Project Resource Planning and Performance of Nyakagezi Water Supply Project in Kirehe District, Rwanda

Sadiki Valentin¹, Naomi Njoroge N.²
¹Mount Kenya University; ²Mount Kigali University
¹https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1989-8221
¹Email: sadovalentin@gmail.com,
²Email: ndutanjoroge600@gmail.com

Abstract: Project resource planning is important to water-supply project performance because implementation depends on the coordinated use of human, financial, and material resources. This study assessed the effect of project resource planning on the performance of the Nyakagezi Water Supply Project in Kirehe District, Rwanda, with specific attention to human resource planning, financial resource planning, and material resource planning. The target population comprised 227 project employees, from whom a total sample of 143 was proportionately allocated across six occupational strata using stratified random sampling; 139 complete questionnaires were analysed. Primary data were collected through a structured questionnaire, while project and administrative records provided documentary evidence. Quantitative data were analysed using frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression in SPSS Version 28. Human resource planning (r = 0.703, B = 0.216, t = 4.154, p < .001), financial resource planning (r = 0.763, B = 0.287, t = 5.857, p < .001), and material resource planning (r = 0.770, B = 0.454, t = 8.407, p < .001) were positively and significantly associated with the measured project-performance score. The model accounted for 76.9% of the variation in respondents’ project-performance scores. The study concluded that all three resource-planning dimensions were significant predictors within the respondent sample, with material resource planning showing the largest regression coefficient. It recommended periodic staff-capacity reviews, routine budget-to-actual and cash-flow monitoring, and stronger procurement scheduling and stock-control procedures.