Project Initiation Process, Monitoring And Evaluation Team Capacity, Compliance With Legal Framework And Building Projects Success: The Case Of Building Projects In Roysambu Constituency, Nairobi County, Kenya

Abstract

This study was on Project initiation process, monitoring and evaluation team capacity, and compliance with legal framework on building projects success: the case of buildings projects in Roysambu Constituency, Nairobi, Kenya. Roysambu Constituency is comprised of five wards, namely; Githurai, Kahawa West, Zimmerman, Roysambu and Kahawa.There have been in the recent past several problems of instances of building project failures in Roysambu Constituency. The study was grounded on; stakeholder theory, diffusion on innovation theory and the agency theory. The philosophical direction of the study was pragmatism. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. The objectives of the study were to establish the influence of project initiation process, monitoring and evaluation team capacity and the moderating compliance with legal framework influence on building project success. The research questions were how project initiation process, monitoring and evaluation team capacity and the moderating influence of compliance with legal framework may influence building project success. The study findings were; that the strength of the correlation between the project initiation process and building projects success was 0.808 and coefficient of determination was 0.652 which was significant (sig. F change of 0.000). The F change was 10.526 while standard error was 1.340. The results showed that 65.2% of variation in building project success was accounted for by project initiation process; the strength of the correlation between the monitoring and evaluation team capacity and building projects success was 0.813 and coefficient of determination was 0.649 which was significant (sig. F change of 0.020). The F change was 12.782 while standard error was 1.335. The results showed that 64.9% of variation in building project success was accounted for by monitoring and evaluation team capacity; the strength of the correlation between the compliance with legal framework and building projects success was 0.819 and coefficient of determination was 0.670 which was significant (sig. F change of 0.031). The F change was 11.425 while standard error was 1.309. The results show that 67% of variation in building project success is accounted for by compliance with legal framework. It was concluded that project initiation process, monitoring and evaluation team capacity, moderating compliance with legal framework had a significant and positive effect on building projects success.The study findings produced optimal model depicting relationship among variables of building project success. This could significantly enhance quality, functional buildings and improve the lives of the citizens in constituency