Project Classification and Organizational Structures in Project Management

This unit covers project classification based on size, type, application, complexity, and uncertainty. It also discusses different types of organizational structures such as functional, matrix, and projectized. The importance of effective project team leadership and project planning is emphasized. The advantages and disadvantages of each organizational structure are explained. The portfolio reflection highlights the importance of delivering projects on time and following an organizational structure to provide better structure to project resources.

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Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Topic and
reading samples.
Your personal learning outcomes
from this unit.
Learnings from your experience. Supporting documentation
including your prior learnings.
Why project
classification?
Different ways to classify the projects I have classified the project based on:
 By size (cost, business value,
duration and project team)
 By type (maintenance and
strategic)
 By application (development of
software and development of new
product)
 By complexity and uncertainty
Kerzner Chapter
1.14-1.16, & 3
Senior project management There are mentor less senior personnel. The
senior project manager has skills to know
what is being expected of the project
manager and evaluate the performance of
the team. Identification of the project
management related training requirement.
The functional project manager is a good
project manager to organize similar people
performance for the provided functions.
The functional project manager is
coordinated work of people for delivering
the product to the organization.
Project planning and initiation document
PMI Implementing
Organizational PM
Chapter 2
The project manager are dedicated as well as
committed to the project.
Effective project team leadership is
important factor to determine whether the
project is successful or not. The project
manager consists of opportunity to select
the team based on skilled and qualified
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including your prior learnings.
The project management is designed to
transfer of power from the line manager
towards the project manager.
resources for performing the activities of
project.
The project manager works into projectiles
organization who does not own the
resources and they have no power over the
resources. There are lot of conflict among
the project manager as well as line manager
to get people do same work with whom
they have no such authority.
Journals &
Standards
Difference between project driven and non-
driven organizations and career path is fastest
into the project management and line
management.
There are difference between project driven
as well as non-driven organizations such as:
The project management into the project
driven organizations are mature as well as
respected (Kerzner 2017). While the non-
driven organizations are that the project
management is infancy.
The project manager is responsible for
profitability as well as loss into project
driven organizations and on other hand,
non-driven organizations are making of
income throughout the production.
Project management structure report
 IJPM Different types of organizational structure Functional organization structure
Advantage is it allows of higher degree of
specialization for the employees.
Disadvantage is this structure has barriers
to create among various functions.
Matrix organizational structure
Advantage is there are clear functional
reporting which takes place precedence
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over the product based reporting.
Disadvantage is the structure does not
follow the hierarchal structure.
Projectized organization structure:
Effective project management and loyalty to
the project are the advantages. There are
lack of professionalism into disciplines and
less effective use of the resources (Kerzner
2017).
 PMJ People are required some sort of therapy
sessions to understand the organizational
structure which is differ from the traditional
structures. The project is provided of
framework to deploy and implement the
project activities.
Project planning and initiation document
 SAI Global Bosses into the project management,
 Project manager
 Functional team member
 Functional manager
The project manager believes that they
should report to the executive, organization
and customers they attached to one line
group. They must report to the line
manager.
Functional team member report to the line
manager and project manager.
Functional manager can report to functional
executive.
Portfolio Reflection
I have learnt to deliver the project on time and follow an organizational structure to provide a better structure to the project resources. The project delivery
professionals are supported to understand skills, training needed at each of the project stages.
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References
Kerzner, H., 2017. Project Management Methodologies. Project Management Case Studies, pp.1-27.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9G5b3aRJDw (2018). [image] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9G5b3aRJDw [Accessed 8 May
2018].
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