Authors :
Gichuhi John Gitahi; Dr. Francis Kiarie
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 10 - October
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7272570
Abstract :
Kenya is a predominantly arid country with
limited water sources. As at 2019, access to improved
water and sanitation was estimated at 63 percent and 31
percent of the population, respectively, compared to the
target of universal coverage by 2030 (The Kenya Institute
for Public Policy Research and Analysis -KIPPRI, 2019).
To address this need to distribute this scarce resource,
and in keeping with the SDG 6 goal of universal access to
clean water to all, the government’s efforts and focus was
shifted to water projects. Whereas some gains have been
made towards this goal, a Water Services Regulatory
Board (WASREB) report on the performance of regional
water utilities noted with concern that the worst
performer was Mombasa County (seventh year in a row)
and further highlighted with concern a continued decline
in the performance of Kilifi County. Despite the
numerous interventions in the water and sanitation sector
in these two counties, there still lies a gap in attaining the
SDG-6 agenda and projects continuously fail to perform
as speculated. Deviation and changes of project scope
mid-way has led to costly overruns both on time and cost
hence the need to consider how to improve performance
of water projects in the two counties. This study aimed at
investigating the effect of scope control on performance of
water and sanitation projects in Mombasa and Kilifi
Counties, Kenya. The study was anchored on the
management theory. 14 water projects were targeted with
46 respondents. Pilot tests showed the instrument was
valid and reliable as confirmed by the supervisor and
Cronbach Alpha results of 0.787. The SPSS version 25.0
and Ms. Excel were used for descriptive, regression,
correlation and diagnostic tests. Correlation analysis
results showed positive and significant association for
scope control (r=.741) and the regression analysis yielded
a regression coefficient of (β=.499), and a (p<0.05)
indicating significant effect to performance of the water
and sanitation projects. The study established that 55.8%
change in performance of water and sanitation projects
was due to scope control. Scope control involved
continually updating project teams and monitoring
project activities that improved performance of the water
projects. Thus, it was concluded that performance of
water and sanitation projects were influenced by scope
control. It was recommended that scope control be
incorporated when seeking to improve performance of the
projects,
Keywords :
Scope Control, Project Performance, Project Plan Updates, Changing Requests, Evaluating Project Progress.
Kenya is a predominantly arid country with
limited water sources. As at 2019, access to improved
water and sanitation was estimated at 63 percent and 31
percent of the population, respectively, compared to the
target of universal coverage by 2030 (The Kenya Institute
for Public Policy Research and Analysis -KIPPRI, 2019).
To address this need to distribute this scarce resource,
and in keeping with the SDG 6 goal of universal access to
clean water to all, the government’s efforts and focus was
shifted to water projects. Whereas some gains have been
made towards this goal, a Water Services Regulatory
Board (WASREB) report on the performance of regional
water utilities noted with concern that the worst
performer was Mombasa County (seventh year in a row)
and further highlighted with concern a continued decline
in the performance of Kilifi County. Despite the
numerous interventions in the water and sanitation sector
in these two counties, there still lies a gap in attaining the
SDG-6 agenda and projects continuously fail to perform
as speculated. Deviation and changes of project scope
mid-way has led to costly overruns both on time and cost
hence the need to consider how to improve performance
of water projects in the two counties. This study aimed at
investigating the effect of scope control on performance of
water and sanitation projects in Mombasa and Kilifi
Counties, Kenya. The study was anchored on the
management theory. 14 water projects were targeted with
46 respondents. Pilot tests showed the instrument was
valid and reliable as confirmed by the supervisor and
Cronbach Alpha results of 0.787. The SPSS version 25.0
and Ms. Excel were used for descriptive, regression,
correlation and diagnostic tests. Correlation analysis
results showed positive and significant association for
scope control (r=.741) and the regression analysis yielded
a regression coefficient of (β=.499), and a (p<0.05)
indicating significant effect to performance of the water
and sanitation projects. The study established that 55.8%
change in performance of water and sanitation projects
was due to scope control. Scope control involved
continually updating project teams and monitoring
project activities that improved performance of the water
projects. Thus, it was concluded that performance of
water and sanitation projects were influenced by scope
control. It was recommended that scope control be
incorporated when seeking to improve performance of the
projects,
Keywords :
Scope Control, Project Performance, Project Plan Updates, Changing Requests, Evaluating Project Progress.
