Assessment Of Project Management Maturity In Tekleberhan Ambaye Construction Plc
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2019-09-03
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Addis Ababa University
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In almost all organizations project management is practiced, the only difference is how well it is practiced. in today’s complex world, project management is very decisive to all organizations especially to those that are project driven. Their success is realized through the successful delivery of their projects. The purpose of this paper is to assess the Project Management Maturity Level of Tekleberhan Ambaye Construction Plc (TACON). To assess the project management practice of the projects, ten knowledge areas were selected from the project management body of knowledge guide. Semi-structured questionnaires were devised based on the literature for the assessment. In order to secure the reliability of the collected data, triangulation was conducted by administering interviews. The data were analyzed with Microsoft excel. Average for each knowledge area is calculated. Average for TACON as a whole, was also analyzed and found that TACON is at Level 4 in PM maturity. Therefore, the researcher concluded that most of the knowledge areas were practiced formally. Low level of maturity is recorded in stakeholder management, while a high level of maturity is recorded in schedule management. Repetition and in project execution and integration among work units has led to the high maturity level of knowledge areas. Creating awareness among stakeholders and participating key stakeholders during planning, providing training to project managers and project teams, collect and compiling project data for future reference and for distributing lesson learned have been recommended as rooms of improvement in reaching to the highest maturity level.
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project management,, project management maturity, project management maturity level