Impact of project management practices on Schedule Performance: a case study of Takoradi Mall Project
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2021-05-18
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Abstract
Completion of projects on time is having a heavy toll on several construction organisations.
Even though it is the contractor’s utmost desire as well as the project owners to complete
projects on time, it does not usually happen as expected. Several factors influence the
untimely completion of projects. Here in Ghana, time overrun is no new thing. Most
projects especially public-sector projects usually experience time overrun and hence face
the accompanying effects. This study outlines the factors that contributed to schedule
performance as well as the project management practices adopted during the Takoradi mall
construction to investigate the impact of these practices on the schedule performance. It is
an undeniable fact that project management practices vary from one organisation to the
other due to the nature and purpose of the project and in particular, the degree of
performance required. Nonetheless, the performance of the results is what that makes a
practice ideal. The quantitative and qualitative approaches were adopted in this study. A
questionnaire was distributed to personnel from owners, consultants, and contractors as
well as subcontractors involved in the project. Besides, five project managers were
interviewed to identify the project management practices implemented.in all, fifty (50)
questionnaires were received from the respondents and then analysed. The data obtained
for the study were subjected to analysis using SPSS which adopted both the descriptive
and correlational analysis. The result of the analyses indicates that the project management
practices implemented had a major influence on schedule performance. The study
recommends further research into the investigation on how the project management
practices identified impacted the cost and scope of the project.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the award degree of Master of Science in Project Management.
Keywords
Project Management Practices,, Schedule, Performance