
made known that all the application areas of project management were important in
achieving greater success on the project. However, the significance of the application
areas are not the same with cost management having the highest significance and
followed by scope management. The impact of the application areas in achieving the
planned schedule was discovered to be lagging behind cost and quality performance. It
was discovered that the use of project management application areas turn to have a
positive effect on the success of the project and by so doing enhancing the success of
the organization. The research gave further suggestions for enhancement of the use of
project management application areas and also suggested that more project
performance indicators should be developed in other studies. Lastly, suggestions were
made on subjects for further research on the impact of project management application
areas on the success of projects in all government project-oriented organizations in
addition to GETFund
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, College of Art and Built Environment in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science.
Keywords
Assessing, Project management applications, GETFund projects, Impact, Wa Municipality