The Effect of Project Integration Management Process on Project Success: The Case of Community Development Project in Jimma Zone

Abstract

Project integration management is a component of project management that focuses on the individual procedures during the execution of a process. Project integration managers coordinate plans and help ensure that all processes within a project run efficiently and that team members stay on track toward their final goals. Integration Management is the practice of making certain every part of the project is coordinated. The overall objective of the study was to assess the effect of project integration management process on project success: the case of Community Development project in Jimma Zone. To achieve the main objective of the research, a mixed methods approach is used. To analyses the data collected, both quantitative and qualitative data analysis method is used. Both primary and secondary data were used in the study. The result Descriptive statistics shows that out of the 194 questionnaires distributed to the selected respondents all of them were properly completed and returned. The results of the correlation analysis show that Project Initiation (r=0.609, p<.001), Project Planning (r=0.674, p<.001), Project Execution (r=0.780, p<.001), and Monitoring and control (r=0.629, p<.001) are positively and significantly correlated with the Project Success. Furthermore, the result of the study indicates a positive and significant association between Project Initiation, Project Planning, Project Execution, Monitoring and Control and Project Closure on project success which implies the increase in Project Initiation, Project Planning, Project Execution, Monitoring and Control and Project Closure inevitably increases in the project success of the data center project. Therefore, all concerned bodies should work hard on Project Initiation, Project Planning, Project Execution, Monitoring and Control and Project Closure on project success which implies the increase in Project Initiation, Project Planning, Project Execution, Monitoring and Control and Project Closure for the success of the project. Furthermore, on the basis of the research findings, appropriate recommendations along with implications for further studies have been forwarded.