Assessing Project Management Practices Of Prepaid Energy Metering Project In Ethiopian Electric Utility: The Case Of Addis Ababa
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2018-12-16
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Addis Ababa University
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Project management systems are considered dynamic systems, similar to those in nature, which means they change over time and are hard to predict. Project management provides a framework to help accomplish goals, reduce operational costs and ensure timely delivery of projects. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the project management practices of project initiation, planning, execution & closure phases of prepaid energy metering project in Ethiopian Electric Utility. The research approach was mixed research approach. The study adopted a descriptive survey design, and questionnaire and interview were used to collect information from 34 project engineers and interview from Ethiopian electric utility management. The data wasanalyzed by obtaining the means and standard deviations. Accordingly, the results showed a moderate level of project initiation& planning practice. However, the findings indicatedthat there is a low practice of change, risk and quality management plan. Moreover, the overall project execution practice indicated moderate level but the result also revealed low practices of acceptance, risk, change and quality management. Regarding the practice of project closure, the findings indicated that projects were not evaluated after closure and lessons learned from the projects were not disseminated. As a result, the project closure revealed low level of practice. From the findings, the study concludes that there is an inefficiency of project management practices followed within prepaid energy metering project, and these practices could be graded as moderate with respect to best practices. Therefore, the findings strongly sustain that there is a need to reinforce and develop the project management practices of prepaid energy metering projects by filling the gap between the real practices in the project and the theory.
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Ethiopian Electric Utility, Project Management, Prepaid Energy Metering