In project-driven companies, the creation of a project management division is readily accepted as a necessity to conduct business.
Integration Management
Project integration management is the coordination of all elements of a project. This includes coordinating tasks, resources, stakeholders, and any other project elements, in addition to managing conflicts between different aspects of a project, making trade-offs between competing requests, and evaluating resources.
MODIFICATION OF MATRIX STRUCTURES
The matrix can take many forms, but there are basically three common varieties. Each type represents a different degree of authority attributed to the program manager and indirectly identifies the relative size of the matrix structures company.
MATRIX ORGANIZATIONAL FORM
The matrix organizational form is an attempt to combine the advantages of the pure functional structure and the product organizational structure.
PURE PRODUCT (PROJECTIZED) ORGANIZATION
The pure product organization, develops as a division within a division. As long as there exists a continuous flow of projects
LINE–STAFF ORGANIZATION (PROJECT COORDINATOR)
It soon became obvious that control of a project must be given to personnel whose first loyalty is directed toward …
DEVELOPING WORK INTEGRATION POSITIONS
As companies grew in size, more emphasis was placed on multiple ongoing programs with high-technology requirements
ORGANIZATIONAL WORK FLOW
Organizations are continually restructured to meet the demands imposed by the environment. Restructuring can change the role of individuals in the formal and the informal organization.
Organizational Structures
During the past thirty years there has been a so-called hidden revolution in the introduction and development of new organizational structures.
Dr. Kerzner’s 16 Points to Project Management Maturity
Adopt a project management methodology and use it consistently. Implement a philosophy that drives the company toward project management maturity …
SYSTEMS THINKING
Ultimately, all decisions and policies are made on the basis of judgments; there is no other way, and there never will be. In the end, analysis is but an aid to the judgment and intuition of the decision maker.