Exam 2: The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture

The PMO is used as a tracking and monitoring device under the:

Typically, organizational culture consists of formally written rules and guidelines that members can refer to as needed.

The weather station model of the project management office (PMO) uses the PMO as only a tracking and monitoring device.

What is strategic management and what role do projects play in it?

Develop a TOWS matrix for a Fortune 100 firm that has announced a new project within the past year. Demonstrate how the new project, which could be any revenue-generating new product or service, fits or doesn't fit the organization based on your TOWS analysis.

The Larson and Gobeli study that compared projects that had been managed in a variety of structural types revealed that construction projects tended to be most effectively executed when the organizational structure was a:

The tendency of employees in a functionally organized company to become fixated on their own concerns and work assignments to the exclusion of the needs of other departments is known as:

What are the essential components of corporate strategy and how are they related?

Companies that are structured by grouping people performing similar activities into departments are:

A failing project becomes a black hole for money, time, and personnel as management continues to pour resources into it despite the growing expectation that it will fail miserably. This phenomenon is known in project management circles as:

A project management office is designed to oversee or improve the management of projects without stripping responsibility from the project manager.

Describe the two forms of a matrix organization and indicate the advantages of each for project management.

Define the term stakeholder and discuss the major groups of stakeholders.

Policies and procedures are examples of an organization's external environment.

A major player in the software industry stumbles from one new edition of its operating system and office automation package to another. As soon as one package is released, the programmers and developers have two weeks to latch onto a different team that is updating a different package. Failure to find another team to work for means an end to their employment. This organizational structure is BEST classified as a:

The information systems department prides itself on being on the often bleeding edge of high-tech course offerings. They were the first department to create online classes and the first to battle all of the issues associated with these offerings. When Wally interviewed for the new assistant professor position, he knew that his subcutaneous chip was only a hiring decision away. Corporate culture in this department is probably most affected by:

A typical PMO could supply a company's project manager with assistance in:

The greatest advantage of a PMO is that:

A dual hierarchy is the salient feature of a:

Centralized units within an organization or department that oversee or improve the management of projects are called: