Organizational structures

Like it or not, the way the organisation in which the project takes place, is structured, will have a profound effect on how the project works.

Each organisation has its own culture and style of working.

Most organisations are structured in 13 ways: functional, projectized, or matrix. As a project manager you must know how your organisation is designed.

Getting this right relies upon you using Management By Exception

One of the key principles for project management success is ensuring that the PM responsibility must be matched by equivalent authority. The PM can’t be made responsible if they don’t have the ‘clout’ to make things happen.