The Project Planning and Implementation in Rwanda National Union of Deaf Project Kicukiro District

Authors

  • Kadiho Alpha School of Business and Economics, Mount Kenya University, Rwanda
  • Nyabera Onsoti School of Business and Economics, Mount Kenya University, Rwanda
  • Alice Kituyi School of Postgraduate Studies, Mount Kenya University, Rwanda

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/nnbma.v7i4.976

Abstract

A number of donor funded project fail during implementation stage due to poor planning. This study objective was to assess the impact of project planning on implementation in Rwanda National Union of Deaf (RNUD) Project. Specific objectives of the study included: to determine ways in which project planning impacts on successful implementation of Rwanda National Union of Deaf (RNUD) Project in Kicukiro District; to establish how project implementation processes are accomplished in the Rwanda National Union of Deaf (RNUD) Project in Kicukiro District; and to determine the impact of project planning on project implementation of Rwanda National Union of Deaf (RNUD) Project in Kicukiro District. The researcher used descriptive research design for data analysis. The researcher used a simple random sampling to select 112 respondents including 16 respondents who included project donors and employees, who were given questionnaires to provide quantitative data. Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analysis models with help of SPSS version 21.0 were used to analyse the collected data from the field. The results revealed a positive and significant relationship between project planning and implementation of Rwanda National Union of Deaf (RNUD) Project in Kicukiro District, Rwanda. For instance, the positive and significant relationship between project scope planning and team development (r=.821 and p=.000), between project scope planning and task assignment (r=.787 and p=.000), between project scope planning and plan execution (r=.848 and p=.000) between project resource planning and team development (r=.834 and p=.000) between project resource planning and task assignment (r=.772 and p=.000) between project resource planning and plan execution (r=.858 and p=.000) For the findings, the study recommend project employees should be equipped with more planning skills to enhance the process of project planning by including the project beneficiaries, The researcher would also like to recommend to project beneficiaries to be part and parcel of project planning and implementation process of RNUD Project to enhance its performance and ensure full participation of stakeholder to enhance productive implementation process of project and beneficiary satisfaction.

References

Abraham, A. (2014). Project Planning and Management: An Aspect of Development. Hamburg, Germany: Anchor Academic Publishing.

Ajam, M. A. (2015). Applied Project Management. USA: Author House.

Akdeniz, C. (2015). Project Design Explained: Project Management Books. Germany: Baderstrasse.

Asha, A. A. (2014). Towards Effective Planning and Implementation of the Local Development Initiatives in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Mediterranean. Journal of Social Sciences, 5(20), 398-409.

Banerjee, A& Chaudhury, S. (2010). Statistics without tears: Populations and samples. Industrial psychiatry journal, 19(1), 60–65. https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.77642

Barrett D.C. (2018). Understanding Project Management: A Practical Guide. Canada: CSP Books.

Chaput, L. (2011). Project Design: Strategic Information: A Process Approach. Delhi, India: PUQ.

Chen, G. (2017). Project Planning & Design (PPD) ARE 5.0 Mock Exam (Architect Registration Examination). California: ArchiteG.

Coles E.J& Barritt C.M.H. (2014). Planning and Monitoring Design Work. New York: Routledge

Dionne, R. (2018). Project Planning for the Stage: Tools and Techniques for Managing Extraordinary Performances. SIU Press.

Elise, P., O'Brien, B., Laura, N., Glen, B., Maria, A. (2016). Design: Selection of Data Collection Methods. Journal of Graduate in Medical Education, 8 (2): 263–264. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-16-00098.1

Fageha, M. K& Aibinu, A. A. (2013). Managing Project Scope Definition to Improve Stakeholders’ Participation and Enhance Project Outcome. Journal of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 74 (2013) 154 – 164. https://doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.03.038

Freeman, R. (2007). Managing For Stakeholders: Essential Readings in Ethical Leadership and Management. Amherst NY: Prometheus Books.

Freeman, R. E. (2010). Strategic Management: A Stakeholder approach. US: Cambridge

Ganesh, K., Sanjey M., Anbudayasankar S.P& Sivakumar P. (2016). Enterprise Resource Planning Fundamentals of Design and Implementation. New Delhi: Springer.

Gasik, S. (2016). National public projects implementation systems: How to improve public projects delivery from the country level. Journal of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 226 (8), 351-357.

Guillermo, F., Miguel, A., Manuel, V., Sebastian, G., Rodrigo, T., Jorge, S. (2020). Conceptual Framework for the Strategic Management: A Literature Review Descriptive. Journal of Engineering, 2020 (3), 21-34. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6253013

Herder, P& Wijnia, Y. (2012). A systems view on infrastructure asset management; In: Asset Management; The state of the art in Europe from a life cycle perspective; van der Lei, T., P. Herder, Y. Wijnia (Editors); Springer; ISBN 978-94-007-2723-6

Hirschman, A.O. (2015). Development Projects Observed. Washington D.C.: Booking Institutions.

Igwe N.N& Ude A. O. (2018). Project planning and Implementation in Nigeria: Revisiting International best practices. European Scientific Journal, 14 (3), 152-174).

Kanyago G.M& Shukla J. (2017). Role of Project Management Skills on performance of construction projects: A case of selected construction firms in Kigali Rwanda. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 6 (7), 12-21.

Klein, H. (2018). Basic Professional Project Planning New Delhi: Springer.

Le Blanc, P.M., González, V& Wang, H. (2020). Charismatic Leadership and Work Team Innovative Behavior: the Role of Team Task Interdependence and Team Potency. Journal of Business Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-019-09663-6

Levitt, G. (2013). Team Planning for Project Managers and Business Analysts. Boca Raton, USA: CRS Press.

Locatelli, G., Invernizzi, D. C& Brookes, N. J. (2017). Project characteristics and performance in Europe: An empirical analysis for large transport infrastructure projects. Transportation research part A: policy and practice, 98, 108-122.

Mainardes, E. W., Alves, H., Raposo, M. (2011). Stakeholder theory: Issues to resolve. Management Decision Journal, 49(2), 226-252. https://doi:10.1108/00251741111109133

Martinelli, R.J& Milosevic D.Z. (2016). Project Management ToolBox: Tools and Techniques for the Practicing Project 2nd ed. New Jersey: John Willey & Sons.

Melton, T. (2011). Real project planning: developing a project delivery strategy. UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Moustafaev, J. (2014). Project scope management: A practical guide to requirements for engineering, product, construction, IT and enterprise projects. Boca Raton, USA: CRC Press.

Msoroka, M. (2012). Project Design and Management Knowledge and Project Management Skills. GRIN Verlag.

Naeem, S., Khanzada, B., Mubashir, T & Sohail, H. (2018). Impact of Project Planning on Project Success with Mediating Role of Risk Management and Moderating Role of Organizational Culture. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 9(1), 88-98.

Ong’aro, W. O & Asumptah, K. (2017). Determinants of Succesful Implimentation of Housing Projects in Rwanda: A Case of Roko Construction Company. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Project Management, 2(2), 69-85.

Peppard, J& Ward, J. (2016). The strategic management of information systems: Building a

Pheng, L.S. (2018). Project Management for the Built Environment: Study Notes Singapore: Springer.

Pica M. (2015). Project Life Cycle Economics: Cost Estimation, Management and Effectiveness in Construction Projects. NY: Routledge.

PMI (2013) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) 5th ed.. Newton Square. USA: Project Management Institute.

Remon, F. A & Sherif, M. H. (2013). Applying lean thinking in construction and performance improvement. Alexandria Engineering Journal,52 (4), 679-695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2013.04.008

Roovers, G.J& van Buuren, M.W. (2016). Stakeholder participation in long term planning of water infrastructure. Infrastructure Complexity Journal, 3 (1), 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40551-016-0013-3

Serrador, P. (2013). The Impact of Planning on Project Success-A Literature Review. The Journal of Modern Project Management, 1(2), 112-121.

Sokowski, D. (2015). Mastering Project Management Integration and Scope: A Framework for Strategizing and Defining Project Objectives and Deliverables. FT Press.

Usadolo, S. E& Caldwel, M. (2016). A Stakeholder Approach to Community Participation in a Rural Development Project. SAGE open Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244016638132

van Buuren, M.W., Driessen, P.P.J., van Rijswick, H.J.F.M & Teisman, G.R. (2014). Towards legitimate governance strategies for climate adaptation. Combining insights from legal, planning and democratic perspectives. Journal of Regional Environmental Change, 14(3):1021–1033

Vries, M.S., Juraj N& David S. (2019). Performance-Based Budgeting in the Public Sector. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

Wernerfelt, B. (1984). A resource?based view of the firm. Strategic management journal, 5(2), 171-180.

Zandhuis A., Paul S & Thomas W. (2017). A Pocket Companion to PMI’s PMBOK Guide Fifth edition (3rd ed.). Netherlands: Van Haren Publishing.

Zwikael, O & Meredith, J. (2019). Evaluating the Success of a Project and the Performance of Its Leaders in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management,Journal of management review, 47 (3), 127-134 https://doi:10.1109/TEM.2019.2925057

Downloads

Published

30-04-2021

How to Cite

Alpha, K. ., Onsoti, N. ., & Kituyi, A. (2021). The Project Planning and Implementation in Rwanda National Union of Deaf Project Kicukiro District. Journal of Advance Research in Business, Management and Accounting (ISSN: 2456-3544), 7(4), 01-15. https://doi.org/10.53555/nnbma.v7i4.976