Determinants of project performance in non-governmental organizations in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia

Numerous improvements have been made in the field of project management, particularly in<br> the Non-governmental industry. But many Non-governmental projects around the world<br> continue to underperform and fall short of expectations. This study was sought to assess<br> determinant of Project performance in non-governmental organizations in Dire Dawa. The<br> study employed descriptive research design with a study population that includes Executive<br> management, project managers, project coordinators, project officers, and project support<br> staff from the three selected non-governmental organizations. The study would purposively<br> try to draw two hundred twenty-four respondents from three non-governmental organizations<br> who were active in 2022/2023 and make use of primary data using semi-structured<br> questionnaires. Multiple regression models was used to derive the best-fitting model and the<br> degree of association between independent and dependent variables and statistically<br> significant factors were declared at a 95% of confidence interval and p-value of less than<br> 0.05. The findings suggested that although many components of funding are beneficial to<br> project performance, there are some areas—like the timing of fund disbursements and<br> financing requirements have low levels of agreement on their positive impact on project<br> performance. The other finding showed that having well-assessed stakeholder interests in an<br> organization's initiatives and their involvement in project identification with that of top<br> management have a favorable effect on project performance. Finally, the study concluded that<br> Stakeholder involvement and top management support significantly improve the project<br> performance of the non-governmental organizations