Factors Affecting Successful Implementation of Projects in Nongovernmental Organizations: The Case of SOS Children Villages Jimma Branch.

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.