Project Management Practices and Critical Success Factors–A Developing Country Perspective

Ofori, Daniel

doi:10.5539/ijbm.v8n21p14

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“…Purposive sampling was used in selecting the sample which comprised 200 managers from different economic sectors. Findings from the study revealed that the critical factors that contribute to the success of a project include top management support, effective communication, clarity of project purpose and goals, and stakeholder involvement Ofori(2013).…”

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Examination of Determinants of Project Performance in Construction Companies in Mogadishu

2019

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The main aim of the current study was to examine determinants of project performance in construction industry. The sample size of this study was 200 employees from construction companies in Mogadishu. Data was collected through semi structured questionnaire, and the data was analyzed by using SPSS. Different statistical techniques were performed to test the research objectives of this study Therefore, the Researchers found that all factors had significant positive relationship with project performance. The project managers should be aware of all factors that can threaten the successful implementation of the project. They will ensure that adequate performance reporting is carried out at all stages. This ensures that problems can be identified quickly and measures taken to mitigate them. INTRODUCTIONSomalia, as an emerging economy, is faced with a countless of project management challenges both technical and managerial sides. First, there is a shortage of empirical studies on the success of project management in Somalia, thus leaving no documentation on the best practices in that field. Secondly, whereas projects in general have their challenges regarding implementation and consequently success, development projects in particular are plagued by a unique set of problems and challenges. The PMBOK ® Guide definition of project management is "application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. In Somalia projects can have a successful implementation by getting the following products: sound financial support, effective communication, high monitoring and evaluation and good planning (Marren, 2016) For instance, the nature of project funding in Somalia poses a significant challenge for government as well as non-governmental agencies. The funding provided by donors for development projects is so extensive that they are now referred to as development partners, a reflection of how dependent Ghana's development is on donor support. On the other hand; every project management must meet these success factors: planning, controlling, monitoring, quality management, communication and information, risk management, procurement management, and human resource management and effectively managing the project constraints and many other factors. But, achieving these factors would lead the project to be success. Davis found in her paper some of the common success factors in projects like: project cost and budget, communication and cooperation, stakeholder satisfaction, competent project manager and clear project time bound and objectives (Davis, 2014).Despite of that, with the absence of those factors could also lead the project to be in trouble and these challenges the project management which will have an impact on the overall quality and success of projects in Somalia.Due to the innumerable challenges facing project managers in Somalia, the purpose of the study is to identify and assess the quality of project management practices by determining and ranking the factors that affe...

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Examination of Determinants of Project Performance in Construction Companies in Mogadishu

2019

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“…Project communication management, one of the areas of project management, is considered to be of crucial importance to the success of the project (Ofori, 2013;Kerzner, 2013), in particular IT projects (Holzmann, Panizel, 2013) carried out by dispersed teams (Tone et al, 2009;Sidawi, 2012;Niinimäki et al, 2012;Han, Jung, 2014). But even though its importance is generally acknowledged and communication practices are found to be associated with most of the project success dimensions, the communication processes formalized in the company's project management methodology are often ignored or not given enough attention (see, among others, Monteiro de Carvalho, 2013;Papke-Shields et al, 2010).…”

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Towards project communication management patterns

Muszyńska

2016

Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego. Studia Informatica

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Keywords project communication management, communication management patterns, adaptation of patterns Abstr actThe paper aims at defining project communication management pattern basing on characteristics of patterns defined in other disciplines like: design patterns in software engineering, knowledge management patterns, enterprise architecture management patterns, enterprise architecture patterns for multichannel management, or project management patterns. All these established patterns share some common concepts and elements but are devoted to different fields and structures of activities and specific problems. The definition of project communication management pattern proposed in this paper is an attempt of adaptation of the existing pattern concepts to the characteristics and nature of communication management and its needs.

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“…Purna Sudhakar, 2012;Ofori 2013), in particular IT projects carried out by dispersed teams (Han, Jung, 2014;Niinimäki, Piri, Lassenius, Paasivaara, 2012). Effective project communications ensure that the right information reaches the right person at the right time and in a cost-effective manner, and it is a critical element of team effectiveness, both in traditional and virtual teams.…”

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Communication needs in an international project team in the opinion of the practitioners

Muszyńska

2017

Ekonomiczne Problemy Usług

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Summary. Managing an international project involving partners from different countries and various institutions is a challenging task. In such a project, with a dispersed international team, proper communication and documentation management seems to be of crucial importance in achieving the project success. For this purpose, appropriate plans, procedures and rules must be established, as well as an effective software tool used. The present paper concentrates on the latter issue and concerns an EU co-financed project BalticMuseums: Love IT! The main goal of the paper is to determine the functionalities and features of a tool supporting communication and documentation processes in this project. The study bases on the opinions and experiences of practitioners employed in the BalticMuseums: Love IT! project.

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Project Management Practices and Critical Success Factors–A Developing Country Perspective

Cited by 91 publications

References 21 publications

Examination of Determinants of Project Performance in Construction Companies in Mogadishu

Examination of Determinants of Project Performance in Construction Companies in Mogadishu

Towards project communication management patterns

Communication needs in an international project team in the opinion of the practitioners

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