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• Challenges to Organizing Projects
 –The uniueness and short duration o! "rojects relati#e
to ongoing longer$term organizational acti#ities
 –The multidisci"linar% and cross$!unctional nature o!
"rojects creates authorit% and res"onsi&ilit% dilemmas'
• Choosing an A""ro"riate Project Management
Structure
organization'
• Organizing Projects: (unctional organization
to res"ecti#e !unctional units'
 –Coordination is maintained through normal
management channels'
 
•Advantages
'. Eas! Post$Pro(ect
• Organizing Projects: )edicated Teams
o! a !ull$time "roject manager'
 –.n a  projectized  organization where "rojects are the
dominant !orm o! &usiness/ !unctional de"artments are
res"onsi&le !or "ro#iding su""ort !or its teams'
 
•Advantages
• Organizing Projects: Matri0 Structure
the normal !unctional structure'
•Project participants report simultaneously to both functional and project managers.
 –Matri0 structure o"timizes the use o! resources'
 
• Wea2 (orm
• 3alanced (orm
 –The "roject manager sets the o#erall "lan and the
!unctional manager determines how wor2 to &e done'
• Strong (orm
!unctional de"artments act as su&contractors
to the "roject'
• Advantages
2. #n+ighting
Management StructureManagement Structure
• Organization ,(orm- Considerations
 –1ow im"ortant is the "roject to the !irm+s success4
 –What "ercentage o! core wor2 in#ol#es "rojects4
 –What le#el o! resources ,human and "h%sical-
are a#aila&le4
• Project Considerations
 –Need !or integration ,num&er o! de"artments in#ol#ed-
 –5n#ironmental com"le0it% ,num&er o! e0ternal
inter!aces-
 
assum"tions which &ind "eo"le together/ there&%
creating shared meanings'
a"art !rom other organizations'
•#lari$es and reinforces standards of behavior.
 
• Stud% the "h%sical characteristics
o! an organization'
• O&ser#e how "eo"le interact
within the organization'