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How organizational structure affects projects

How organizational structure affects projects

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How organizational structure affects projects

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- [Presenter] Organizations can be structured in several ways from the classic functional hierarchy where each person reports to only one supervisor, to a matrix where people report to both functional managers and project managers. To a projectized organization where most of the people work on projects. Each of these structures affects how projects are performed. In a functional hierarchy, projects aren't the priority making it difficult for projects to succeed. Project managers have almost no authority. A functional manager is typically in charge of things like the project budget. Resources are hard to come by because they report to functional managers, not the project manager. Even the project manager and other project management staff have to split their attention between the project and their regular work. The second type, matrix organizations are still functional hierarchies, but they support projects more than pure hierarchies do. They can be weak, balanced, or strong depending…

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