Analyzing determinants of delivery delay of Water Projects in Zanzibar; The case of selected projects undertaken by Zanzibar Water Authority (ZAWA)

Hassan, Muhsini (2019) Analyzing determinants of delivery delay of Water Projects in Zanzibar; The case of selected projects undertaken by Zanzibar Water Authority (ZAWA). Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study analyzed determinants of project delivery delay that arose when implementing water projects where Zanzibar Water Authority was involved through her projects. The objectives are; to examine the extent to which project planning and scheduling, contract management and financial flow influences on delivery delay of water projects in Zanzibar. The study is of Positivism paradigm and deductive approach, and it adopted a descriptive survey research design. Data collection technique used is a set of administered questionnaire which were randomly distributed to a sample of 100 personnel of different cadre ranging from engineers, project managers, client and personnel of similar sort. The study used descriptive statistical techniques where results of Pearson Collerations and Multiple Regression analysis from SPSS were used to analyse collected data from questionnaires. The study revealed that financial flow, planning and scheduling have positive and significant influence on delivery delay of water projects in Zanzibar whereas for contract management the study did not find the relationship between contract management and delivery delays of water projects. Furthermore, the study recommended several measures for reducing impact of delivery delay including prior making of financial arrangements for clients, establishing of free regulatory body for construction projects and improving project performance through trainings and formulation of guidelines and policies. The researcher suggest further studies to be done such that different tools may be applied and addition of independent variables since delivery delay is not bound to only contract management, financial flow and project planning and scheduling.

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