Impact of Project Management Tools and Techniques on Project Performance: Case in Oromia Water Works Design and Supervision Enterprise

Abstract

The application of project management tools and techniques under different project process groups is believed to have direct impact on project performance and research efforts has been continued to improve this knowledge area. Despite the continued evolvement of the knowledge area, there is still inconsistent application of project management techniques and project management team are still going on to apply traditional project management methodologies that has based on popularity and some contractual requirement. The project management tools and techniques practiced without predefined benefit across project management cycles going through initiation to execution and controlling might not guarantee project success. This has made project performance still to stand at discouraging rate. This study is undertaken to evaluate the actual project performance of the study area and extent impact of project management tools and techniques practiced by project managers in the water supply project construction in the Oromia water works design and supervision enterprise. The qualitative research methodology has been employed to survey two-hundred water supply projects clustered into four groups and twenty-five project management teams engaged in the management process of these category projects. statistical methodology and correlational techniques are used to analyze the results. It is found out that there is considerable project completion time over run has been noticed. there is only ten percent project could be completed within budgeted time schedule. in the similar manner, project management tools and techniques surveyed to insight the project managers perception and application of these tools. Under this survey, it is noticed that there is significant variance exists among project managers, which can lead to conclusion that there are no predefined procedures followed among project team particularly in project schedule management in planning, execution and monitoring phase. The project management tools and techniques are correlated to project performance and it has also shown strong positive correlation to exist. where there is more stronger at planning phase than execustion project management cycle.