Project Design Considerations and Successful Implementation of the Health Sector Projects in the County Governments of Kenya
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https://doi.org/10.70619/vol6iss1pp18-33-758Keywords:
Project complexity, Project, Successful project implementation, Project design considerations, county governmentsAbstract
The successful implementation of health sector projects requires adopting effective project design considerations. This can enable the project implementers to overcome the constraints associated with the socioeconomic changes during project implementation. In Kenya, county governments have embraced diverse project design considerations to enhance the implementation of health-sector projects. Hence, the paper examined the relationship between project design considerations and the successful implementation of health-sector projects, moderated by project complexity, within county governments in Kenya. The study adopted a correlational research design and targeted 4,490 health-sector projects across the 47 county governments in Kenya. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 354 health sector projects. Quantitative data were collected using the structured questionnaires and analysed using means, standard deviations, regression, and correlation analysis. The results indicated that project design considerations were related to the successful implementation of health sector projects within county governments in Kenya. It is evident that 25.6% of the variance in the successful implementation of health sector projects was explained by project design considerations. Moreover, project complexity significantly moderated the relationship between project design considerations and the successful implementation of health-sector projects in county governments in Kenya.
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