Projects Alignment Strategies and Performance of Rwandan Selected Cooperatives: A Case of Cooperative Development Project

Abstract

The main purpose of this research was to assess the effect of projects alignment strategies on Rwandan selected cooperatives performance. The study was guided by three specific objectives which were to assess the effect of technology implementation on performance of cooperative development project, to evaluate the impact of organizational requirements on performance of cooperative development project and to examine the relationship between objective determination and performance of cooperative development project in Rwanda. The descriptive research design was used to analyze the collected data through questionnaire and interview guide into descriptive statistics with mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics with Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analysis. The data were collected from 116 respondents who were selected using census method because the target population was manageable and reasonable for this study. The results of the first objective revealed that revealed that technology implementation has r=0.00 and sig=0.00 < 0.01) with schedule performance, (r=0.832 and sig=0.00 < 0.01) with budget performance, and (r=0.769 and sig=0.00 < 0.01) with quality performance which implies that there is a positive and significant relationship between technology implementation and performance of cooperative development project in Rwanda. The results of the second objective revealed that organizational requirement has (r=0.781 and sig=0.00 < 0.01) with schedule performance, (r=0.891 and sig=0.00 < 0.01) with budget performance, and (r=0.747 and sig=0.00 < 0.01) with quality performance implying that there is a positive and significant relationship between organizational requirement and performance of cooperative development project in Rwanda. The results of the third objective revealed that objective determination has (r=0.820 and sig=0.00 < 0.01) with schedule performance, (r=0.786 and sig=0.00 < 0.01) with budget performance and (r=0.807 and sig=0.00 < 0.01) with quality performance implying that there is a positive and significant relationship between objective determination and performance of cooperative development project in Rwanda. Thus, recommendations were made to government to ensure that reliable and affordable internet and ICT infrastructure are built to ensure that most of the projects have access to internet and other technological advancement, and beneficiaries and stakeholders as well as employees are recommend to participation in providing priorities and accessing the local community before determining the objective of the project and setting up organizational requirement in order to enhance performance which is significant to the whole community. Keywords: Alignment Strategies, Project Performance, Cooperative Development Project, Rwanda