Factors Affecting the Success of Project Implementation: The Case of World Vision Ethiopia

Abstract

A project is a temporary group of activity with a defined beginning and end in time, scope and resources designed to produce a unique product, service or result. The performance of a project towards meeting its intended objectives is dictated by diverse factors. This research emphasized on the critical factors that affected the success of projects implementation in an NGO operating within Addis Ababa World Vision Ethiopia. The purpose of this research is to improve the successful implementation of projects in investigating those critical factors really affected the project success. It extends to disseminate findings of this study to create understanding of the factors affecting project implementation success to NGOs management, hence they are informed and take on necessary correction strategies to mitigate effects of affecting factors on the project successes. This research used survey questionnaires of different projects as a research instrument for data collection and regression analysis such as frequencies and percentages used to present quantitative data with various tools of data presentations. The research finding is that there are critical factors affecting successes of projects implemented by the NGO. The research findings showed that factors related to the category of project leadership and management, organizational structures, team and cost related factors to the project itself were found the most success affecting factors of projects implemented by the NGO. Specifically the research concluded that identified success affected factors limited the success of projects implemented by the NGO. Due to those factors projects were not able to deliver the end products as far as intended originally to perform. Finally the research completed responding soundly to the objective of the study which was to investigate factors affecting successful implementation of projects in nongovernmental organizations World Vision Ethiopia Addis Ababa.