THE EFFECT OF RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AND PROJECT ORGANIZATION ON IT PROJECTS SUCCESS IN ETHIOPIA: THE CASE OF ETHIO TELECOM

Abstract

Project risk management practice has been improved on the past decades due to the publication of different literatures in the area of the study. Companies all over the world persuade project risk management practices to achieve the project objectives within the budget, time, scope, and of quality product. The general objective of the study was to investigate the effect of project risk management practice and project organization on IT projects success in ethio telecom. The study adopted quantitative method and the descriptive as well as correlational research design. For the proper accomplishment of the study, the primary data were collected using Likert scale type questionnaire by distributing to and collecting from the IT project implementers and risk management employees in ethio telecom. The analysis includes descriptive, correlation, regression and ANOVA. The major finding of the study indicated that project risk management practice i.e. risk management planning, risk identification, risk analysis, risk response planning, and risk monitoring and control has significant effect on the success of IT projects in ethio telecom. On project organization the study also showed its significant effect on the success of the projects and on the practicing of risk management. However, project management practices are poorly practiced in the company in all aspect of the processes and the organization structure that is in use for project lacks to support the risk management process. Hence, to proactively avoid the challenges of poorly practiced project risk management variables, the researcher recommends to follow processes of risk management planning, identification, analysis, response, monitoring and control; to promote the use of standard and useful tools, techniques, and methods both qualitative and quantitative, to improve the involvement of stakeholder in risk identification, to enhance the project organization implementation in a way to support risk management, to have appropriate response plan and improve continuous monitoring and control of risk.