Project Management Success Factors for Sustainability of Community Projects in Tanzania: A Critical Review

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This paper aims to explore the project management success factors for the sustainability of community projects in Tanzania. The study adopted survey design. A systematic literature review on the integration of project management and sustainability was utilized. Documentary analysis of data collection with extensive theoretical review of online resources was applied in this study. The documents were analysed with a content analysis approach under four criteria of how authentic, credible and meaningful. The study revealed that 14 project management success factors are essential for sustainable community projects in Tanzania. The findings exposed project management success factors as related to: the project mangers performance, the external project environment, the organization that implements the project and characteristics of project team members. Also, the study reveals social, economic and environmental factors are connected to the sustainable for community based projects. It concludes that; for social and economic prosperity, the project management success factors and sustainability factors are inevitable. It is recommends that considering the project management success factors for sustainability of community based projects is the question to be discussed early in the planning phase of projects management.

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