Analyzing the causes of project failure: the case of the Apremdo Market Project
| dc.contributor.author | Boham, Gifty Amandze | |
| dc.contributor.author | ||
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-18T15:39:46Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-19T03:02:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-18T15:39:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-19T03:02:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-05-18 | |
| dc.description | A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award degree of Master of Science in Project Management. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Infrastructural projects have been established to be a firm basis for national development. Many investors have sought to participate in the investment of such projects. However, the funding gaps linking the infrastructural needs and the available resources are quite broad, especially on developing countries like Ghana. Government and all funding agencies must therefore seek to promote the proper allocation of scarce resources for improved national development. The Apremdo market project was initiated two decades ago to serve the best interest of the people within the then Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly. However, numerous efforts to relocate the traders to the market has failed. Using the case study approach, the study focused on identifying the failure factors, the causes of these failure factors and to recommend best project management practices for future projects with similar scope. Questionnaires were distributed to a sample size of fifty traders from the assembly. Sampling techniques adopted were convenience sampling and purposive sampling. Respondents were made to respond according to their degree of agreement with the factors. The Municipal Head of Works for the newly developed assembly under which Apremdo falls was also interviewed. This ensured both qualitative and quantitative measures are used. From the fifty self-administered questionnaires, forty-six were responded to and used as the basis for analysing the data. Data was analysed using the relative importance index on a 5-point Likert scale. It was found out that the main factors resulting in the failure was the lack of stakeholder engagement, lack of user input, lack of resources, poor sales and unrealistic expectations. These factors were caused by the lack of proper planning, poor communication, location of the market, lack of project management practices and client/customer involvement. The researcher recommended that stakeholder engagement be made a vital requirement for donors before funds are released for any infrastructural project and that project management practices be adopted on all projects. This should be enforced by establishing an effective monitoring and control unit. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | KNUST | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/13802 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Causes of Project failure | en_US |
| dc.subject | Apremdo Market Project, | en_US |
| dc.subject | Project Management | en_US |
| dc.title | Analyzing the causes of project failure: the case of the Apremdo Market Project | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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