2 - PM Environments Flashcards
An organization where organizational resources are pooled into one project team, but the functional managers and the project managers share the project power.
Balanced matrix structure
Culture and style of the organization, such as work ethics, hours, view of authority, and shared values. Can affect how the project is managed.
Cultural norms
Conditions that affect how the project manager may manage the project. Come from within the project, such as policy, or they can be external to the organization, such as law or regulation.
Enterprise environmental factors (EEFs)
An organization that is divided into functions, and each employee has one clear functional manager. Each department acts independently of the other departments. A project manager in this structure has little to no power and may be called a project coordinator.
Functional structure
Describes the rules, policies, and procedures that people within an organization abide by. Addresses the organization, but also addresses portfolios, programs, and projects and their alignment with organizational vision, risk management, performance factors, and communication.
Governance framework
An organization that creates a blend of the functional, matrix, and project-oriented structures.
Hybrid structure
Organizations that have duplication of efforts within the organization, but not within each department or division. PM has little authority in this structure and the functional manager controls the project budget.
Multidivisional structure
A loosely organized business or organization. There likely aren’t big formal departments and people work along side one another regardless of roles and titles. The PM likely has little control over the project resources and may not be called a project manager.
Organic or simple
Include organizational processes, policies, procedures, and items from a corporate knowledge base. Grouped into two categories to consider: processes policies and procedures, and organizational knowledge bases.
Organizational project assets
The databases, files, and historical information that you can use to help better plan and manage your projects. This is an organizational process asset that is created internally through the ongoing work of operations and other projects.
Organizational knowledge repositories
A system that can create things by working together that the individual components could not create if they worked alone. Directly affects how the project manager utilizes their power, influence, leadership, and even political capital to things done in the environment.
Organizational system
A business unit the centralizes the operations and procedures of all projects within the organization. Can be supportive, controlling, or directive.
PMO - Project management office
An organization that assigns a project team to one project for the duration of the project life cycle. The PM has high to almost complete project power.
Project-oriented structure
An organization where organizational resources are pooled into one project team, but the functional managers have LESS project power than the project manager.
Strong matrix structure
Uses a network structure to communicate and interact with other groups and departments. A point of contact exists for each department and these points of contact receive and send all messages for the department.
Virtual organization
