| Abstract: | Project stakeholder management is among the ten knowledge areas that a project manager must
be familiar with for a successful implementation of a project work. Hence, this study aims to assess
project stakeholder practice and challenges of urban greening projects of Addis Ababa. The study
has examined major issue related to Stakeholder Identification, stakeholder management process,
stakeholder management practice and stakeholder management challenges. The research used
descriptive research design and a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative approaches to
carry out the study. Primary data was collected from a total of thirty four respondents which are
selected using census method. The collected data was analyzed with the help of SPSS version 20.0.
The qualitative data was presented using descriptive statistics with the help of table, frequency,
percentage mean and also standard deviation. Semi-structured interview was also conducted with
the 3 project managers, and analyzed qualitatively by integrating secondary data obtained from
progress and annual and project feasibility study reports. Accordingly, the findings of the study
reveal, the overall stakeholder management practice of the agency can be said satisfactory, which
the aggregate mean is 3.05. However, a failure in identification of all stakeholders at early stages
of the project, Poor management of stakeholder expectations, and also the absence of well
standardized stakeholder management process has been mentioned as a major barriers of effective
stakeholder management of the agency. Finally, it is recommended that all stakeholders should
understand project goals and objectives, all relevant stakeholders should identify from the project
early stages, and need to assign a separate stakeholder management unit with a standardized
stakeholder management process in order to realize project success. |
