Project Execution Practices and Success of CDF Construction Projects in Kenya
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the project execution practices and their influence on the success of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) construction projects in Kenya. The study was pegged on Theory of Constraints. The target population were the project team implementing construction projects. The Counties were randomly selected from the regional boundaries and a minimum of three constituencies were randomly picked from each County. The unit of analysis under study were the completed and ongoing CDF construction projects and the unit of observation was the project team consisting of CDF staff and CDF committee members as well as project team members. Stratified random sampling was used to sample the CDF projects. Purposive sampling was used to obtain information from the experts. Data was collected using questionnaires. The coefficient of determination revealed that project execution practices explain 39.8% of success of CDF projects. The Beta coefficients results showed that a unit increase in project execution practices leads to an increase of 0.625 in success of CDF Construction Projects. This relationship is significant since p-value is 0.000 which is less than 0.05. Â Regression of coefficients results after moderation showed that project environment moderates the relationship between project execution practices and success of CDF construction projects in Kenya (p-value<0.05).
Keywords: Project Execution Practices, CDF Construction Projects, Success of CDF Construction Projects
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