From the course: Project Canvas: A Simple Framework to Learn Project Management Fundamentals
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Influence your organization
From the course: Project Canvas: A Simple Framework to Learn Project Management Fundamentals
Influence your organization
- Projects are not carried out as islands. They take place within an organization that is doing thousands of activities and running other projects at the same time. The Where domain covers the organizational elements of project management, like culture and structure or prioritization, which have a positive or negative impact on your project. These elements are often outside your control, as project manager, but the project sponsor can play an important role, influencing them to favor your project. Most Western companies have a hierarchical functional structure, which is ideal for running their daily business activities. Budgets, resources, key performance indicators, and decision-making power are owned by the heads of business units, departments and functions. But the most critical projects, the strategic ones, are cross-functional by nature. They often run across departments and business units. This means that a…
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