Assessment of Factors Affecting the Completion of the Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency Project in the City of Dar es Salaam.

Mzimbiri, Musa Zumbe (2024) Assessment of Factors Affecting the Completion of the Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency Project in the City of Dar es Salaam. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study intended to assess the factors affecting the completion of TARURA Projects in Dar es Salaam City. A quantitative study approach and a descriptive survey design were employed to achieve the study purpose. This research was conducted at TARURA offices in Dar es Salaam City. It targeted TARURA employees responsible for implementing TARURA projects in Dar es Salaam City. There were a total number of 90 employees of TARURA in Dar es Salaam. Slovin’s formula was used to calculate the sample size and determined that 73 employees out of 90 employees of TARURA was the optimum sample size for the study. A simple random sampling technique was used in this study to select employees of TARURA in Dar es Salaam city. The questionnaire method was used in this study for quantitative data collection from the sampled employees of TARURA in Dar es Salaam City. Quantitative data collected through questionnaires were analysed through descriptive and inferential statistics with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS version 21.0). The current study found that the predictor variables such as technical competency, resource allocation, and external environment have a positive and significant influence on the outcome variable, which is the completion of the TARURA projects in Dar es Salaam City. The variable that has the strongest influence on project completion among the three predictor variables was technical competence, followed by resource allocation and external environment. It is strongly recommended that project staff’s technical abilities be improved to uplift their technical competency, resources should be allocated sufficiently and on time, and the project schedule should be estimated with strong consideration to the external environment like weather conditions to avoid delays. Keywords: Project completion, Resource allocation, and Technical competency

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