Exam 13: Project Management Organizational Structures

_______is also known as a projectized organizational structure.

In __________, knowledge stays with the company, ready to be used on future projects.

__________ can be cost-inefficient both for individual projects and for the company. Each project must pay the salaries of its dedicated project team, even during parts of the project when they are not busy.

As projects wind down and are completed in _______, the company hopes to get contracts for new projects.

In ________, the project manager is responsible for the project results, while the functional managers are responsible for providing the resources needed to achieve the results.

In _______, the project manager also needs to take the time to regularly update the other functional managers in the company on the status of the project and thank them for the support of their people assigned to the task force.

A disadvantage of an autonomous project organizational structure is that when things are slow, individuals have a tendency to stretch out their work to fill up the time available or if they do not have any tasks to do for temporary periods, their unapplied time is still a cost to the company.

A disadvantage of an autonomous project organizational structure is that it can be cost-inefficient because of underutilization of resources.

In _________, a full-time project manager has complete project and administrative authority over the project team.

In _______, each project team is dedicated to only one project.

In _______, the company always needs to have new projects coming in as other projects are completed, in order to maintain a high applied-time rate for the functional staff.

In ________, each member of a project team has a dual reporting relationship; in a sense, each member has two managers-a (temporary) project manager and a (permanent) functional manager.

_________ can help to resolve priority conflicts between projects and can facilitate decisions regarding the priority among projects.

A disadvantage of an autonomous project organizational structure is that project team members do not have a functional "home."

In _______, people experience greater learning and growth, and their knowledge and skills are transferred from project to project.

A disadvantage of a matrix organizational structure is that members of a project team in a matrix organization structure have a dual reporting relationship, which can cause anxiety and conflict over work priorities.

In _______, the project manager does not have complete authority over the project team, because administratively the members still work for their respective functional managers.

A disadvantage of an autonomous project organizational structure is that there is a high level of knowledge transfer among projects.

In __________, each project is operated like a mini-company.

__________ reduces duplication and overlap of activities.