Factor Affecting Timely Completion of Local Government Development Projects: A Case of Tanganyika District.

Gwivaha, Rahel J. (2022) Factor Affecting Timely Completion of Local Government Development Projects: A Case of Tanganyika District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

Thestudy aimed to assess the factors affecting the timely completion of development projects in Tanganyika District. The study was seeking to examinehow resource allocation affect timely completion of development projects, examinehow the knowledge and skill of the project manager affect the timely completion of development projects, examine how project monitoring affect the timely completion of development projects and examine how the project planning affect the timely completion of development projects. This study was guided by the general system theory. The sample size was 46 respondents from Tanganyika District. The study used a cross-sectional research design to collect data from many different individuals at a single point in time. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from Tanganyika District. Discriptive statistics and inferencial analysis were used as a data analysis technique. The study is significance since p<0.05 and showed that there is a positive correlation between resource allocation,project planning, knowledge and skill of the project manager,project monitoring and timely completion of the development projects. the study indicated that inadquate resource allocation, lack of project planning,lack of knowledge, skill and experience of the project manager, and lack of project monitoring affect the timely completion of development projects. The government should ensure adequate resource allocation in all project undertaking to facilitate project completion, improve project planning tool to enhance the capacity of forecasting the expected project activities and their financial implications, ensure skilled, Competent and experienced project managers are hired to ensure that the right project leadership team is hired to lead a process of development project implementation and make monitoring process a continuous and ongoing and not based on milestones but rather on schedules to be able to identify any time creep that may occur during a project. Keywords: Timely project Completion, Development Project, Project, Local Government

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