1. IDENTIFYING THE
ACTORS AND FACTORS
OF A PROJECT
BOAZ

3. Project Defined
•An investment of capital in a time
bound intervention to create
productive asset.

4. Project Environment
•The whole set of people, things,
and institutions found in the
environment.
•Institutions
•Physical environment
•Social environment
•Economic environment

5. Modeling the project environment
•Input – output model
•The hierarchical model
•The actor – factor model
•The degree of control model

6. The actor – factor model
•Is one way to identify the project
environment. Actors and factors
have to be handled differently. This
makes it important for project
managers to know the difference
between the two.

7. ACTORS
•People and institutions who can
take actions to influence the
project. Range of actors can be
identified depending on the
project.

8. actors
•Government of Ghana
Awards the contract
Communicates with the traditional authorities
•Ministry of Finance
• Releases funds for the project

9. actors
•Ministry of Roads and Highways
• Experts with roads. Work with the engineers to
come up with suitable design which is feasible
•Local Authority (KMA)
• Liaise between the government and the
traditional authorities as well as the community
• They play a supervisory role.

10. actors
•Environmental Protection
Agency
• Does the environmental Impact Assessment
•Traditional Authority (Kwadaso-
Manhyia)
• Consultants with respect to land tenure system

11. actors
•China Geo-Engineering
Company (Contractor)
• Responsible for the implementation of the project
•Ghana Water Company
• Consultants with rechanneling of water pipes in
the environment

12. actors
•Electricity Company of Ghana
• Consultants with relocating electricity poles and
transformers.

13. actors
•Prempeh College
•Local Trade Associations
•Transport Operators
•Road Users
•Landlords and Ladies
• Yield to make way for the commencement of the project.

14. FACTORS
•Those that are not able to take
actions but exist as part of the
project environment.
•They do not stop the project but
project managers have to deal
with them.

15. factors
•Markets around Sofoline
•Filling Stations around Sofoline
•Surrounding homes
•Water bodies, trees and the
topography of the project area
•Biodiversity of the area

16. factors
•Land tenure system of the area
•Cultural norms (graveyard)
•Electricity poles, water pipes and
high tensions transmitter around
the area
•Micro economic performance

17. factors
•Existing or old roads
•Political will

18. Reasons for the Project’s Success or
Failure
•Time (Failure)
•Capital Investment (failure through
increase capital)
•Productive Assets