Project Management Practices and Implementation of Affordable Housing Projects in Mombasa County, Kenya

Abstract

This study was carried out with the tenacity of examining the influence of project management practices on the implementation of Affordable Housing Projects in Mombasa County, Kenya. The study was based on four objectives including: to establish the influence of stakeholders’ participation practice in the implementation of Affordable Housing Projects in Kenya; to determine the extent to which cost management practice influences the implementation of Affordable Housing Projects in Kenya; to examine the extent to which project scheduling practice influences the implementation of Affordable Housing Projects in Kenya; and to assess the extent to which risk management practice influences the implementation of Affordable Housing Projects in Kenya. The study was anchored on Project Management Competency Theory and supported by two theories including: Uncertain theory and the theory of project implementation. A descriptive research design was used in this study. A total population of 241 comprising of: project managers, project quantity surveyors, tendering committee chairmen, contractors, and other personnel were the research's responders. A sample size of 150 as calculated by Yamane formula was considered for the study. The study used a questionnaire to collect primary data. The researcher obtained all the documents required for research to be taken in Kenya and a drop and pick later method was used to collect the data from the respondents. Statistical Package for Social Science was used to clean, code, input, and analyze data (SPSS, Version 25.0). Descriptive statistics, such as frequency distribution tables, were used to examine quantitative data. Linear regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses in the study. In relation to the first objective, the results indicated that majority of the respondents (71.72%) were aware that stakeholders’ participation practice influences the implementation of affordable housing project. When testing the hypothesis using linear regression analysis, there was positive and significant influence of stakeholders' participation on the implementation of affordable housing project. As per the second objective, majority of the respondents (81.81%) were aware of cost management practice and did confirm that it influences the implementation of the affordable housing project. When testing the hypothesis, there was positive and significant influence of cost management practice on the implementation of affordable housing project. In the third objective, majority of the respondents (65.6%), agreed that they were aware of project scheduling practice and its influence on the implementation of housing projects. When testing the hypothesis, there was positive and significant influence of project scheduling practice on the implementation of affordable housing project. Finally, majority of the respondents (88.7%) strongly supported the idea that risk management practice influences the implementation of Affordable Housing Projects in Kenya. The study concluded that in the affordable housing project being implemented in Mombasa County, the project implementers are aware of the various project management practices including: stakeholders’ participation practice, cost management practice, project scheduling practice, and risk management practice.