3TH Week / Study Book

Question 1

Advantages and disadvantages for using existing functional organization

Answer 1

ADVANTAGES
   No change
   Flexibility
   In depth Expertise
   Easy post project transition 

DISADVANTAGES
   Lack of lockus
   Poor integration
   Slow
   lack of ownership

Question 2

what is the right project management structure

Answer 2

Project considerations
 Size of the project 
 Strategic importance
 novelty and need for innovation
 Environmental complexity
 Budget and time constraints
 stability of resource requirements

Question 3

Break down structure

Answer 3

work Break down structure- Three diagram - not organization chart

Reason? to get to manageable. excesive cost is when breaking down in detail

Project breakdown in different task ( unique)

Boxes represent work not position or people

Task end of the branch.. Those are called elemental task… they are needed to be performed

To estimate the total cost of the project, estimate the cost of elemental task.
Bottom up rolling model to stimate cost

Summary tasks .. sumarize to elemental tasks in a upper level task

Sequence

face by face approach
Deliver approach

Closing is included in the breakdown structure

Question 4

Breakdowns questions

Answer 4

Questions
1. Can I estimate duration?

2. Can I estimate resources? how much cost are we estimating(skills, equipment, materials etc) put it into dollars
3. Can I find a task leader ?
   someone and its team. If someone cant no be
   assigned. It is necessary to breakdown
4. Can I monitor and control progress
   How much is remaining
   How far are we going to the task

If every single question is a YES, that means that we dont have to breakdown anymore

Question 5

organizational cultural

Answer 5

assumpiton of shared norms, beliefs values and assumption creating shared meanings

member indentiy
team emphasis
management focus
unit integration
control
risk tolerance
reward criteria
conflict tolerance
means vs end orientation
open-system focus

Question 6

Two major characteristics of the parent organization that affects the implementation and completion of projects

Answer 6

. Formal structure of the organization and how it chooses manage projects

Weakness and strengths of different approaches

2. Concept of the organizational culture

Patterns of beliefs and expectations shared by members of organization