Stakeholder-Centric Analysis for Enhancing Private Sector Building Project Performance in Kampala, Uganda

In the context of Central Division, Kampala, Uganda, this study delves into the prevalent overruns across diverse sectors of building projects while unraveling the challenges faced by project participants, including owners and professionals. Proposing innovative solutions, the research focuses on a stakeholder-centric analysis of project delays and cost overruns with the ambitious goal of crafting a predictive model for unparalleled project management effectiveness. Data were meticulously gathered through thoughtfully designed questionnaires, distributed among building project professionals, and supplemented with project-related information. The findings illuminate an average time overrun of 20%, showcasing the highest spike in residential projects at 57.8% and the lowest ebb in hospitality and institutional projects at 4.8%. The study underscores the critical importance of scrutinizing project plans for regulatory compliance while astutely pinpointing primary causes for overruns. Employing SPSS, the study developed a time overrun prediction model, attributing delays to nuanced factors like cash flow (21.2%), construction-related issues (0.187%), cost and scope estimation (18%), project nature (17.5%), and environmental nuances (15.6%). This meticulously crafted model, unveiling causes and their impacts, emerges as a tool for project managers and stakeholders, empowering them to foresee potential delays early and proactively implement targeted measures for project success.