Abstract: The Triple Constraint is a model that incorporates cost, time and scope as determinants of the quality of the output realized. All over the world, project managers have appreciated the role of the Iron Triangle as a model for analyzing and their projects. Project management triple constraint has proved to be a handy tool. One Acre Fund is an organization that is based in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Uganda with the aim of loaning farmers farm inputs and training them on the right crops to plant at given seasons, proper agronomic practices, altitudes and soil health. Among the crops planted include: maize, beans, sorghum, rice, soy beans onions, kales, other horticultural crops and trees seedlings among others. For One Acre Fund farmers to manage its projects well, they should consider applying Iron/project Triangle in order to ensure high maize adoption over other crops and high maize crop production is not only successful to the organization but the harvests also meet the needs of the farmers as well. The study aimed at examining the effects of the project management triple constraints on maize production among One Acre Fund farmers in Kakamega County. Specifically, the study was to: investigate the effect of project quality; assess the effect of project cost; determine the effect of project time; and evaluate the effect of project scope on maize production among One Acre Fund farmers in Kakamega County. the study was underpinned by the: Models of Project Management Triple Constraints; Theory of PM Triangle quality and the Theory of Equitable Relationship. Descriptive survey design was adopted and the targeted population was One Acre Fund farmers in Kakamega county totaling to 50,670. A sample of 100 farmers was used. The study also found that 32.4% of variation in maize production among OAF farmers in Kakamega County was explained by project quality and also11.7% of variation of maize production among One Acre Fund farmers in Kakamega County was explained by project cost.
Keywords: project management triple constraints, maize production, one-acre fund.
Title: EFFECT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRIPLE CONSTRAINTS ON MAIZE PRODUCTION: A CASE OF ONE ACRE FUND KAKAMEGA COUNTY
Author: Caleb Mechi Wakoli, Dr. Muchelule Yusuf
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
Vol. 10, Issue 1, April 2022 - September 2022
Page No: 414-423
Research Publish Journals
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Published Date: 22-August-2022
