Abstract:
The study was designed to investigate the determinants of project performance in
nongovernmental organization. Several performance problem and target deviation in NGO are
observed. Identifying and measuring performance problem in different projects is the mandatory
to take corrective action. A qualitative research design specially descriptive and inferential
techniques was used for the study. Data was collected from a total of 18 projects implemented
from 2016 to 2019.Six senior managers, eight branch managers, fourteen branch accountants
and forty-two field officers, totally 70 (35%) project members was used as sample by using
stratified sampling by using proportion formula (p x n/N) from a total of 140’s project team
member. Then data was collected by self administered questionnaires. A rage of independent
variable is including project planning, project leadership, project implementation, project
monitoring and controlling versus dependent variable project performance, are incorporated in
the frameworks. Data was analyzed by using updated Statistical Package of Social Science 25
version. Further, reliability and validity of data was checked by different tests, correlation and
multiple regression analysis was used to establish the relationship between the dependent and
the independent variables, and the study reveals the group of variables had strong correlation
and significant results thus all observed variables have significant relationship with project
performance (p<.000) with strong positive correlations between project leadership (r (70)
=.837, p=.000), project implementation (r (70) =.861, p=.000), project monitoring and
controlling (r (70) =.795, p=.000), Project planning (r (70) =.897, p=.000) and also multiple
linear regression were performed and the independent variables in the model explained 83 % of
the variation on the dependent variable. Thus factors have great effect on determining project
performance. The study concludes project leadership, Planning, implementation, monitoring and
controlling strongly affect project performance and the study recommend identifying
determinants of project was not limited to NGOs but also joint cooperation among stakeholders
are required additionally gender balance while recruiting employees needs attention.
