THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF JAMBO CONSTRUCTION PLC.

Abstract

Project management is an administration process for the planning and control of services or the implementation of a project. Project management is a method of managing change by designing activities that meet specific objectives while involving stakeholders and teamwork to achieve successful implementation. Literature shows that applying project management practices offers organizations the means to be completed within the time frame, budgeted cost and required quality. However, unfortunately many projects take longer time to complete, cost more than necessary. The general objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of project management process on the performance of Jambo construction. Mixed research approach has been adopted to carry out the study. A total of 70questionnaires were distributed .The collected data was analyzed with the help of SPSS version 20.0. Then the data presented quantitatively using descriptive statistics with the help of table, frequency and percentage. The research result revealed that stakeholder management, communication management, Human resource management and integration management processes were applied effectively in Jambo construction. But On the other hand factors that challenges the construction project in this study includes scope management, quality management, risk management, time management, cost management and procurement management. Based on these research findings the researcher concluded that planning process from the process group and Quality, Time, Cost, Communication, scope, risk, procurement and integration management processes from the subject group are effective in realizing success of a project. Emphasis should be given to have well prepared procurement planning with much detail, quality management plan, risk management plan, scope management plan, time management plan and Cost management plan in order to deliver successful projects.