Effect of Information Technology on Implementation of Construction Project in Rwanda : a Case of Vision City Project Phase II

The study aim is to examine the effect of information technology on implementation of construction project in Rwanda with references of Vision City Project Phase II. . State specific objectives as; To assess the effect of physical equipment IT tools on project implementation during Vision City project Phase II; to examine the effect of IT services on project implementation of Vision City Project Phase II; to find out the effect of IT software management on project implementation of Vision City Project Phase II; and to determine the effect of Information technology security on project implementation of Vision City Project Phase II. This study is underpinned by Resource Based Theory and Task-Technology Fit Theory. The research design that was used in this study is cross sectional research design. The population of the study was 132 stakeholders of Vision city project while sample size is 99 stakeholders of Vision city project. The study used questionnaires, interview guide and documentary review as instruments of data collection and finally the study used descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis as method of data analysis. For the first objective, the findings revealed that physical equipment tools has significance positive effect on Implementation of Vision City project Phase II as indicated by β1= 0.160, p-value=0.001<0.05, t= 3.555 which implies that an increase of one unit in physical equipment tools would lead to an increase in Implementation of Vision City project Phase II by 0.160 units. For the second objective, the findings revealed that IT services has significance positive effect on implementation of Vision City project Phase II as shown by β2= 0.442, p=0.004<0.05, t=2.964. This shows that when there is an increase of one unit in IT services would lead to an increase in Implementation of Vision City project Phase II by 0.442 units.. For the third objective, the findings revealed that IT Software management has significance positive effect on implementation of Vision City project Phase II as indicated by β3= 0.279, p-value=0.027<0.05). The implication is that an increase of one unit in IT Software management will increase Implementation of Vision City project Phase II by 0.279 units. For the fourth objective, the results revealed that information technology security has significance positive effect on implementation of Vision City project Phase II as indicated by β4= 0.151, p-value =0.000<0.05, t= 3.432. The implication is that an increase of one unit in Information technology security would lead to an increase in implementation of Vision City project Phase II by 0.151 units. The study concludes that information technology such as information technology security, IT services, IT software management and physical equipment had significant positive effect on construction projects performance to a great extent and the concluded that R2 (R-Square) of 0.533 which indicates that 53.3% of variances in Vision City Phase II project success are caused by variances in information technology security, IT services, IT software management and physical equipment at 95% of confidence interval. The management of Vision City Project Phase II should allocate a budget to acquire hardware, software resources and communication systems resources in order to be fully ICT compliant. Vision City Project Phase II should use the ICT infrastructure to aggressively look for donor funding in order for them to improve on their performance