2.0 Project Management 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
this describes the culture and the styles of an organization. Examples would be 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. These factors come from within the project, such as policy, or they be external to the organization, such as law or regulation.
EEF
Enterprise Environmental Factors
An organization that is divided into functions or depts. Each employee has one clear functional manager. Each department acts independently of the other departments. the PM has little to no power; also called project coordinator
Functional structure
This describes the rules, policies, and procedures that people within an organization abide by. It also addresses the organization, but also address portfolios, programs, and projects. In regards to portfolios, programs, and projects, the framework addresses alignment with organizational vision, risk management, performance factors, and communication
Governance framework
an organization that creates a blend of functional, matrix, and project-oriented structures.
hybrid
Describes organizations that have duplication of efforts within the organization but not within each dept or division of the org. PM has little authority in this structure and functional manager controls the project budget.
Multidivisional structure
Describes a loosely organized business or organization. There likely aren’t big formal departments and people work alongside one another regardless of roles and titles. the project manager likely has little control oer the project resources and may not be called a project manager
small company
Organic or simple
this includes organizational processes, policies, procedures, and items from a corporate knowledge base.
OPA
Organizational Process Assets
Organizational knowledge respositories are 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 to your organization through the ongoing work of operations and other projects.
Organizational knowledge repositories
A system can create things by working with multiple components that the individual components could not create if they worked alone. The structure of the organization and the governance framework creates constraints that affect how the project manager makes decisions within the project. This directly affects how the project manager utilizes their power, influence, leadership, and even political capital, to get things done in the environment.
Organizational system
A business unit that centralizes the operations and procedures of all projects within the organization. the PMO can be supportive, controlling, or directive.
Project Management Office (PMO)
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 dept and these dept point of contact receive and send all messages for the dept.
virtual organization
