Abstract:
A project is a temporary group of activity with a defined beginning and end time,
scope and resources designed to produce a unique product, service or result. Many
projects have succeeded and others have failed due to several prevailing reasons.
Therefore, the general objective of the study was to examine factors affecting
successful implementation of projects in NGO: the case of SOS Children Village in
Jimma branch. The study adopted both descriptive and explanatory research designs
with the target population of 104 staff of SOS children village Jimma and
stakeholders). The study used census survey and primary data source. Both closed
and open-ended self -administered questionnaires with five-point Likert scale were
distributed to the respondents. The collected data was analyzed through descriptive
and inferential statistics with the help of the Software Package for Social Science
(SPSS) version 23.0. The analyzed data were presented with tables, figures and chart.
The finding from Pearson correlation has shown strong positive and significant
relationship between successful implementation of projects and project team
competences, project manager competences and effective planning and weak positive
significant within clarity in project scope. The researcher concluded that all the five
independent variables were statistically significant contribution to successful
implementation of the project. The study recommended that it is advisable to clear
understood of the project work plan to employees and stakeholders before starting the
project implementation in order to minimize the communication gap within the
stakeholders. The study also recommends suitable to hire the right sufficient person at
the right place to reduce burdening of work from the workers and educational
qualified project managers; the organization motivates the project team member to
enhance their commitment in performing their roles effectively to enhance the
effectiveness of the project implementation success in study organization.
