Ch. 2: Managing a Project

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An organization where organizational resources are pooled into one project team, but the functional managers and the project managers share the project power.

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Balanced matrix structure

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An organization that creates a blend of the functional, matrix, and projectized structures.

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Composite structure

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The person(s) who will use the project’s deliverables.

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Customer/user

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A verifiable, measurable product or service created by a phase and/or a project.

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Deliverable

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An organization 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.

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Functional structure

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Persons who can positively or negatively influence a project’s ongoing activities and/or the project’s likelihood of success.

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Influencers

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The review of a phase to determine if it accomplished its requirements. A kill point signals an opportunity to kill the project if it should not continue.

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Kill point

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A stakeholder who does not want a project to succeed. He or she may try to negatively influence the project and help it fail.

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Negative stakeholder

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The organization whose employees or members are most directly involved in the project work.

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Performing organization

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The logical division of a project based on the work or deliverable completed within that phase. Common examples include the phases within construction, software development, or manufacturing.

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Phase

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The review of a phase to determine if it accomplished its requirements.

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Phase exit

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The review of a phase to determine if it accomplished its requirements.

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Phase gate

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The review of a phase to determine if it accomplished its requirements. A phase-end review is also called a phase exit, a phase gate, and a kill point.

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Phase-end review

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A stakeholder who wants a project to exist and succeed. He or she may try to positively influence the project and help it succeed.

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Positive stakeholder

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The life cycle of the product a project creates. For example, a project can create a piece of software; the software then has its own life cycle until it becomes defunct.

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Product life cycle

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The collection of phases from the start of a project to its completion.

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Project life cycle

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A business unit that centralizes the operations and procedures of all projects within the organization. The PMO supports the project manager through software, templates, and administrative support. A PMO can exist in any organizational structure, but it is most common in matrix and projectized structures.

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Project management office (PMO)

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The defined set of rules, policies, and procedures that a project manager follows and utilizes to complete the project.

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Project management system

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Anyone who has a vested interest in a project’s operation and/or its outcome.

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Project stakeholder

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An organization that assigns a project team to one project for the duration of the project life cycle. The project manager has high-to-almost-complete project power.

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Projectized structure

Question 21

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An organization where organizational resources are pooled into one project team, but the functional managers have less project power than the project manager.

Answer 21

Strong matrix structure

Question 22

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An organization where organizational resources are pooled into one project team, but the functional managers have more project power than the project manager.

Answer 22

Weak matrix structure