| dc.description.abstract | The main problem with most projects is that the selection process of the project idea is grossly mishandled leading to the formulation of wrong interventions that do not address the needs of the major stakeholders, most project practitioners present their own perceived problems and interventions that do not reflect the realities on the ground. This study therefore sought to establish the influence of the Project Identification Process on the Performance of the AICCAD TVET Project in Kibra Constituency, Nairobi County, Kenya. The four main objectives of the study were; (1) to determine the influence of stakeholder involvement on the performance of the AICCAD TVET project, (2) to determine the influence of problem analysis process on the performance of the AICCAD TVET project (3) To determine the influence of objectives analysis on the performance of the AICCAD TVET project and (4) To determine the influence of risk management analysis on the performance of the AICCAD TVET project. This study adopted the case study design with the AICCAD TVET project as the case of study, the population of study was one hundred and thirty five respondents composed of one hundred project beneficiaries, fifteen project staff and twenty programme management staff. The purposive sampling approach was used for the programme management staff while the Krejcie and Morgan model was applied for project staff and beneficiaries, this generated a sample of ninety four respondents. A questionnaire was used to collect the required data from the respondents; the questionnaire was physically administered to the programme management staff, project staff and beneficiaries. The data analysis technique utilized for this study was descriptive and inferential statistics, by use of measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion since the data clustered around statistical averages. The study revealed that stakeholders were always involved throughout the life of the project. However, most respondents disagreed that stakeholder participation was always encouraged at the project initiation stage and stakeholder mapping was always done during project initiation. The study found that effective problem analysis during AICCAD TVET Project identification process would have a positive impact on the TVET project performance. The study revealed that risk management during project identification process influenced TVET project performance. The study established that existence of plan on how to monitor and control the potential risk to the project influences project performance to a moderate extent. The study concluded that stakeholder‘s involvement has a significant influence on project performance. The study concluded that effective objective analysis during the AICCAD TVET Project identification process had a positive impact of TVET project performance while poor project problem analysis would hinder conversion of problems into desired situation for the community. The study concluded that project risk management during project identification process influenced TVET project performance. The study concluded that project identification process influenced completion of project within the provided budget and scheduled time to a moderate extent and completion of the project within the desired quality, and meeting customer satisfaction and sustainability of TVET project to a moderate extent. The study recommends that management in project management should enhance stakeholder involvement during project initiation stage, enhance stakeholder mapping as well as stakeholder analysis tool as this would influence project management. The study recommend that management in project should enhance problem analysis process through proper project problem analysis, assessing factors contributing to community problem and involve stakeholder forum in problem analysis and identifying the community problems. This study further recommend that in management of community projects, management should enhance project risk management during project identification process as it impacts positively on project performance | en_US |
