SMEs Project Management in African Context: Moroccan Quantitative Approach .

Project management becomes a key instrument and a strategic factor impacting all types of enterprises including the SMEs. Small to Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a very important component of the economy. They contribute strongly in all the industries all over the world. They are considered as the engine for future growth in the economy. Application of project management in this type of enterprises fostered a forum of discussions. This paper will focus on the Moroccan SMEs. By employing quantitative mode of enquiry, we will attempt to discover several aspects of projects and project management in Moroccan SMEs. There are five primary aims of this study 1- To light on the correlation between enterprises characteristics especially age, size and projects. 2-To investigate the level of using project management. 3-To discover the tools and techniques used by Moroccan SMEs. 4-To define the success and failure factors for the projects in Moroccan SMEs.5-And finally to describe the project management methodology required by Moroccan SMEs. 50 enterprises, from different sizes and industries, filled a web-based questionnaire. Moroccan enterprises age and size strongly impacts projects characteristics. Projects are more important in younger companies. The percentage of enterprises using project management as an official process is correlated with the size of the enterprise. The large enterprises use formal techniques while the small companies use informal ones. The top management gives more support to projects when the structure is bigger. The most used techniques are requirement management, project roadmap and milestone schedule. Excel and the messaging are the tools the most used for the whole enterprises. As for success and failure factors: all the enterprises think that cost and time management, Stakeholders coordination and top management support are the most important parameters. As for the required methodology of project management, the most important element for all the enterprises is time management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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