Practices and challenges of Project Scope Management The case of Awash Bank’s IT Projects
| dc.contributor.advisor | Markos, Solomon(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Belete, Meskerem | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-05T08:54:09Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T14:25:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-05T08:54:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T14:25:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Project stakeholders always strive for a successful project; hence there is growing concern about the factors that influence project success. Although the success of a project is influenced by various factors, project scope management plays a vital role for project success or fail. This study aims to examine the challenges and Practice of Project Scope Management on IT projects in Awash Bank. This study has reviewed literature available about management of project scope. A descriptive research design is identified as the design of this study. The population of this study was 40 employees working in the implementation of IT projects in Awash Bank. The study has used a census sampling technique. Primary data have been collected using interview and questionnaire. The study examined the activities and methods used to define the scope; the challenges of the project team in management of scope, source of scope creep, and the strength and weakness of project team in scope management. The study has found out that the primary challenge of the project team in managing scope was managing scope changes. The team used different tools and techniques to define scope, like workshop and focus group discussion but there are times that different stakeholders brought change request in the middle of the project implementation to be included in the scope that will create scope creep. Error in defining scope, insufficient involvement of stakeholder and value adding change brought by stakeholders are identified as the major causes of scope creep. Strong business sense and full commitment was identified as a major strength of the team and lack of defining clear stakeholders’ requirements and lack of project management knowledge was identified as the main weakness of the project team. The study gave recommendation for the improvement of scope management like; to use standard guidelines in managing scope, to give attention for scope definition by participating all stakeholders, to use additional tools and techniques and also to use proper line of communication inside the team and with stakeholders. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/19832 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Project Management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Project Scope | en_US |
| dc.subject | Project scope Management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Scope creep, Awash Bank, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.title | Practices and challenges of Project Scope Management The case of Awash Bank’s IT Projects | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |