Abstract:
Project management is an art of directing and coordinating human and material resources
throughout the life of a project by using modern management techniques to achieve predetermined
objectives of scope, cost, time, quality and participation satisfaction. This dissertation focuses on
the Assessment of project management techniques in the development of housing scheme within
Lagos in Nigeria. The objective of the research is to see the important of periodic Assessment on
skills of individuals’ process of documenting their knowledge, skills, attitude and beliefs to further
highlight the various advantages of the application of this techniques and their shortcoming. The
objective of the research is to examine how Assessment of Project Management Techniques will
contribute to the performance of construction and Project Management firms within Lagos state.
On the other hand it further gives the various means labour, materials, scope, communication, time,
procurement and plant management, methods adopted on project including the allocation of
resources to different item of works. However, project management (PM) is becoming increasingly
important, for any organization to remain competitive in today’s dynamic world. Organization
especially building and construction industries are striving to raise the Project Management
maturity by adopting PM tools and continuously improving their PM practices and process. It
involve administrative questionnaire to project and construction firms in Lagos state random
sampling techniques was used. Data collected from these firms were therefore collated and
analyzed base on their response so as to know how the Assessment of the project management
techniques serves as management tools and influence level of productivity in the development of
Housing scheme in Nigeria. Thus, projects are selected and overseen based on contribution to their
strategic plan. Project approval, timing and resources allocation decision are continually re-
assessed to ensure optimal use of resources so, this project management practices need to be
periodically continuously improved base on measurement of key performance indicators of
compliance and project success for the development of housing scheme for the entire populace in
Lagos state in Nigeria
