ASSESSMENT ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF SELECTED NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs) IN ADDIS ABABA

Abstract

Different kinds of research’s are carried out on project management (PM) practices in order to address the performance and knowledge gaps in projects. The Project Management Institute (PMI) has developed the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) as the best practices in managing projects over the past decades. The main aim of this paper is to assess the project management practices of a selected NGOs found in Addis Ababa. The study was conducted on a 6 NGOs found in Addis Ababa and it focuses on whether the organizations project is based on the nine project management knowledge areas. A descriptive research design was used in the study and a total of 60 respondents were participated. Both the quantitative and qualitative research approach was used in the study. The survey data obtained was logged to SPSS and analyzed by using mean, standard deviation and percentages. Primary data source was used for this study and it was collected using a questionnaire which have an open ended and close ended questions. A total of 60 questionnaires were distributed to the 6 NGOs, out of 60 individuals 54 (90%) of them properly filled and return the questionnaire. From the finding, it can be understood that out of the nine knowledge areas of the project management, the project integration management, project schedule management, project cost management, project quality management, project communication management, project human resource management, project risk management and project procurement management are well practiced and only project scope management is not well practiced and the rest eight knowledge areas some of the knowledge areas were properly managed and practiced but some have not been practiced. This paper suggests that the organizations to implement different projects based on project management knowledge areas and using each knowledge area processes too.