ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES REGARDING PROJECT QUADRUPLE CONSTRAINTS: IN THE CASE OF CBE HEAD QUARTER BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Abstract

The role and implementation of project management practices on construction projects is underestimated for centuries and this has been the reason for the failure of most projects in Ethiopia and also in Africa. This research assessed the implementation of project management practices regarding project quadruple constraints on building construction projects in the case of CBE H.Q building construction. The researcher went through different literatures on the subject matter to understand about the factors of project quadruple constraints and decided to apply descriptive research design employing qualitative and quantitative research approaches. Purposive sampling method was used since all the respondents were selected purposely considering they have a direct involvement and pertinent information that can help the researcher. Descriptive analysis was applied in order to get the Percentage, frequency and mean of the respondents’ data. The likert scale questionnaires were processed and analyzed using SPSS 25 and presented in a narrative form by using tables and charts. In this research 116 respondents were involved and 106 of them responded well, accordingly from the collected data the researcher has found out that 64.15% of the respondents responded strongly agreeing that the performance was good, 22.64 % agreed and 13.21% of the respondents disagreed, from this point of view the researcher generalized that the project performance is very good in spite of Covid. The major gaps in managing project constraints of this project were absence of defined stakeholder responsibility, quality standard knowledge gap, scope change, using different scheduling systems and lack of experts. Based on the analysis carried out, the researcher has forwarded some recommendations to the respective institutions; to have a centralized and consistent construction rule, regulation and standards as country, creating investment opportunities for individual investors to collaborate with investment biro to manufacture construction material and also to empower Ethiopian construction professional through trainings and experience sharing.