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A Project Work Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Master of Arts Degree in Project Management
(Addis Ababa University, 2-10) Bekele, Zerabruk; Bekalu, Wubshet (PhD)
This research aimed to assess the monitoring practices in projects contracted to YOTEK construction PLC. An effort was made to identify the strengths, weaknesses, and challenges to the monitoring practices. It was a descriptive research where quantitative data was collected through questionnaires distributed to all the staffs involved in monitoring. The data was analyzed on SPSS and MS Excel, and the findings inductively interpreted. An acceptable response rate of 90.7% was achieved but the response rates for the open-ended questions were not satisfactory. The research found out that about half of the staffs assigned for monitoring responsibilities need trainings in project management. Tools, systems, and applications were sufficiently available but financial constraint was straining the practice. Aspects of monitoring plan and its implementation were good, but some components of the plan such as acceptable performance levels were not properly communicated. The data collection was frequent and flexible thereby contributing to data quality, though information overload was a downside. The project reporting at YOTEK had some important attributes for effectiveness: Timely, flexibly scheduled, tailored to audience, and participatory. But independent performance reviews aiming for unbiased, impartial assessment of the work were less common. Furthermore, a weakness was noted in taking corrective action as per the findings of the performance reviews. One of the interesting findings was that the weaknesses and strengths were not exclusive to each other, but project specific at times. The implication of this observation is that the monitoring practice was not highly consistent or it was not integrated across projects. The researcher recommends YOTEK to build an integrated monitoring system so as to ensure optimal resource utilization. It is also recommended to conduct trainings to familiarize staffs to the monitoring tools and systems, to resolve the financial constraint and the communication lapses that were affecting the monitoring practice. Key words:
An Assessment of Social Responsibility (SR) Practices The Case of Public Construction Project Organization in Arada Sub-City
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-05) Mulugeta, Deginet; Belayneh, Temesgen(PhD)
The purpose of this study is to assess the SR practices of the project organization/Construction office in Arada Sub-city in undertaking public construction project works. Purposive and stratified sampling method was used to select 88 respondents from the project organization, client organizations, and woreda level public mobilization development offices and from the recently active public construction project site works. The study applied descriptive study design and used survey questions, semi-structured interviews and direct observation of project site works as an instrument for data collection. The data gathered were categorized in to their respective six sub-topics and coded in the SPSS program, tabulated, and the frequency counts were changed in to percentages for analyzing the data. Using a mixed-method review under this study; the findings present that even if the uptake of SR has increased across different project personnel’s from time to time, employees in the Project organization which are committed to social responsibility operations uses the language of SR in a limited way in their working activities and these personnel’s that uses the language of SR are insignificantly committed to the principle of it. Evidences of the study show that the project organization implements principles, plans, and courses of actions in the varieties of public construction project operations without considering/realizing the importance of SR or provide a response which does not address social problems and the need of the society. The study also identified a number of SR practices which contributes to the development of negative perceptions towards the operations of the project organization in the society/community. As a result, keeping good relationship with the necessary stakeholders, developing and cultivating socially responsible practices, being flexible to accommodate construction innovations and adopt new way of doing project operations, strategically creating good learning environment and continuously monitoring and providing feedback are the main points from others given as a recommendation for the project organization to reduce its negative impacts and provide even greater benefit to further future development
The Effect Of Procurement Method In The Construction Sector: A Case Of Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-05) Elias, Absera; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
One of the features of the construction industry over the last three decades or so, has been the use of various procurement methods for project such as management contracting, project management, and design and building. With the development of applying these methods several researchers have conducted various research to examine the criteria for their selection and their performance in terms of time, cost, and quality. The aim of this study is to investigate the process and effect of procurement related factors such as procurement selection criteria, and to suggesting methods and variation orders on project performance. The researcher collected data by using mixed approach, which mainly consists of both qualitative and quantitative (quail-quanti) approaches. The research design adopted to conduct this study is that of a Case Study approach. To conduct the research, the researcher relied up on non-probability sampling methods. Of this type of sampling, a purposive sampling technique was used to select the specific center. The target groups in this study are the Consultants, Contractors, Procurement experts, Architects, and employees related to the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel construction project. The research employs gathering of both primary and secondary data to address the research questions. Based on the study the researcher was able to conclude that there weren’t that much of a difference between the consultants and the contractors regarding the effects especially on the factor related to clients affect the procurement method of the Radisson Blu Plaza construction project greatly. More than half of the respondents agreed that factors related to clients had a higher effect on procurement method and the performance of the project. Based on the findings the researcher recommended that all parties should familiarize themselves with various types of procurement methods to assist them to make a well-informed decision on procurement and try to mix some of them to fill in some gaps. The clients should also have a clear understanding of what they want and hire a professional and relay on their expert judgments
Price Escalation And Its Management In Turnkey Projects: The Case Of Ethiopian Railways Corporation
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-05) Tarekegn, Dawit; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
The role of railway development for the economical growth and social welfare of a country is very indispensable. Especially for a developing country like Ethiopia, the expansion of rail network highly supports the strive in building competitive economy. Although it has been over hundred years for a rail to operate in Ethiopia, following its age the old one has been deteriorated and abandoned. It has been about ten years that the new spirit of a railway operation has revived in the country. As the new railway construction sector lacks experience and a well developed & systematic environment, it is highly prone industry to different risks including price escalation. So that the sector should stay awaken towards mitigation of price escalation to accomplish its objectives. Mitigating price escalation strictly requires the identification of the condition of the price escalation, the causes and effects together with the effective ways of mitigating the problem. This study has tried to enlighten the price escalation & its management in the Ethiopian railway construction sector. The analysis was supported by the use of Mean Score (MS), frequency tables and graphs. The study has identified that there is a noticeable disagreement on the understandings of price escalation in the EPC/Turnkey projects among the employer, contractors and consultants. National and global inflation, late project launch & project schedule changes; and fluctuation in money exchange rates beyond the level predicted were among the main factors that cause price escalation in the EPC/Turnkey railway projects of Ethiopia. On the other hand, project financing problem, high project cost and disputes between the employer & the contractors are the major effects of price escalation in the projects. Applying buyer-supplier partnership/relationship, using local instead of imported materials and developing regular monitoring system to assure appropriate market assessment & proper procurement procedure are mitigation mechanisms rated first to third based on their significance to the price escalation management. Recommendations on how to work on the disagreements and the collaborative reactions to be taken towards mitigating price escalation have been proposed based on the analysis of the results that enables to minimize the problems of price escalation on the railway construction projects
Impact of Leadership Attributes of Project Managers on Project Success: The Case of Ethiopian Road Authority (ERA)
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-05-13) Tadesse, Kaleb; Bekalu, Wubishet (PhD)
Very little focus has been placed on the need for leadership competencies as requirements from PMs. This research study was conducted with the objective of determining the influence of leadership attributes of PMs on project success. Furthermore, it attempted to identify the leadership attributes that must be possessed by PMs through meta-analysis of previous literature and tried to determine the relationship between those attributes and project success. The meta-analysis revealed that four groups of leadership attribute namely personal trait, technical leadership skills, soft leadership skills and emotional intelligence. PMs selected for the study were first grouped into successful or unsuccessful PMs based on the performance level of the projects they were conducting. A structured questionnaire was distributed and data gathered were analyzed using SPSS version 20. It was found that all leadership attributes were positively correlated with project success. Personal traits were the most statistically significant determinants of project success followed by emotional intelligence, soft leadership skills and technical leadership skills, respectively. Other than those groups of leadership attributes, experience was also found to be a statistically significant determinant of project success. In summary, project success was positively affected by experience and the leadership attributes of the PM. Recruitment, selection and assignment of PMs to projects should be designed to include the experience and leadership attributes and Personality test should be administered to ensure personality-project fit. Training and experience sharing platforms in areas of team work, communication, project management and sensitivity trainings can have vital contribution towards improving leadership attributes required of the PM. A lesson learned documents, best practice documents as well as templates and processes like risk register, pert chart and quality assurance should be available in an organized manner
Generic Risk Factors and Their Implication for Information System (IS) Projects of Ethiotelecom
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-05-23) Asmare, Melkamu; Bekalu, Wubishet (PhD)
This study identified the risk factors in each project phases or process groups of IS projects in ethiotelecom. The researcher used descriptive research method. Risk factors were identified by interviewing project managers and project team members, project document analysis, and by reviewing other research works. Structured questionnaires with Likert type was used for severity level analysis on different project phases of IS projects. This study is significant to a larger extent to project implementers, users, and venders to identify and prioritize risk factors while the projects are initiated, Planned, launched, monitored, and closed. Moreover, it can be used as an input for further study on risk management of the company. The findings of the study indicated that the average severity of identified risk factors is found to be different on different project phases. On average, there is lower severity on scoping phase and M&C phase, where as there is higher impact on Closing, Planning, and launching project phases. Moreover, except for few risk factors which affect all the project phases similarly, every project phase is affected differently by different risk factors. Risk factors which have considerable impact on each project phase and hence the project as a whole were identified and prioritized through experts, experienced project team members, and project managers. It is therefore, worthwhile and effective to conduct continual risk identification, prioritization and treatment with in each project phase so as to avoid the underline gap in project progress or achieving the objectives of project deliverables
Challenges of Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programs A Case Study of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Ethiopia
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-05-28) Tadele, Mikias; Assefa, Teklegiorgis(Associate Professor)
The aim of this research project work is to provide an understanding of the various Challenges of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) encountered in the development works by UN organizations. The researcher made an assessment of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Ethiopia as a case study of development program. The study employed a qualitative research methodology by interviewing key informants selected based on relevance to the research and analyzed pertinent documents of M&E of the UNFPA. The major findings from the key informants interview and M&E document review of the organization indicate that absence of knowledge management utilization by the organization for M&E activities and decision making. Besides that, the research shows that the absence of synergy of M&E and programming is one area that should be strengthened further by the organization. In general, the small M&E unit which exists at the organization has not allowed for the only two M&E experts to provide the desired support for the large-scale programs of UNFPA conducted in various regions of the country. These constraints hinder the organization from effectively undertaking M&E work to achieve a better result in the development programs within the country. Some of the vital recommendations made in this research in order to ensure effective results-based monitoring & evaluation are; enhance the capacity of M&E unit in terms of human as well as financial resource to further support program implementation successfully, implementation of knowledge management to benefit from M&E information for decision making, and desire to create a proactive synergy of work between M&E and programs
Assessment Of Project Implementation Practice of Entrepreneur And Business Growth Project implemented By Digital Opportunity Trust Organization In Addis Ababa
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Berhanu, Bezawit; Assefa, Teklegiorgis(Associate Professor)
The purpose of this study is to assess project implementation practices of entrepreneur and business growth project implemented by digital opportunity trust organization. This study was conducted on DOT Ethiopia office located in Addis Ababa. Employees of the Addis Ababa office were the unit analysis for this research. A census method is employed in aim of collecting from all employees. The target population of this study was 18 employees. Among the target population 15 questionnaires returned. Structured questionnaires were employed to collect demographic and other relevant data from project manager and team members. After data collection process the data analysed using simple statistical analysis methods (frequency and percentage) and descriptive analysis (mean and standard deviation) methods had been usedSurvey data were subjected to descriptive statistics and different non parametric analysis using SPSS software. The study revealed that the project processes of initiation, planning, and execution, were adopted while the implementation of the project. And also various activities under each phase were adhered by the organization. Finally, the study found that a number of factors accounted for challenging the project such as: unrealistic expectations from the project by the beneficiaries, lack of user’s, lack of resources, unrealistic project time frames, frequent change of project requirements and specifications, and also challenges from government regulations and rules were found to account as challenging factors. Generally, the organization had prepared the plan in good detail and tried to consider all project issues except the communication plan. To the success of the project it is advisable to make the project visible to all stakeholders and communicated effectively, it will improve users input and also need to work closely with government
Assessment On Challenges Of Project Financing: A Case Study On Commercial Bank Of Ethiopia
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Kassahun, Berhanu; Mohammed, Abdurazak (PhD)
Capital as a requirement for economic growth is satisfied mainly by the development of financial sector in an economy. This research was undertaken with the objective of assessing the challenges of project financing in Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. To this end, the study employed quantitative and qualitative research approach; descriptive design to construct meaning from extracted data collected from primary and second sources through survey and document review. This was supplemented by available books, documents, published and unpublished thesis. Accordingly, the study came up with the findings that challenges CBE was facing in project financing emanate from three categories. The study, hence, concluded project financing challenges in CBE were external environment specific (data/information, financial intermediaries, economic & political environment and infrastructure), borrower specific (character of the borrower, nature of the project and management problem of the project promoter) and bank related (character of the bank, credit policy and procedure and credit appraisal & approval) in decreasing order of mean value of major category. From the reached conclusion in the study, it is recommended the bank and concerned parties should take respective actions to tackle the challenges timey.
An Assessment Of Project Manegment Office Role And Type In Ethio Telecom
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Birhane, Alem; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
The Project Management Office (PMO) has recently become a vital business unit in many organizations worldwide and is critical to the success of project management functions in many organizations. It also the new phenomena to our country project management culture. This research project has been developed with the aim of studying the project management office role and type in ethio telecom. The study conducts in-depth literature review on Project Management Office. The PMO has different roles and responsibilities, type, structure, staff numbers, and maturity level and these factors often vary between organizations depending on the needs of organization itself. The accurate identification of the PMO roles and type is important as some organizations might spend money and resources on establishing PMOs that don’t satisfy their needs and requirements. To achieve the objectives of this research, a mixed research methodology that involved mixed approaches have been used studying the existing ethio telecom PMO roles, type, structure and maturity. The data collection uses semi-structured interview questions and questionnaires as a primary data gathering sources and organizational documents and reports as secondary data sources. The outcomes of this research show that ethio telecom needs significant modifications and designs to its project management office and its roles and type were contradicted with the concept of program/project management office. The research recommended some recommendations that might help to modifying its roles and responsibilities, staffing appropriate employees and empowering this PMO in the company and helping to achieve more projects performance enhancement
Practices of Project Manager Selection in Ethio Telecom
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Fentaw, Ali; Assefa, Teklegiorgis(Associate Professor)
In this dynamic and complex business environment, project managers are expected to make business decisions as well as project decisions for achieving project success. Cognizant of this fact, Ethio telecom has assigned many project managers for the sake of achieving project excellence. The main objective of the study is to describe and examine the practice of project manager selection in Ethio telecom. The scope of the study is delimited in the area of project manager selection practice in telecom expansion program (TEP). The research is bounded by time and categorized under cross-sectional type. The design is descriptive one with purposive sampling technique. Data is collected both closed ended questionnaire and semi structured interview as a primary source. The respondents of the study are project directors, project managers and project team members and personnel management. And finally the analysis is using descriptive statistics and correlation coefficient. The main findings revealed that the knowledge areas of project management are not well exercised while assigning an individual as a project managers; their focus is on the technical skills while assigning an individual as a project manager and finally there is strong and statistically significant relationship between total selection criteria’s of project managers and project management knowledge and application. Hence it is recommended to have project manager’s selection criterion which is specific to cover decision maker’s requirements, to further extend skill requirements of individuals and to exercise knowledge areas of project management in the selection process of project managers
Implementation of Project Portfolio Management and Its Challenges: The Case of Ethio Telecom Wireless Network Program of Addis Ababa
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Bekele, Addisalem; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
Project portfolio management (PPM) is a tool-supported process for optimally selecting and managing the organizations’ portfolio of projects (Markhofer, 2013). Abundant literatures shows that the implementation of PPM is essential to maximize the ability of using scarce resource efficiently, to avoid misdirected effort in an organization, to better manage risk, to reduce project costs, primarily though elimination of duplicate effort and so forth. However, Markhofer in (2013) stated that portfolio project management can provide real value, but many organizations are finding implementing PPM difficult. The road to PPM is often rocky for many organizations and successfully implementing PPM is difficult failures are not uncommon. This study raised on the fact that different studies show it is very essential for the achievement of corporate goal of an organization but has different challenges of implementation. So that it had an objective to study the implementation of PPM practice and its challenges on a selected portfolio. The selected portfolio was the Addis Ababa Wireless Network portfolio of Ethio Telecom. It holds four projects that are highly interrelated. The data were collected from group of participants who had a direct involvement on the management of the project portfolio using census and purposive sampling. Questionnaire was prepared both on open ended and close ended type. Unstructured interview was also employed for managers of the portfolio. The data were analyzed qualitatively through description and quantitatively with the use of SPSS version 20 software using stastical tool of mean score, standard deviation and percentage. It has been revealed that how an organization manages its project portfolio is highly interrelated with its challenges. That refers to that when maturity of PPM of an organization increases, capability to handle and prevents the different challenges of PPM increases and reaping of all the benefits of PPM practice can be achieved, Effective capturing and dissemination of lesson learned and best practices of the application of PPM for all stakeholders of PPM are essential, communication regarding strategic direction of project portfolio for all the stakeholders is essential for creating a devotion to strategy throughout the structure of PPM governance, integration management is critical factor for successful implementation at the same time handling of challenges of PPM; so that the role of PMO to give an organizational focus on improving the management of project portfolio and builds up a common set of practices, principles and templates for managing projects portfolio is essential
The practice of project management in Ethiopian real estate industry and its contribution to project success: The case of selected company in Addis Ababa
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) w/kidan, befkadu; Assefa, Teklegiorgis(Associate Professor)
The application of Project Management (PM) tools and techniques in public sector is gradually becoming an important issue in developing economies, especially in a country like Ethiopia where projects of different size and structures are undertaken. The paper examined the application of the project management practice in public sector in Ethiopia. There are different problems that are faced by Real Estate projects such as delay, nonperformance of projects, not meeting required specifications, and dissatisfaction of customers, etc. This study aims to assess the extent to which project management is applied in Ethiopian Real Estate projects and its contribution to success of these projects and to address the major causes of delay, cost escalation, and poor quality. Major data for the assessment are obtained from 24 Real Estate companies through questionnaire. Data are also gathered from 11 construction consultants, 3 instructors, and 44 Real Estate house owners for cross checking the information found from the Real Estate companies. Mean, standard deviation, correlation, regression, and other quantitative and qualitative analysis tools are used. IBM SPSS Statistics 20 computer applications is used to simplify long statistical computations. The findings reveal that Project integration, scope, time, HR, procurement, and claim are well managed in the Industry. In addition to this, Project initiation process groups and project closing process group are practiced well and consistently. On the contrary, the other knowledge areas and process groups are either poorly practiced or inconsistently applied or both throughout the Industry. It is also found that the practice of project management has significant contribution to success of Ethiopian Real Estate projects. Recommendations are forwarded for Real Estate companies to maintain their good project management practices that are mentioned above, to improve the other knowledge area and process group practices, to consider causes of delay, cost escalation, and poor quality while making project decisions, to continuously conduct customer satisfaction survey to cop up with the new dimension of project success, and to have project management Information Systems. It is advised to establish Real Estate Association at industry level and to set project management standards by government at national level. Finally, area for further study are indicated
Practice of Risk Management In Butajira Town Asphalt Road Construction Project
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Negash, Bereket; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
Risk is prevalent in all project activities and influences the achievement or non-achievement of project goals. This necessitates the need for a structured process for effective risk management. Risk management in a project context is a formal process that enables the planning, identification, analysis, response and management of risks throughout the life cycle of the project. This paper reviews the risk management practice of Butajira Asphalt Road Construction project. The study was a descriptive type and questionnaire and interview were used to collect information from 24 individuals working on the project under study. The findings obtained about the practice of risk planning revealed that the project does not have a systematic risk planning process even though it is prepared with the involvement of relevant stakeholders and consideration of an expert judgment or meetings are done while planning for risks. However, team members do not receive training or have enough knowledge about how to handle risks. Regarding the practice of risk identification, the management with the involvement of all team members, used physical inspection, and the experience of the organization only to identify risk. The project uses a measurement system to analyze risk and subjective probability assessment to assess the probability of risk occurrence. Moreover there is consideration of the characteristics of the risk before analysis and the project updates documents after assessment of risk that might occur. While responding to risk the project considers factors such as budget, schedule and resources but the response strategy used is not a well-developed strategy. There is little practice of risk monitoring and control and this little practice is not done in accordance with the goal and objective of the project. Overall the project does not treat risk management as a continuous process and it does not have a policy or guideline that recommends how to manage unexpected Uncertainties. The practice of assigning a responsible person to handle risk is also weak. Therefore, the project should improve it’s risk management practice by filling the gap between the real practice in the project and the theory. It is expected that the output of this study will have a good and beneficial contribution to save time and money for both public and private road construction sectors and regulatory bodies due to expected awareness and improvements in the risk management practice
Analysis Of Risk Management Practices In Construction Companies: Focusing On Yotek Construction, Flintstone Engineering And Akir Construction
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Yirga, Getachew; Belayneh, Temesgen (PhD)
Critical reviews of the existing theory and practice of Risk Management within the construction industry particularly in Ethiopia and the world at large suggest that risk management, as one of the nine knowledge areas of the project management, is not only underutilized but also, generally, not well understood. These are simply manifested in the results shown on the ground that construction projects facing time and cost overruns besides to their inferior quality products. The research findings which have been summarized and presented in this study were carried out based on three local construction companies‟ named Yotek Construction, Flintstone Engineering and Akir Construction with the objective of analyzing status of RM practices in construction companies in general and specifically how the risk planning, identification, analyzing, responding and monitoring and controlling experiences or practices. To do so, survey questionnaires were distributed to selected experts particularly related to the risk management practices area like planning, designing and /or executions / implementation levels to see deep in to the detail practices. The findings showed that with some ups and downs, there were some hints of risk management practices specifically, risk management is recognized as a very important input, formal procedures to RM are practiced and RM is a continuous process but some practices still need improvements like team members should participate in risk identification, mainly there are no responsible body to handle and coordinate risks and subjective methods (such as judgments based on experience) rather than more sophisticated methods (such as mathematical techniques) are used to make decisions that affect the key project parameters. There are more or less risk management planning practices but not all team members are invited to participate and there are no defined and well-developed strategies to respond to risks. Risk monitoring and controlling are not done in compliance with the accepted standards and procedures which make risks either worse or might make difficulty to overcome them. In conclusion, RM is not yet fully and maturely practiced but partially and hesitantly. Recommendations are RM management should be in compliance with the standards, there should be a well-developed strategy and responsible body to handle risks.
Assessing The Contribution Of Project Management Information System In Dashen And Awash Banks Sc
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Bekele, Dawit; Belayneh, Temesgen(PhD)
The study tried to evaluate the major function of project management information system and assess its contribution towards project success in Dashen and Awash Bank Sc since recent phenomena of modern banking system in Ethiopia led us to be capable of automating the banking operation including the project management departments as needed and research findings suggested that a need for efficient information and communication support address this issue as a deeper organization feature embedded in a multi project organization setting. The study implements quantitative research method that variables have been measured with numerical data and analyzed with statistical procedures. Accordingly, it has found that PMIS factor has significant contribution to the performance of project accomplishment of the Dashen and Awash Banks Sc. Additionally PMIS has a greater contribution to managerial function that the manager uses to perform each activity of the project life cycle. And hence, this study has recommended that priority should be given to develop and deploy PMIS in banking industry so as to improve their project performance
Construction Contract Administration Practices of the New Head Quarter Design-Build (DB) Project of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Bekele, Hirut; Bekalu, Wubishet (PhD)
This project work is about the assessment on the practices of project contract administration of the New Head quarter Design-Build project of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia where the concept of contract administration comes a long way in the practices of project undertaking. Thus, the researcher came up with a major research gap of which the effectiveness of DB contract administration on the project’s time, cost, quality management and variation of work . In addition, the researcher has further assessed whether this DB project contract Administration has become effective in terms of meeting its objectives of technology transfer and training through the contract administration.. The methodology was designed as semi-structured interviews, focus group discussion and site observation, then later descriptive analysis were made. Different kinds of secondary data were also greatly used as triangulation mechanism. The qualitative research came up with a finding that following the legal bindings, keeping confidentialities, having well experienced professionals on the project doing, is leading the undergoing project to be successful so far with regard to the well administered contract. Moreover, the advantage and disadvantage of the DB project contract Administration which has been newly introduced for the country is properly accessed
The Effect of Strategic Project Implementation Effectiveness, Integration and Strategic Alignment on Organizational Performance: the case of ACE (Achieving Competency Excellence) project in Ethiopian Airlines
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Gudeta, Aklilu; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
 The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of ACE (Achieving Competency Excellence) project implementation, integration and strategic alignment on organizational performance in the case of Ethiopian Airlines MRO division. The hypotheses were simultaneously tested on a sample of 336 respondents out of 385 distributed, giving a valid response rate of 87 percent. Simple regression analysis was used to assess the relationships among the variables under investigation. The applications used to analyze and examine the hypotheses are the Statistical Package for Social Sciences V.21. The findings of this study have shown a significant effect of ACE project successful implementation, integration and strategic alignment on organizational performance at the level of (α ≤ 0.05). The results are useful in identifying areas for strategic focus to help the airline’s future strategic project management. As evident from the finding section that the study was conducted in Ethiopian Airlines MRO division only, applicability of the results in other divisions may result differently. Further, as the project is conducted in the airlines industry with unique project, application of the similar study in other industries, like; education, financial, and health may not come up with the same findings
Evaluation Of Project Cost Control System (A Case Of Desalegn Asrade Construction Plc)
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Mulugeta, Dagnachew; Assefa, Teklegiorgis(Associate Professor)
The purpose of this research is to assess the traditional status quo cost control system practiced in DAC PLC, evaluate how effectively the system measure performance, and predict the future project health based on the past performance. Identify gaps and limitations in the system, demonstrate EVM as an alternative cost control approach using a real time project data, show the effectiveness of EVM approach in terms measuring the project cost and schedule variances, efficiencies as well as predicating future performance trends along with the main parameters involves in the calculation. Consequently, recommend adoption of the Earned Value Management system to the construction firm so as to reap its comparative advantage over the traditional approach in minimizing project cost overrun and schedule delay. The research used quantitative cost and schedule related data which put into an Excel template prepared for EVA calculations. The project variance, efficiency and forecast indicators generated by Excel tool, depicted in graphs, tables and dashboard and the interpretation of results provided. In the whole process of EVA determination of performance indicators as well as interpretations of results, the effectiveness EVM approach against the traditional method is clearly compared. The findings showed that EVM approach has come more effective cost monitoring and control tool compared to the traditional system in order to identify potential schedule slippages and areas of budget overruns. In traditional project cost control system one determines the budget and measures the cost against that budget as project goes on while the EVM approach differs from conventional performance measurement practices by combining a project’s cost and schedule parameters into a common framework, i.e. the measurement of the budgeted value of the work actually carried out, and its comparison with the budgeted value of the work that should have been carried out and what it actually costs. The study demonstrated the earned value technique, as it provides objective, realistic assessment of project status information for management using parametric generated with combination of (Earned Value), (planned Value), (Actual Cost), (Budget At Completion) and (Original Duration). So, t is an important component of any effective project management system, with its early warning status approach, resulting in significant improvements to its performance and contributing to a company’s competitiveness and overall profitability. By adapting Earned Value concept DAC and similar construction projects will benefit the fast and accurate project performance indicators using the mathematical approach provided by Earned Value Management. Therefore, this easier and better accurate EVM method enables the project make periodic monitoring of the project health and to take prompt actions on performance discrepancies before problems grow to unrecoverable level or need major scope changes.
Assessing The Factors That Contribute For The Performance Of CFM56 Engine In The Case Of Ethiopian Airlines
(Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Teketay, Derib; Belayneh, Temesgen (PhD)
Following the CFM56 overhaul capability development Ethiopian airlines aspires to boost revenue from customer engine maintenance. However, there are questions to be raised from different stakeholders.The purpose of this research is to assess the current performance of CFM56 Engine maintenance in different parameters, to look the past, current and future industry practice regarding MRO business in comparison with vision 2025 road map and give recommendation. Publications from several sources have been discovered to bring relevant resolution method for the stated problem of study. To avoid bias, different sources have been used from all concerned bodies such as customer opinion from market perspective, international aviation MRO publications, historical performance data and also primary sources from employees from different departments and positions. Descriptive research design is implemented during the analysis of results and findings of a research work. Viable instruments were used in the methodology section to secure the required data to properly answer the research question. The collected data was analyzed and the major findings isolated. Based on findings and the literature survey, a two-section solution is forwarded. One is a generic model that can be adapted to the other processes of the airline. The second is an alternative way to form a joint venture with the selected OEM to cope up the worldwide market fierce competition in this sector. The specific result of the case study can be adapted to the other organizations in Ethiopia. In addition what should be done to recover CFM56-3 engine of-design performance problem discussed and recommendation forwarded. Finally the results of a research work are summarized, concluded and recommendations are given to bring a solution for performance improvement in the area of study

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