Project Resource Management Practices and the Performance of Sanitation Facilities Construction Project in Nyabiheke Refugee Camp

Marie Claire Murebwayire, Samuel Wabala
University of Kigali
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5801-614X
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Abstract: The study examined the effect of project resource management practices on the performance of the sanitation facilities construction project in Nyabiheke Refugee Camp, Rwanda. Specifically, it assessed project resources planning, resources utilization and assigning tasks, and project resources monitoring and evaluation against performance. The study was guided by the Resource-Based View Theory, Project Management Theory, and Systems Theory, explaining how planning, utilization, coordination, monitoring, and control of resources influence performance. A descriptive and correlational research design guided the quantitative strand, and questionnaires provided data from 96 respondents involved in implementation. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) supported descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis. Correlation results showed positive relationships between project performance and resources planning (r = 0.940, p = 0.000), resources utilization (r = 0.930, p = 0.000), and project resources monitoring and evaluation (r = 0.810, p = 0.000). The regression model was statistically significant (R = 0.965, R² = 0.932, F = 418.175, p = 0.000). Project resources planning produced the strongest significant effect (B = 0.557, β = 0.535, p = 0.000), followed by resources utilization (B = 0.342, β = 0.412, p = 0.000), while monitoring and evaluation had a positive but statistically insignificant effect (B = 0.057, β = 0.056, p = 0.280). The study concluded that systematic planning and efficient utilisation are central to performance and recommended early planning, competency-based task allocation, improved material handling and storage, and closer integration of monitoring information into implementation decisions.