The lack of Professional Project Management Practices (PPMP) particularly
in developing countries has led to low productivity and poor quality of work. Though
professional project management is an evolving discipline, the application of effective
construction project management techniques in many developing countries still
constitute a serious challenge. This research therefore seeks to ascertain, through
literature, factors affecting the professional proj ect management practice in
developing African countries. The study identified lack of knowledge, high
bureaucratic, political, and economic constraints, leadership, and organisation culture,
misunderstanding of the PM concepts, and lack of appropriate software as the
emerging constraints to the development of professional project management
practices. Finally, PPMP require a broad knowledge base and skills. The need for
organizational learning and more rigorous training for managers and staff are thereby
recommended.