AN ASSESSMENT OF CRITICAL SUCCESS AND FAILURE FACTORS OF PROJECT; A CASE ON ETHIO GULF DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (EGDA)

Abstract

A project a complex, non-routine, one- time effort limited by time, budget, resources, and performance specifications design to meet customer needs. Every project is conducted to solve some kind of problem for an organization; despite of this the project area is not properly valued in many organizations because generally the company’s projects are spread across several other areas. However, it is necessary to know how the projects and the project management provide the means for organizations to achieve their goals. The purpose of this study is to assessing factors which are critical to project success and factor which will contribute to project failure in Ethio Gulf Development Association (EGDA).I was used a descriptive research design and the target population was the project manager and the employee who participated in different project activities. The researcher selects the above population with the intention that, they have a direct or indirect involvement on project works. To address the research question the study used probability and Non probability sampling technique. Probability sampling technique which is specifically Cluster random sampling; by taking the population as all projects located in Addis Ababa and divide projects by types that are going to say clusters, and samples are then randomly select from each cluster. By Non Probability sampling technique the respondent’s selected purposively related to study. The Quantitative raw data classify and compile to make assessment manageable and understandable through micro soft excel. Particularly, statistical tools like: average and percentage and Spss applied. For the qualitative data gathered analyzed using content descriptive analysis technique. In order to gather the primary data, self-administered quaternaries and focus group discussion was conducted, and after collecting adequate and enough data tabulation methods are used. Major finding of the study revealed that limitation of quality planning, limitation of human resource management practices, providing insufficient resource, promissory budget dalliance and lack of well-developed risk and opportunity management strategy. Because of those factor most of the project are not successfully delivered. The critical success of for the Association projects are motivation of staffs, set proper plan, Project financing guaranteed and Executive management support. Based on major finding and the conclusion some recommendation was given to enable the association to transformation to be effective and efficient in successfully. Moreover, the outputs will help projects management practitioners by showing in which points they should give due emphasis when they implement their projects and also policy makers and professional was also be the beneficiaries of the result (output). This paper recommends with regard to HRM continuous trainings should be given for those who are involved in the project, Requirement gathering and analysis document should be prepared in detail which leads to clear and realistic estimating of time and cost. It is also important for the association should be enhance and practice local fundraising events and make additional contingency plan to cover the foreign project budget deficiency.