Critical Success Criteria For Public Housing Project Delivery In Ghana

Managerial inefficiencies remain one of the greatest characteristics of many housing projects in Ghana and many developing countries. This is irrespective of whether the projects are from government, private individuals or real estate development schemes. Trends have invariably resulted in many failures in housing delivery over the years from pre to post independence era resulting in the accounted huge deficit in housing supply in Ghana. Project Management concept evolved as a tool in resolving inefficiencies associated with project implementation and record enhanced efficiency in delivering projects, increase productivity and achieve project set goals. Critical success criteria are essential in evolving a framework to help track key project results, enabling the appropriate allocation of resources on projects, offer the project manager a clearer understanding of “successful outcomes” and enhance decision making and policy formulation on housing projects in project management practice and organization