Project Management: Multinational Project Initiation and Processes

This project management assignment focuses on the initiation of multinational projects, specifically addressing the necessary documentation and processes. It emphasizes the importance of a business case, communication plans, and project briefs. The assignment also examines the impact of organizational culture and structure on project success, highlighting how these factors influence project management practices and employee behavior. Furthermore, it explores the use of technology, such as social collaboration tools and cloud-based project management software, to improve communication, provide real-time project updates, and facilitate the management of decentralized project teams. The references provided offer additional resources for understanding the concepts discussed.

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Processes and documentation required to initiate project
In order to initiate business solutions project located in US, India as well as Italy, the
project manager is required to focus on project documentation. The document required to
initiate multinational project is business case where the justification of project is provided,
communication as well as project management plan are also found in documentation. The
document also represents with detailed background of the project termed as project brief. The
project brief stated aim as well as planning of project for achieving the reason to conduct the
project work (Meredith, Mantel Jr, & Shafer, 2017). Multinational project is required project
documents like project charter to describe the business solutions project entirely including
objectives, goals and who the stakeholders are involved.
Influence of culture and organizational structure on success of the project’s
initialization
Both culture as well as structure of the organization can influence way the projects are
managed as well as executed. Management processes as well as level of maturity of the
project management provides impact on how the project is to be carried out. The culture of
the company influences on behaviour of employee along with turnover with effects on
productivity and organizational performance (Heagney, 2016). The organizational structure
influences on project management level, project decisions, communication of the project
goals as well as working process of project manager with team members.
Usage of technology to lead multinational project
Improved communication: Technology is used in multinational project to ensure of
proper communication among managers as well as members. The project manager is used

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social collaboration tools for sharing project updates and documents and critical data with the
team members (Meredith, Mantel Jr, & Shafer, 2017).
Real time project updates: Cloud based project management software is used by the
project manager to check status of project tasks, update on project documentation as well as
alert the project team on issues.
Decentralized project team: By means of communication technology, the project
manager can build project team as well as employees located in various cities, time zones and
countries (Heagney, 2016). It helps in better alignment among project requirements as well as
availability of project resources.

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References
Heagney, J. (2016). Fundamentals of project management. Amacom.
Meredith, J. R., Mantel Jr, S. J., & Shafer, S. M. (2017). Project management: a managerial
approach. John Wiley & Sons.