Effect of Resource Planning on the Performance of Road Infrastructure Projects in Wajir County, Kenya
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2020-10
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS)
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The effectiveness of resource management practices can be measured in terms of the extent to which it influences project performance. Due to project management requirements to deliver projects within the specified time, budget and that satisfy client needs it is imperative that resources are managed so as to ensure high project performance. Therefore, there is need for project managers at County government of Wajir to know what they need to make a project successful so that they can effectively plan out the optimal way to use those resources towards better performance of the projects. The aim of this study was to determine effect of resource planning on the performance of road infrastructure projects in Wajir County, Kenya. A descriptive survey design was adopted in this research. The target was 193 project stakeholders consisting of 5 county officials under the County Transport and Infrastructure Department, 47 project managers as well as 141 project management committee members who were engaged in the 47 major road projects undertaken by the county government in Wajir North, Wajir East and Wajir South sub-counties as well as all the county wide projects for the period 2013-2017. Selection of the sample was done using stratified random sampling. Semi-structured questionnaires were utilized in gathering of primary data. Analysis of quantitative data was done using descriptive statistics with use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Resource planning was found to have a positive and significant effect on project performance. The study concluded that a key benefit to resource planning is that it helps organisations to fulfill task specifications efficiently. The study recommended that project planning should be such as to cope efficiently with the project's needs.
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