Abstract: Every project creates a unique product, service, or result. Although repetitive elements may be present in some project deliverables, this repetition does not change the fundamental uniqueness of the project work. Effectiveness of project implementation can be thought of as incorporating four basic facets: time criterion, budget criterion, effectiveness criterion, and client satisfaction criterion, it is successful. Implementing a project typically includes identifying requirements, addressing the various needs, concerns, and expectations of the stakeholders as the project is planned and carried out, and balancing the competing project constraints which include, but are not limited to scope, quality, schedule, budget, resources, and risk. The general objective of this study was to determine the influence of project schedule control on performance of project implementation during implementation of NALEP project in Rwanda, but more specifically, the study investigated the influence the following project schedule control variables play in implementation of projects; communication; planning; financing; monitoring and controlling. This study was conducted against a backdrop of various studies and theories that have previously been done and which support our assumptions regarding the independent variables and dependent variables. Highlights of these studies included; the magic triangle of project management that visualizes the three objectives that the project manager should monitor all the time. If one is jeopardized, it affected the two other objectives. These were performance, cost, and time. The study adopted descriptive survey research. The data were sampled from a population of one hundred and fifty employees in NALEP project. Primary data was collected through a survey questionnaire. Findings were represented in tables and analyzed through frequencies, percentages, mean scores, and standard deviations. The five-point Likert Scale were used to undertake the various analyses of implementation of NALEP projects, and the magnitude of their impact and usage. Given all the predictor variables constant at zero (0), project implementation will be 3.783. The regression coefficient for communication is 0.739. The study found that poor communication minimizes chances of creating an understanding, an approval of the implementation and sharing information between the project team and communicating to the whole organization thus resulting in ineffective project implementation. The study found that NALEP has a plan for implementation stages that helps in assessing keenness of an organization for change as well as the efficacy of the proposed change targets. The study found that there was enough financial support for project implementation at NALEP thus effective project implementation since finances are essential in the running of a project initiative in terms of facilitating execution of implementation tasks. It found that making allowances for adequate monitoring and evaluation gives the project manager and field officials the ability to anticipate problems, to oversee corrective measures, and to ensure that no deficiencies are overlooked thus resulting in effective project implementation. The study recommends that NALEP should improve integrated communications plan to improve project implementation. The organization should allocate sufficient funds to projects and ensure there is independency in utilization of the funds.
Keywords: Communication, Project implementation, NALEP projects.
Title: INFLUENCE OF PROJECT SCHEDULE CONTROL ON PERFORMANCE OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION IN RWANDA: A CASE OF NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK EXTENSION PROJECT IN KICUKIRO DISTRICT
Author: MICHAEL NGERA GITAU, Dr. PATRICK MULYUNGI, Dr. YUSUF MUCHELULE
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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