The Role of Project Communication Management on Success of a Project: The Case of Path Ethiopia Early Child Development Project
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2022-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Previous studies have proved the significance of project communication management for the success of a project. This study focused on the practice of project communication management in PATH Ethiopia ECD project. The objectives of this study was to identify which project communication management method is employed by PATH that supports project success, to analyze how stakeholders involve in the communication system, to investigate if the organization utilizes feedback system and to investigate how poor project communication management hinders success of a project in Early child development project of PATH Ethiopia. Explanatory as well as descriptive research design and mixed approach was adopted. Out of 74 sample size, 69 respondents responded which accounts 93.24% response rate. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data from team members and project participants and open ended interview questions were used to collect data from key informants. Qualitative data analysis was done using SPSS 25 .The findings of the study shows that the project communication management framework, communication methods, types of communication, stakeholder management and feedback system had statistically positive significance on project success. The study therefore recommends that, integrating an effective project communication management plan and strengthening the feedback system of the project, avoiding factors that causes poor communication, creating a strong line of communication and building trust among project participants which in turn have an effect on the success rate of projects is encouraged.
Key words: Project Success, Communication management, Social development projects, Nurturing care, early child development