Scheduling practices and performance of public sector projects in Rwanda

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the influence of scheduling on project success in public projects. The specific objectives of the study are: to examine the scheduling practices of the District; to examine the level of project performance of the project and to find out the effect of scheduling on project performance. Descriptive research design was adopted due to the nature and size of target population. The target population for this study is 133 composed of 45 Kicukiro District staff, 48 people from the 4 highly populated sectors in Kicukiro district which are Gatenga, Kanombe, Kigarama, and Nyarugunga respectively and 30 site managers on behalf to contractor company (NPD). Stratified sampling technique was used; simple random sampling was also used to select individuals. Correlation coefficient approach was used and analysis of variance was used. Data collection was processed and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21 and STATA version 15 were used where applicable to come up with conclusion and recommendations. Findings shows that 100% respondents replied that all practices were used in scheduling practices because were positively related to in road construction project performance in Kicukiro District and 65.4% of respondents mentioned both budgeting and time scheduling were most used. Results shows that 90.2% of respondents agreed that the project budgets are well facilitated; and 38.6% of respondents agreed with the statement that project were timelines specified. 12.9% of respondents strongly agreed with the statement that road construction projects meet the forecasted budgets and 68.3% of respondents agreed to the statement while only 10.9% of respondents were neutral. Findings shows that 72.4% of respondents agreed that timelines is influenced by the scheduling practices while 11.9% of respondents strongly agreed. 55.4% agreed that HR forecasting influences the quality of the project. 76.3% of respondents show that they agreed to a very great extent that organizations with an efficient time scheduling have a high competence level in quality project, 18.8% of respondents was strongly agreed with the response; and 92.2% of respondents show that they agree that budgeting influences the quality of the project; respondents with a strong agree said that budgeting ensures a high quality of project, from the study only 1.9% of respondents.