Abstract:
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of project team planning on the
performance of housing projects in Kenya.
Methodology: The study applied mixed methods research design. The study target population was
675 strategic registered contractors in the housing projects in Nairobi metropolitan, Kenya. Based
on Yamane Formula adopted the sample size for this study was 251 respondents. Purposive
sampling was used to select the 251 from the list of 675 contractors. The respondents consisted
of the project managers; engineers; architects; contractors; and the site supervisors. The study used
both primary and secondary data using semi structured questionnaires and interview guides. The
study used SPSS version 25 software to analyze the data where both descriptive and inferential
analyses were obtained.
Results: The inferential analysis results revealed that project team planning had a significant and
positive influence on the performance of housing projects in Kenya at p<0.05. This indicates that
project team skills, project team experience, communication plan and project team efficacy are
vital in the performance of housing projects. The study used analysis of variance to determine
whether the model is significant and shows the good fit for the data. The Coefficient of
determination R2 of 0.513 showed that 51.3% of housing project performance is explained by
project team planning.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: While the existing competency theory used
in this study was validated, the study recommends that contractors in Kenya should consider
project team planning as an important aspect in housing projects as has been observed by majority
of the contractors. The study recommends the government to make appropriate policies in housing
implementation in the ministry of housing which promote the establishment of comprehensive
project teams that include experts in various domains such as architecture, engineering, finance,
and project management.
Keywords: Housing, Projects, Team Planning, Performance
